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| Posted | 55 gallon tank, how many cichlids? |
| 01-10-2006 16:23 by casper75 |
From reading alot of hte posts and seeing liters instead of gallons, guessing most posters arent in the states...But I am =D
Anyway I have a 55 Gallon tank setup, and think I might have gotten too many Cichlids...below are what I have in the tank, originally I didnt want more then 15 fish total but went over that by a couple to get couples/pairs.. All these Cichlids are still pretty small, shorter then a thumb, was guessing once they do double in size or get closer to full grown, another tank might be needed. So far the only two that dont really get along are a Kenyi and the purple belly I cant identify, but they have decided on thier territory and stick to thier area now, all the rest swim together with no fights or nipping of fins... 1 Blue Ram 2 Gold Rams 1 Powder Blue 2 Juvinile Buffalo Head's 1 Striped Rapheal Catfish 1 Speckled Pectus Catfish 2 Convicts 2 Jewels 2 Electric Yellow's 2 Bumblebee's 2 Kenyi's (blue female and yellow male) 2 Albino with yellow fins (ID post reveals a zebra hybrid of some type) 1 Still to be Identified, purple body with black stripes and yellow fins 1 Algea eater |
| 01-10-2006 16:27 by Jake Casson |
Should be fine, its all down to filtration at the end of the day son. |
| 01-10-2006 16:30 by casper75 |
Cool, I wanted to get mates for the last couple so each breed has a mate, but didnt want to overcrowd, I have a great water filtration system in, along with alot of bubbles with the blue air rock curtain all along the back side of the tank, bubbles coming up from an ornamant and then the 2 jets, one on either corner for use with the under gravel, so very good water circulation as well. |
| 01-10-2006 17:02 by telboy |
nice collection casper but i think you're gonna be in for quite a bit of agro as the fish mature + start pairing off! good luck with em though. |
| 01-10-2006 17:51 by darren |
AS bit of a mix you have there mate
your main problems will be the Jewel's and the Convicts i reckon |
| 01-10-2006 18:03 by Danny Boy |
rams will be the first to die.. and you may loose the algea eater too. although i have kept one with similar fish it was a large one.. in your tank i would stick to the inch of fish poer gallon so if it were my tank id not add another fish. maybe take a few out and replace with other more suitable fish. oh and no offence jake there are a lot more factors that filtration. |
| 01-10-2006 19:36 by Cichlid Fury |
if thats bumbleebee (gobies) you refer to thats a brackish fish, probably p*ssing in the wind with it in freshwater? Always try to keep fish in as close to possible as natural environments casper |
| 01-10-2006 20:27 by heros hero |
bumblebee are prob pseudotropheus crabro. you're gonna lose those rams my friend. your unidentified sounds like a krib |
| 02-10-2006 09:06 by von |
Your fish have a very wide range of differnet required water requirements, do a little reasearch and decide which you want to stick with, in the long term you will lose a lot of these |
| 02-10-2006 10:01 by Alan |
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
Not much I can add to that. Read up on the water requirements of your individual fish you will then understand the top line you have fish in there from complete opposite ends of the hardness and ph spectrum plus the aggressive nature of some of your fish will mean those less aggressive fish willbe torn to pieces. |
| 05-10-2006 23:52 by kevinfish |
for a mbuna tank ... overcrowding is the best way to reduce aggresion. dont follow 1 inch per gallon ... I have 55 gln but with all the roks it only has 42 gln of water ... 17 mbunas and 1 elec blue hap ... very little fighting if fed small amounts 5 times a day |
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