master chi
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My mother's roommate recently moved out,and she mentioned after spending time at my house how much she missed having a cichlid tank.
She's actually the person responsible for getting me in the hobby. So it's been awhile since I rehomed all my americans,and I'm a little rusty when it comes to who goes well with who .Right now I'm just looking for what might work in a 55 gal.
I know she likes Jack Dempseys, So I was thinking an all male american tank. In the past we kept a couple setups,with her main one being a tank housing,a JD,convict,Texas cichlid and large pleco,but I think the tank was a 125,maybe bigger. I would like to surprise her with a 55,and some fish,and I was thinking of my last trip to aquarium paradise,they had a nice looking "green terror"The one I know as a false green terror,Aequidens Rivulatus, that I know she would love. Are they compatible with JD's? Could I go with a setup like this
1 JD male
1 Rivulatus male
1 Convict Male
and some sort of dither.
What's a good dither for American cihlids anyways? Silver dollars? some sort of loach? rainbow shark maybe?
Any suggestions would be helpful,I'm a ways away from actually pulling this off,I'm shooting for late november,which is when her birthday is.So I got time to really plan this out.
She's actually the person responsible for getting me in the hobby. So it's been awhile since I rehomed all my americans,and I'm a little rusty when it comes to who goes well with who .Right now I'm just looking for what might work in a 55 gal.
I know she likes Jack Dempseys, So I was thinking an all male american tank. In the past we kept a couple setups,with her main one being a tank housing,a JD,convict,Texas cichlid and large pleco,but I think the tank was a 125,maybe bigger. I would like to surprise her with a 55,and some fish,and I was thinking of my last trip to aquarium paradise,they had a nice looking "green terror"The one I know as a false green terror,Aequidens Rivulatus, that I know she would love. Are they compatible with JD's? Could I go with a setup like this
1 JD male
1 Rivulatus male
1 Convict Male
and some sort of dither.
What's a good dither for American cihlids anyways? Silver dollars? some sort of loach? rainbow shark maybe?
Any suggestions would be helpful,I'm a ways away from actually pulling this off,I'm shooting for late november,which is when her birthday is.So I got time to really plan this out.