Ah! Angles Or Dwarf Cichlids!

[CBBP]

well I as going to get angles but then I was on this site and i saw how beautiful other dwarf cichlids are!

http/www.azgardens.com/cichlids.php


now my questions are:
in a 72 gallon with 10 cories and maybe 20 (or, you tell me) 30 rummy nose tetras how many of eahc could I get?
What groupings of females would I need for each?

could I still get an angel/angle pair?

If just one angle would it be lonely with out a partner?



I really like the following:

Apistogramma agassizi

Blue Ram

Bolivian Ram

 

[jayjay]

Yeah you can mix all the fish you've said together.

 

[CBBP]

But what stocking level...

10 cories..
20 rummynose tetras
2 blue ram pairs
2 bolivan ram pairs
1 angle pair

does that work?
Rummynosde tetra's would definatly be the last things to be added.. so sencitive.

 

[Lord Zogat]

Great looking fish you have selected.

What would be the average cost for each of those fish?

 

[Callum]

But what stocking level...

10 cories..
20 rummynose tetras
2 blue ram pairs
2 bolivan ram pairs
1 angle pair

does that work?
Rummynosde tetra's would definatly be the last things to be added.. so sencitive.

that should work in a very large tank but i know angels eat neons and i think they would eat rummynoses as well + you would need a very large tank as for rams it is 1 per 10 gallon (i think) + angels need a lot of space. what size tank do you have?

 

[jayjay]

Yeah that stocking would work, angels don't eat rummy nose unless the angel is large and the rummy nose small. Also he does have a big tank, 72g or something like that.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

you need to be careful with the numbers of angels, quite often just having 2 is a recepie for disaster, they may well beat each other up, I would go for 4 or 6 really. Also I'm sure with a 72g it will be but just to make sure you know, angels need a tank at least 18" tall.

i think with the dwarf cichlids you need to have more females than males something like 3:1 so if you go for them then get a reasonable size group not just a pair.

 

[jayjay]

Keeping just 2 angels is a safe thing, some angels don't like other angels but that would mean keeping them seperate. If you have a pair though and they start breeding anything in the tank that even looks like an angelfish would be attacked. Yes they do need a tank 18" tall.

Dwarf cichlids, rams and bolivan are pairs not colony fish.

 

[Miss Wiggle]

if you say so, I don't proclaim to be an authority but that's just my opinion on angels.

I've got cockatoo's and did loads of research on them and everything pointed me to keeping at least 2/3 females with each male so they don't get too stressed, obviously that ratio would lead to you keeping more than just a pair.

the rams yes keep in a pair.

I could well be wrong, just my thoughts, sure some other people will chip in with what they think and you can make an informed descision.

 

[CBBP]

MM.. two conflicting ideas.. which is right? So the blue and blovien rams are good in pairs.. and as for the angles I was planning to somehow buy a pair from somewhere.. where can I buy sexed fish?

and my tank is 18" high.. and it is indeed 72g..