WHICH IS THE BIGGEST/MOST COLORFUL CICHLID?!?! Or should I just buy a FH?
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Thanks, Seams like a lot of the Cichlid pictures seemed to be photoshopped! lol..
Would I be able to have a Vieja Synspila and a Frontosa live together? I know the Frontosa is African and I'm not a fan of most African Cichlids because they dont have that "look" that I desire. I think the Frontosa does though.. Are there any other species of Cicilids that are bigger the the South American Cichilids, but have the same look? Excuses the "dumb questions" I'm new to this.
Temperament wise it might work, water conditions wouldn't mix well - one or the other wouldn't be happy much.
Many Mexican and Central American rivers have very similar water chemistry to the rift lakes of Africa. High pH and alkaline, I believe water conditions would not be a problem. I have raised frontosa with Centrals and find the only problem is the frontosa are a bit too docile for rowdy Americans.
A 220g can become amazingly small when big Central American cichlids are involved...and there's no sure thing cookie cutter for success in stocking a community of them. You'll almost always need a spare recovery tank (or a divider for your main tank) to isolate the fish that result from inevitable beat-downs.
If color and activity are your primary concern, you could go with a single, large cichlid (red devil or synspilum...now classified as melanurum...or another Paratheraps or Vieja...or maybe a big red snook - Petenia splendida) and a bunch of tin foil barbs or other decent-sized active fish.
Matt
If color and activity are your primary concern, you could go with a single, large cichlid (red devil or synspilum...now classified as melanurum...or another Paratheraps or Vieja...or maybe a big red snook - Petenia splendida) and a bunch of tin foil barbs or other decent-sized active fish.
Matt
