Recent content by Varacanth

Nice, what are your plans? Wharf is about an hours drive from me so it's a possibility. Those blueberry tetras are nice would the acara not prey upon them though, considering they're only 1 1/2 inches? I've been considering some purple emperor tetras so if those are safe from predation I'll...

So I think I may change things up a bit. I came across this video on youtube: I really like the look of the larger fish on the bottom with the large schools of tetra swimming above so I'm thinking about the following: 1 Blue Acara 7 Red Head Tapajos 5 Hoplos 10-15 Colombian Tetras 10-15...

So I've had a bit of a think and this is the new stocking plan: 1 Chocolate Cichlid 1 Blue Acara 7 Red Head Tapajos 7 Red Tail Hemiodus 3 Hoplo Catfish Debating on also adding a good number of Colombians too, but not sure if that would overstock the tank?

This is why I went with the chocolate over Oscars. I like Oscars but you seem far more limited on what you can keep with them compared to chocolates.

The chocolate, acara and geos were the only definites on the list so I don't mind dropping the festivums and keyholes if they don't work. I did look into adding some dithers, with Colombians being the main contender but I was concerned that they might nip the fins of the cichlids or that the...

I'm currently in the planning phase for a 180g (6x2x2) and was wondering if I could get some input for this stocking idea? 1 Chocolate Cichlid 1 Blue Acara 7 Red Head Tapajos Geophagus 7 Keyhole Cichlid 7 Festivum I'm trying to keep this tank fairly peaceful while also having fish occupy...

I added the threadfins as from what I read it seemed like they would stick to the mid levels of the tank , so wouldn't have much territory overlap with the geo's but I guess I was wrong. I also thought by them sticking to the middle of the tank they would be a good replacement for tetras and...

I'm thinking CA might not really work for what I have in mind. I might invest in a RO unit to bring my hardness down a bit and go for a community of medium sized SA Cichlids with one large centrepiece. would something like this work? 1 True Parrot Cichlid 1 Blue Acara 1 Green Severum 1 Green...

Sorry by pearlscale I meant Herichthys Carpintis. I did look at veija but they don't really appeal to me tbh.

Really like the look of Cribroheros Robertsoni, maybe even more so than the geo's. How would they fare with some of the more aggressive central Americans like salvinis and pearlscales? If they are compatible I'm thinking of something like this: 1 Jack Dempsey 1 Pearlscale 1 Salvini 1 Convict 1...

Are there any sand sifting fish similar to earth eaters that would fit in the CA community? I think I'm leaning more to that as I really like the look of regular JD's.

I'm not 100% set on an oscar, I do like the personality of them more than the size and looks though.

Thats a very tough one to pick between as I really like the JD and Geo's aha. Would a blue acara fit into the SA tank? My water is 7.2 ph and 10.38 dh, would this be too hard for SA's?

So I've been doing a little more research and viewing various tanks and I think I've settled on a South and Central American cichlid tank (Sorry byron, I know you don't like mixing cichlids). I'm thinking something like this: 1 Oscar 1 Jack Dempsey 1 Female Convict 1 Female Green Severum 1...

I think I may actually be learning more towards the severum now. It seems like more of a personable fish, would it work with the Congo's too?