75 gallon stocking ideas?

[UGAfan2001]

As some of you may already know, i was given a 75 gallon tank, stand, and most of the "works" this past weekend. Im wanting to go with a male and female Green Terror, male and female Convict, and not sure what else. thats where i want your opinions. what cichlids would you put in here? i want something that will be pleasing to the eye when it grows, and possibly breed later down the road. i do want cichlids, but am not limited to just them. let me know your ideas!!

Brad

 

[wayne]

Well with a pair of terrors and a pair of cons I would put in some non cichlids - more cichlids will just be too much in 4 feet of lengh. Pictus cats?
If you're really at this point I would not settle onanything too quickly, and I certainly wouldn't get cons. Keep your option open.

 

[Orion]

I'm not going to echo what wayne said, but if I were setting up another 75 (part of me still wishes I had done this with mine) I would go for a colony of Tropheus, and some gobies.

 

[phOOey]

i'm going to echo what wayne said a little bit , but when those guys start breeding theres not going to be much space in there that isnt either fishes territory, you may even find that the green terrors just kill the cons anyway. but pictus are cool fish aswell.

 

[wayne]

If you have some experiience I must admit Tropheus are absolutely top. They're the only thing I'm considering keeping again

 

[Iceman]

You could try jack dempseys.

Iceman

 

[UGAfan2001]

well i went to the lfs just to do some price checking and to start looking at what to put in there. what would you think of the Midas cichlid? how are they when i comes to fish keeping? are they "spunky" like other cichlids? do they form a bond like a GT or oscar would? do they breed easy? i looked at some tropeus' too, they seem nice, however they are all in the same tank and many different colors, i read that they wont breed with others of theyre kind, unless they are the same "type" of tropeus. i kept JD's before and they were ok, i was just looking for something different. anyways thanks again and keep the opinions coming.

 

[phOOey]

i love the midas cichlid, although i do prefer the red devil. there pretty much the same fish, and any fish you see in an lfs labelled as 'midas' or 'red devil' is most likely a hybrid of the two fish, as it is quite hard to find a pure red devil or midas now. They are one of the most aggressive cichlids in the aquarium trade IMO, one fully grown adult could well take the whole 75g for himself. They pretty easy to breed, but you should always have a tank divider on hand to sepearate the two fish, as the males have been known to turn on the females for various reasons.

 

[wayne]

Midas are brutal, you won;t be able to keep a grown pair in that tank.

Tropheus prefer not to crossbreed but will. Some of the species, especially moorrii are likely to be split into a number of 4 plus species or subspecies, so generally if you know what group a colour pattern falls into you can mix them. Personally in a 75 I would likely get some thing like 8 or 10 duboisi and 8 or 10 of a moorii variety, and as i am a bad man maybe 8 yellow labs. Many people will say no to mixing tropheus, but it seems to work well with mbuna. They are a lot mre 'shoaling' than buna. I'm sure you've worked out by now that the number of fish involved above = considerable money, and if you're underfiltered or scared of water changes then you may well get a lot of deaths, however that would be my option

 

[radamsk1]

I've alway s been fond of Blue Acaras, even though they don't have such a highly aggressive temperament such as RDs, JDs, oscars, midas, wolf, jags, or convicts. Some other choices, red-tailed chalceus, pikes, geophagus (jurapari, brasilienesis, ...) etc. The acaras I have kept have always been able to keep their own and even made a few attempts at some JDs and others. Just try to make a wise choice, it's hard to tell what the exact temperament of your cichlid may be. Although one can be aggressive, I've had ones totally opposite from how they are "supposed" to be, but in general the temperament rules are true. Be careful and good luck!

 

[UGAfan2001]

anyone know much on the wolf fish? would this be suitable in my tank? If so what would go good with this fish? Im guessing Arrowana is out of the question too? Theyre just soo beautiful to look at!

Brad

 

[wayne]

Nothing. Single fish