Jamepsss
Fish Addict
Right, I've currently got two planted tanks My Roma 200 and my Roma 125.
I'm finding it difficult to maintain both tanks as planted, when one looks good the other suffers and vice versa. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and I'm pretty sure I want to go a different way with the 125.
Despite having loads of questions about various things I don't want to make this opening post TOO long. After seeing a spate of nice cichlid set-ups lately I'm pretty sure I've got my heart set on something along them lines.
My main question for this post then is are there a PAIR of new world cichlids (that aren't dwarves) that are suitable for a 125L tank? I've read all sorts lately and I keep being drawn to Firemouths and Convicts.
What I want to do is have a pair only, in a species tank and make a biotope for them with wood, rocks and moss as the only greenery. But then I've read how easily convicts breed and the difficulties in re-homing the fry etc. Firemouth females are hard to come by etc etc and all sorts of other things.
Maybe this should be in the new-world section but I'm looking for suggestions from everyone and I'm open to other ideas too.
So what would you do if you were me? (Another tank is NOT an option unfortunately).
I'm finding it difficult to maintain both tanks as planted, when one looks good the other suffers and vice versa. I've been doing a lot of thinking lately and I'm pretty sure I want to go a different way with the 125.
Despite having loads of questions about various things I don't want to make this opening post TOO long. After seeing a spate of nice cichlid set-ups lately I'm pretty sure I've got my heart set on something along them lines.
My main question for this post then is are there a PAIR of new world cichlids (that aren't dwarves) that are suitable for a 125L tank? I've read all sorts lately and I keep being drawn to Firemouths and Convicts.
What I want to do is have a pair only, in a species tank and make a biotope for them with wood, rocks and moss as the only greenery. But then I've read how easily convicts breed and the difficulties in re-homing the fry etc. Firemouth females are hard to come by etc etc and all sorts of other things.
Maybe this should be in the new-world section but I'm looking for suggestions from everyone and I'm open to other ideas too.
So what would you do if you were me? (Another tank is NOT an option unfortunately).