A Couple Fish I Want To Ask About

[Lokemer]

how big does the tank need to be for one of these fish to live happily in it?

Blue Acara
Rams (Papiliochromis ramirezi)
Texas Cichlid
Apistogramma cacatuoides
Port Acara
Jack Dempsey
Green Terror
Keyhole
Convict


Are there any of these fish i should watch out for specifically? any special needs of any of them?

 

[england]

what size tank are you looking at, basically you have nearly all sizes of cichlids there...like dwarfs<Apistogramma cacatuoides>

then you have Texas Cichlid which id personally say 75us but some say 55us

 

[Wills]

Pretty big size range there really with things like the rams and apistos getting to around 2-3 inches and being happy in 15-20g and then things like the green terror and the texas get to 10-12 inches and need big tanks for territory usually in the region of 75g+. But with things like your Cons Acaras and Keyholes you can start off at around 30-35g tanks . But obviously the smaller dwarfs dont do too well in with the bigger ones for obvious reasons.

What size tank where you thinking of?

Wills

 

[minxfishy]

Blue Acara - 55g
Rams (Papiliochromis ramirezi) 20g for a pair
Texas Cichlid - 65g
Apistogramma cacatuoides - 20g for a trio
Port Acara - 55g
Jack Dempsey - 65g
Green Terror - 65g
Keyhole - 40g
Convict - 40g

These are IMO minimum for each, not to mix them, you cannot mix the smaller species, rams, keyholes, apistos, with the larger species, to mix some of the larger species, 125g minimum for a couple of those to try to live together.

 

[Lokemer]

i have a 20 (cycled) 30 (cycling) and a 40(new) that are open. what fish would you suggest for which tank?

 

[minxfishy]

Apistorgramma for the 20g, pair of rams for the 30g with some small dither fish, a pair of convicts for the 40g with some dither fish, or for the 40g, a pair of keyholes and dithers. None of the larger species will do for those size tanks.

 

[meguro]

the acaras would be fine in a 40g