Which is the most aggressive SA/CA cichlid in your experience/opinion?
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Good luck with that mix... you're going to need a tank 4 times that size, or four more 150 gallons, to keep all those fish. They do look nice though, is that a vieja zonatus?
Nah you gotta mix males and females when you're doing your mix, some fish species are more aggressive depending on sex, so that's how I do my mix, I will post my 310 with 12 12 footers and up in there and all are aggressive Cichlids, that's a bifaciatus
No disrespect at all, to each their own, but regardless of the male/female mix of the species, that group you have will be way too heavy of a bioload for that tank. Not to mention that a buttikoferi alone will need a much larger tank than a 150, they get gigantic. I've been keeping CA cichlids for around 15-20 years, have kept tons of species & both male and female. That tank simply isn't large enough for all of those fish. None of them are near fully grown, when they are maybe 1/4 of those fish will be able to live a happy life in there. And I am all for a little bit of overstocking to disperse aggression, but not to that extreme.
None of my fish really run the whole tank there is always his match laying around the corner, it makes for a great display tank in my living room and my 310 great for my man cave, only lost one fish to death and that was a Pussy chocolate Cichlid that I didn't want
Cichlids kept in large groups are so distracted by all the other fish that no one fish gets picked on, I agree that overstocking can be used to disperse aggression. But when all of those fish reach their potential sizes in a year or two, they won't even be able to swim without bumping into each other. Filter size does nothing to remove ammonia from the water, it just provides more room for bio bacteria to break waste down from ammonia to nitrates. The nitrates stay in the water until removed from water change. When those fish are full size, you would need to be doing something like 75% WC's daily to keep nitrates below harmful levels.
As I said, to each there own... but in the long run if you intend to keep all these fish in the tank, these fish won't live healthy lives. If you actually do research from people who know what they are talking about, nobody would ever recommend living conditions like this. It's actually pretty cruel. Not trying to come at you, just hoping to convince you to re-evaluate your strategy.
As I said, to each there own... but in the long run if you intend to keep all these fish in the tank, these fish won't live healthy lives. If you actually do research from people who know what they are talking about, nobody would ever recommend living conditions like this. It's actually pretty cruel. Not trying to come at you, just hoping to convince you to re-evaluate your strategy.
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