Starting over and need advice
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What about tiger barbs...consider 'regular', albino, and/or green varieties?
I've never kept these personally, but I definitely plan on having some when I get a bigger tank someday...I personally prefer the albino variety best.
What do you think guys? Are tiger barbs suitable tank-mates for the Jack Dempsey?
Big Vine
I've never kept these personally, but I definitely plan on having some when I get a bigger tank someday...I personally prefer the albino variety best.
What do you think guys? Are tiger barbs suitable tank-mates for the Jack Dempsey?
Big Vine
Since everyone is throwing out "off the wall" suggestions, why not just do what I did. Just go to your LFS and buy what looks pretty to you, as far as cichlids, that is. Here is the stock of my 40 long:
5.5" Red Zebra, 3" Red Jewel, 4" Blue Malawi, 3.5" M. estherae OB, 4" M. Auratus, 2 - 3" Krib, Breeding pair Convicts, 5-6 baby Convicts ranging from 1"-2.5", 3.5" Firemouth, 5" Jack Dempsey, 1.5" snow white socolofi, 6" common ple*co (whom is recovering in my 10g community from a BAD injury and if he does recover/survive, he will then only be a 4" (pretty sad, check out his thread http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?t=34333)), oh and a Gold Mystery snail.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is that even though most say not to mix Africans & SA, CA, etc., I have been quite successful with my mixed tank. You get the best of all worlds! They all seem to get along great for the most part. Yes, there are occasional fights, but even in a species tank you're gonna see that. The secret is obvious, get 'em all together while they're all young. Your Jack Dempsy will leave 'em alone. They're generally pansies anyway.
Just my couple-hundredths of a buck!
5.5" Red Zebra, 3" Red Jewel, 4" Blue Malawi, 3.5" M. estherae OB, 4" M. Auratus, 2 - 3" Krib, Breeding pair Convicts, 5-6 baby Convicts ranging from 1"-2.5", 3.5" Firemouth, 5" Jack Dempsey, 1.5" snow white socolofi, 6" common ple*co (whom is recovering in my 10g community from a BAD injury and if he does recover/survive, he will then only be a 4" (pretty sad, check out his thread http://www.myfishtank.net/forum/showthread.php?t=34333)), oh and a Gold Mystery snail.
Anyway, what I'm getting at is that even though most say not to mix Africans & SA, CA, etc., I have been quite successful with my mixed tank. You get the best of all worlds! They all seem to get along great for the most part. Yes, there are occasional fights, but even in a species tank you're gonna see that. The secret is obvious, get 'em all together while they're all young. Your Jack Dempsy will leave 'em alone. They're generally pansies anyway.
Just my couple-hundredths of a buck!
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No to livebearers, no to tiger barbs, and especially no to blood parrots (because they suck IMO and should be blown off the earth with nukes....though they might find the nuke good since they are already mutants.).
What about Green Terrors, Oscars, Convicts, Jaguar cichlid, or Salvini Cichlids?
I'll think of some more.
What about Green Terrors, Oscars, Convicts, Jaguar cichlid, or Salvini Cichlids?
I'll think of some more.
I'm partial to texas cichlids... and I definitely second an oscar or a green terror.
Hmmmmm... If I had your tank and your dempsey and pleco, I'd add a green terror, a texas cichlid or an oscar, maybe a crew of convicts or firemouths... firemouths are generally less aggressive than the list above, but if you can get them larger than the others it may work out. The texas will be a toss-up as they are known to sometimes tear apart other similar CA cichlids... maybe try one which is smaller than the others?
Hmmmmm... If I had your tank and your dempsey and pleco, I'd add a green terror, a texas cichlid or an oscar, maybe a crew of convicts or firemouths... firemouths are generally less aggressive than the list above, but if you can get them larger than the others it may work out. The texas will be a toss-up as they are known to sometimes tear apart other similar CA cichlids... maybe try one which is smaller than the others?
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C-man's avitar is a Red Emperess male I belive. Stunning fish indeed, but not really well suited to mix with a JD.
If you wanted to get rid of the Jack, you could do a nice colony of Troupeus, or maybe even get away with some Fronts depending on what the tank dimentions are. It would also make a nice mbuna or peacock display.
For mates with the Jack, I'd have to say a Green terror would look great IMO.
If you wanted to get rid of the Jack, you could do a nice colony of Troupeus, or maybe even get away with some Fronts depending on what the tank dimentions are. It would also make a nice mbuna or peacock display.
For mates with the Jack, I'd have to say a Green terror would look great IMO.