Can i get some info on these cichlids??

[SinisterKisses]

Well, you'll have to make sure (and I really do mean make sure) you get a group of 1 male and 3 female...okay, are we still taking about red zebras here, or are you switching to red top zebras now? Either way, absolutely only ONE male, and THREE females. The labs you don't really have to worry about sexing. The saulosi will have to be the same thing - ONE male, and TWO (three would be better) females. You may have to buy groups of juveniles and let them grow until you can sex them, and then pull out extra males. As long as you stick to that male/female ratio on the saulosi and zebras (whichever we're talking about), then yes, that should be just fine.

 

[silver dollars]

Ok i am back from the store with 4 new little fishies the biggest one i got was 1 1/2''.

Five-bar cichlid
3x yellow labs

 

[SinisterKisses]

...What's a 5-bar cichlid? Got a pic?

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Its a Tret isn't it?

That tret is probably gonna get aggressive, and fairly big.

 

[silver dollars]

I did some info on the five-bar. They get 6'' and are Neolamprologus. I read that they won't get agressive.

 

[SinisterKisses]

You shouldn't mix Tangyanika with Malawi though.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

and are Neolamprologus. I read that they won't get agressive.

Where'd you do you're research? Everything i know about them says they are highly aggressive.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1639

Go search it on Cichlid-Forum.com i'm sure you will see many people stating their aggression level.

 

[kay-bee19]

Are you still planning to acquire zebras?

 

[silver dollars]

Woops sorry guys. The blue one is actually P. Demensoni(sp?)

 

[SinisterKisses]

The one you were calling a 5-bar is a demasoni?

That's fine with the yellow labs, on one condition: you either do not add any more demasoni, or you add at least 10 or 11 others Demasoni either need to be kept as just one to a tank, or a colony of about a dozen to be successful. If you put any less together, their conspecific aggression is so great that a dominant fish will usually kill off the others.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Whew, demasoni makes me feel better.