Juli Ornatus Tank Mates?

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i just purchased 4 beautiful juli ornatus cichlids. i am wondering what tank mates can i put in the tank to take up the middle and upper swimming level?

its a 20 gallon tank and the only fish in it are my ornatus.

any info will be very helpful


joe

 

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are they young julies? because when they get older they'll pair up and you'll need to remove the other two. a 20 gallon is pretty small for them + others. You could have set up a shelldweller colony in the tank instead. would have been a nice sized tank for a group of 4 or 5.

tbh I think your tank is on the small side for the julies even without any other fish in it.

if you got a 40-50 gallon you could have a pair of julies, some other rockdwelling fish like leleupi, or calvus, a group of shell dwellers like multies or ocellatus, and a group of synodontis petricola.