Looking At A Cichlid Tank

[MewMew42]

id like to completely rehaul my 125l tank into cichlids

i know only a few will be compatible

but could i have some stocking ideas?

the tank has a U3 filter but im thinking about an external

thanks =]

edit for tank size mistake :\

 

[minxfishy]

Can you confirm the tank size, it says 12L but do you mean 120L?

 

[MewMew42]

sorry that is 125L!

eurgh stupid keyboard

 

[Wills]

125 could be a nice size for a group of something like cupid cichlids maybe? Or Guinacaras if you can find them... Could do a group of 4 of either of them.

In a 3 foot tank IMO the best mixes are either 4 or 5 dwarfs in pairs or trios or 1 medium and 2 or 3 dwarfs (depending on species) or a breeding pair of medium sized cichlids with dithers or a trio of medium sized cichlids all male or all female to avoid breeding.

I would recommend going external they are just so much better than internals.

Did you have any species you particularly wanted?

 

[MewMew42]

hmm Im not even sure to be honest, Id like something centerpiece like

I do like apistogrammas but i feel that they may get lost, its very densely planted lol like cockatoo or something

maybe bolivian rams? can you keep those in a group?

otherwise a pair of medium sized cichlids would be nice with some shoaling fish maybe

 

[Wills]

hmmm plants and cichlids are sometimes hit and miss as to which will not dig them up. Apistos would be pretty nice, if you went with like 1 male and 3 females in that tank I think you would be okay If you got the panduro or nijsens the females look awesome as well. They should be pretty active and you could do like a mix with them some spotted headstanders maybe some hatchets for the top and some pencil fish?

Wills

 

[MewMew42]

ohhhh that sounds nice!

how are apistos for territory? could i keep corys?

what else could i keep? im going to keep my neon rainbows and maybe add a couple more

I like hatchets though =]

 

[Wills]

Yeah the rainbows will be fine swap them for the pencil fish I mentioned. Which apistos are you going with? Different species will mean different numbers but only with the females. With cories and apistos its a bit hit and miss so I leave it to your choice if you want to try it, they sometimes intrude on spawning sites and dont understand they have to stay away and get nipped.

Wills

 

[MewMew42]

Im thinking about either apistogramma cacatuoides or borelli

around here you dont really see many apistos =[

thanks for your help =]