slim_pickings
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Hi fish people!
I have recently acquired a 240 litre tank full of cichlids, catfish and a bunch of barbs. From various posts that I have read on here I'm not sure if the fish in there are truly compatible. Here is a list of what is in there and also are there too many?
3 jewels (1 bright orange about 4" head to end of tail,1 darker with blue shiny spots of head 4" and a smaller one about 3")
5 blue acaras 2 males, 3 females all about 2-3"
1 brown acara a massive 5"
2 angel fish 2" each
1 catfish 2" (name unknown with mega long whiskers) - hides all day
1 huge plec (a real whopper) prob about 7"
1 geophager about 3-4"
5 tiger barbs
1 flying fox catfish
1 kribensis
They all seem to get along some are territorial in the tank but there is no evidence of fin nipping, bullying or stressed fish. They seem to have been tank mates for a while with their previous owner. They are a feisty lot and all seem to ignore each other most of the time. They seem to recognise me when I approach the tank and are quite inquisitive and are lovely to watch! Any advice gratefully recieved! Oh and there are a breeding pair of jewels - some eggs laid about 2 weeks ago ontop of a plantpot but they got ate. The odd thing is was that the brown acara was guarding them with a blue acara...not sure why or if it were a coincidence but they were rather feisty shooing away the other fish!!
cheers
slim
I have recently acquired a 240 litre tank full of cichlids, catfish and a bunch of barbs. From various posts that I have read on here I'm not sure if the fish in there are truly compatible. Here is a list of what is in there and also are there too many?
3 jewels (1 bright orange about 4" head to end of tail,1 darker with blue shiny spots of head 4" and a smaller one about 3")
5 blue acaras 2 males, 3 females all about 2-3"
1 brown acara a massive 5"
2 angel fish 2" each
1 catfish 2" (name unknown with mega long whiskers) - hides all day
1 huge plec (a real whopper) prob about 7"
1 geophager about 3-4"
5 tiger barbs
1 flying fox catfish
1 kribensis
They all seem to get along some are territorial in the tank but there is no evidence of fin nipping, bullying or stressed fish. They seem to have been tank mates for a while with their previous owner. They are a feisty lot and all seem to ignore each other most of the time. They seem to recognise me when I approach the tank and are quite inquisitive and are lovely to watch! Any advice gratefully recieved! Oh and there are a breeding pair of jewels - some eggs laid about 2 weeks ago ontop of a plantpot but they got ate. The odd thing is was that the brown acara was guarding them with a blue acara...not sure why or if it were a coincidence but they were rather feisty shooing away the other fish!!
cheers
slim
the jewels are very aggressive fish, firstly I would suggest removing them. The blue acara again aggressive parents, I would split so you have just females or just males, chances are they could cross breed with the brown (I am guessing thats a port acara) so you would need to keep what ever blue sex the same sex as the brown. Blue acara can get to 8" so only 2 for that size tank. Your plec is small yet as I am guessing its a common plec, these can reach 24". Angel fish & Tiger barbs, you are going to most likely get problems with the tigers nipping fins of the angels, the angels are only small at 2". Your geo, it depends on the species as to its potential size, they do better in a group but singles are ok. If its a geo brazilliensis these are really nippy and aggressive they turn really quick in my experience. Your catfish long whiskars = predator, there are hundreds of catfish so a picture to identify it would be good, chances are as it gets bigger the tiger barbs will become its lunch depending on the species.
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