help with some future choices?...

[fishydude22]

I am trying to save up and get a 75 gallon tank and want cichlids, but i'm not sure on what to get.
I like Africans, but I want to try some Central or South American Cichlids. What would be able to fit in a 75 gallon tank?. I was thinking a tank with Blood Parrots and Severums. Or a tank with Green Terrors, Jack Dempsey's and Convicts.

Are their any other cichlids you guys would recommend?

 

[kool_sk8a]

yay go with the blood parrots and severums.

i have 3 blood parrots, they are so funny and all have their own unique personalitys.

as for severums, i have never had any but have plans to introduce some in with my bp's when my lfs has some avaliable:d

 

[Starbury03]

Blue Accara

 

[Igor The Cat]

no bp since there strange nd deformed unnatural fish that cant even close there mouth, and the males are mostly sterile

-Java

 

[Cichlid-Man]

JD's? Blue Acaras? GT's? Sverums?

What about even Angels?

Check this site and go through the pics and all and see if you see anything.... http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/

NO BP's!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Gross.

 

[caveman]

I would have to vote you go with a JD. They are awesome. Blue Acaras are also beautiful fish.

 

[wayne at home]

Why don't you go to youur lfs and have a look around, go to a few and see what takes your fancy. It's hard for us to recommend fish for you - we don't know what you like, and what you can get.

 

[fishydude22]

Originally posted by wayne at home
Why don't you go to youur lfs and have a look around, go to a few and see what takes your fancy. It's hard for us to recommend fish for you - we don't know what you like, and what you can get.

The ones I listed earlier I like. And I like Blue Acara's. But wouldn't the Blue Acara's be bullied if put with JD's, Convicts, and GT's???

 

[fishydude22]

I was at www.tangledupincichlids.com and i saw some cichlids that I never even heard of before but they are nice!. For example: I've never heard of Caquetaia umbriferus, but it's stunning!. I also saw a Caquetaia Spectabile female and she's nice(dunno what the males look like). I also saw Paretroplus menarambo, that's a nice fish!. I've heard of Blue Jack Dempsey's before and they are nice too. I wonder if they get along with normal Jd's?.

Anyway the Caquetaia umbriferus really caught my eye I wanna get my lfs to order some in the near future. Dunno if they get along with Jd's, Gt's and Convict's?

 

[Managuense]

http://community-2.webtv.net/MorganaLaFey/StansAquariumPage/page8.html

is it that "umbee" ???????

if so, NO they would not be a good choice for you as they are a VERY large and VERY aggressive cichlid. though considered central american (and they DO have a central american cichlid attitude) they really spend more time in south america, but oh well.....

you would need a very large tank to keep an umbee, and they would not get along well with the much less aggressive GT's and jacks and such.

HTH
M

 

[inline_sk8a]

Maybe you could get some Keyhole cichlids! They are peaceful and if you decided to get some smaller fish in with them in later life, they are fine with them aswell!!

A good choice!

 

[TaffyFish]

When you say "I like Africans" you don't really mean it do you? You like Central and SA's right?

 

[Purple]

Blood Parrots and Serverums would be ok together - at least they are in my tank. Blood Parrots are also fine with Haps.