New Tank!But...Right Mates?

[sikboy]

hi
im from argentina
i just bought a new tank of 120 liters(dont know how many gl are)
i was thinking to put some blooody parrots and blue dempsey
i want to get them small so they can grow in my tank, i was thinking to put no more than 4 or 6 fishes at all
i want to know if my tank its okey for this fishes
are they compatible?i mean, will be there any problem between them?
thx a lot!

 

[Pure]

Your tank is only 38 gals. You may be able to keep one parrot, but they are very messy and at that you will be pushing it. Sorry no room for jacks or any other parrots in there.

Actually your tank is better suited for dwarf cichlids. There are plenty of them that will do fine in a tank of this size, maybe an angel or 2 for something swimming in the upper regions of the water.

Welcome to the tank!

 

[homebunnyj]

(Psst.... Hey, Pure..... I figured it for a little over 31 gallons. I know you'll correct me if I screwed it up. ) Would that rule out the one parrot?
What do you think would be a good dwarf cichlid for someone who has never kept cichlids before? I'm considering them for an soon-to-be-vacated 29g myself.

 

[TheFighterFish]

I'm with you homebunnyj. I would give a rough estimate of 30 gallons. The way I calculated this is, 40 litres=roughly 10 gallons.

Could be wrong.

 

[sikboy]

i want to get some fishes (told before about 4 or 6) and see them grow in my tank *thumbsups
when you mean dwarf cichlids...who are they?i mean...do you know some page that have info about them?
thanks!

 

[Pure]

LOL thanks for catching that. Dunno where the 8 came from.. I just use an online volume calculater..Real math is for losers.
Volume
120 L Equals:
120000 mL
120 L
3550.308 fl oz (US)
3408.132 fl oz (UK)
56.772 pints (US)
68.196 pints (UK)
31.7041 Gal (US)
26.39974 Gal (UK)

By dwarf cichlids I mean fish like Bolivian rams, German blue rams, and any one of the many Apisto species. You can google any one of those and come up with a mass amount of info on them.

A 30 gal would be a little to small in terms of bioload for my taste, but I do believe if waterchanges were kept up one could keep one in a tank that size.

 

[sikboy]

A 30 gal would be a little to small in terms of bioload for my taste, but I do believe if waterchanges were kept up one could keep one in a tank that size.

didnt understand what you meant with what i quote

 

[GeraldTheMouse]

I got 31.7g..... (I cheated)

 

[Pure]

31.7041 Gal (US) mrmouse.

Could you quote what part of my post you do not understand..LOL now I don't understand what you don't understand.

*goes cross eyed*

 

[UP UP AND GUPPY]

didnt understand what you meant with what i quote

He meant that in a 30g you can keep a parrot but the boload it causes will be too much. It can be done but you ave to keep up with your wc's. Right pure?

 

[Pure]

Correct gup..Parrots get to be a nice size and are one of the fattest bodied cichlids in comparison to their length. Meaning how fat the fish is for how long it is. They are like swimming softballs. LOL

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

I think Pure's right (as usual) - for a tank that size, you'd be better off with dwarf cichlids.

Some examples he didn't mention were keyhole cichlids, a breeding pair of kribs, and checkerboard cichlids.

Here's a good place to start getting some basic info on them:

http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/list.aspx?category=5

(That's a direct link to the cichlids - they have other categories of profiles, too)

And, as always, Google is your best friend when it comes to finding out more about a species...

 

[sikboy]

thanks
now i understood!
heheh
well
today i went to a aquarium and i saw a "cichlasoma araguaiense". i think that that was the name
its a nice fish
maybe its ok for my tank?

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

Google didn't pull much up on the C. araguaiense, but did find that it reaches 9.2 cm (just over 4") on FishBase.org.

I suppose that makes it a dwarf cichlid - but it still might be aggressive. I'd ask someone who works wherever you saw them being sold.

 

[sikboy]

yeah, when i was there i asked for the guy who sell them and told me that i can mix them with another cichlids like silver dollar and others that i cannot remember now
well im still preparing the tank(rocks and others so they can feel that they are where they come from *thumbsups )
i think that until next week i wont buy any fishes
this gives me time tiem to think about it
thanks everyone

 

[FreshwaterJeff]

FWIW, Silver Dollars aren't cichlids, but they probably would be a good dither fish for the cichlid...

Also, be sure your tank is cycled before you put the cichlid in it, whether you do it fish-in or fishless. If you don't know what I'm talking about, read the stickies in the beginner forum...

 

[sikboy]

yea i know...
its cyclind from saturday
thanks!