Anyone Got Any Jade Eyed's?

[markandhisfish]

cute little things . if i ever set up another new world tank its deffinately a species i would include

 

[minnnt]

Great. What did they behave like? Were they distructive? Dig/move plants? Eat plants? What would you suggest as tankmates for them in a 125 litre tank?

 

[markandhisfish]

mine were really well behaved , used to have the odd tiff with my blue acara altho it was more posturing than actual fighting. they never uprooted plants , didnt really dig a whole lot either . as for tankmates in a 125 youre quite limited in terms of cichlids . for smaller fish i had tiger barbs and corys in with mine with no issues . it could make for a nice display . corys for the bottom , tiger barbs will give lots of colour/movement and the jade eyes will be the stars of the show

 

[minnnt]

Yeah not wanting any other cichlids. My innitial thought was to go for Rosy Tetras... but now you have mentions barbs i am thinking black ruby barbs? Already have 2 BN's and some bronze cory's in with them. Oh, and a pair of Rainbow Cichlids, but Mattlee is having them soon hence me wating to start thinking of plants and setup.

 

[markandhisfish]

yeah rainbow cichlids and plants dont tend to be a good mix lol . if you go with tetras id go with 1 of the deeper bodied species just to be on the safe side . not to up on tetras tho so i dont know if rosy would be suitable or not . how about a group of odessa barbs . ?

 

[minnnt]

Yeah rosies are a bit deeper bodied than say neons. I like odessa barbs, I also like pentazonia barbs... Oh the joys!

 

[markandhisfish]

hmmm sounds like the onset of kid in a sweetshop syndrome

 

[minnnt]

Tell me about it!

 

[minnnt]

 

[Verminator89]

Ooooh, just seen this thread. Very very very cute litle fish their mark. Can't wait for yours to reach maturity minnnt, very interesting little cichlids!

 

[bullit]

Forgot about this thread. I realised i had the sajicas, my mistake lol

 

[markandhisfish]

i agree with you verminator spirulus are really cool cichlids . in fact id go as far as to say 1 of the best species ive kept