What Kind Of New Fish Buddies Would You Put In A 20Gal?

[julem35]

I have recently fallen in LOVE with cichlids .I would LOOOOVE to own myself some

My question is this:
I have a 20-25 gallon that someone gave me and thought, hey, maybe I can put some there!!
What are your suggestions of cichlids I can put here?

PS: I want to try a mouth brooding kind of cichlid if this helps any. I would love to keep more than one kind, but this may not be possible.

Thanks in advance!!!!

 

[Redfishmagazine]

If it was me - I'd either try a pair kribensis or some Neolamprologus multifasciatus!

The former are highly coloured, interesting open spawners - while the latter are small brown stripey fish that spawn in shells. If you go with either, you should probably use some dither fish (mountain cloud minnows work well and are quick enough to avoid being nipped!)

 

[julem35]

If it was me - I'd either try a pair kribensis or some Neolamprologus multifasciatus!

The former are highly coloured, interesting open spawners - while the latter are small brown stripey fish that spawn in shells. If you go with either, you should probably use some dither fish (mountain cloud minnows work well and are quick enough to avoid being nipped!)

Thanks!! I have briefly looked into kribensis fish and thought they were VERY cool. I looked on the web, but couldnt find a list of good dithers. Other than the mountain cloud minnows, what would you suggest that would coexist naturally or at least comfortably with kribensis? Thanks so much!!

 

[kiriyama]

I had a large shoal of Lemon Tetras in with my Kribs a while back, worked fine

 

[julem35]

Sounds good! I have experience with lemons from my 30gal.