My dream aquarium includes: a green terror, a texas cichlid, an african, a tiger oscar, a jack dempsy, a red devil, and a jaguar cichlid. How big would my tank have to be, how many rocks and hiding places would I need, and what else do I need to do to avoid a bloodbath?
2007-05-25 12:31:27 · 4 answers · asked by kermit t 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I would suggest you drop the african from your line up to be honest. They don't mix well with the SA cichlids you have selected. With that fish out of the grouping I would suggest at least a 125 gallon tank for the rest. Given that tank size you should be able to avoid too much in the way of fighting and it will allow you to setup adequate rock features to give at least some of the fish territories and hiding places. Frankly though, the larger the tank the better and the larger the "footprint" of the tank the better. That's the square footage of the bottom area. Keep as many rocks and fake plants as possible in the tank and use them to set up screens so that a fish in one area couldn't see a fish in another area of the tank. If you can have 3-4 of these screened off areas it will greatly reduce fighting.
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2007-05-25 12:40:32 · answer #1 · answered by magicman116 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let's see:
The green terror could live with the JD and the Texas.
The oscar can live with the JD.
The red devil can live with the jaguar.
They say that the African jewel cichlid can live with a Jack Dempsey (mine, however, could not live with ANYTHING!)
Jaguar's are not in any way, shape or form a suitable fish for a community tank. While young, they can be raised with other large cichlids such as Oscar's, Jack Dempsey's and Green Terror's, but as they approach maturity, they will soon take over your tank and start eliminating tankmates. They aren't territorial like oscars....they're predatory.
2007-05-25 13:21:31 · answer #2 · answered by Barb R 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dear Eru, you'd need a pond to prevent them from tearing each other up. Did you pick up a book of agressive fish and pick each out? Each fish can get rather large, with one Jack requiring a 30 gallon to itself. Upwards of 150 gallons just for the Jaguar cichlid... so you're looking at a very , very large tank. I doubt you'd find a tank large enough for all of them. I'd suggest doing some research on each species and maybe thinking of just a species tank as opposed to a community tank.
2007-05-25 12:43:21 · answer #3 · answered by Heather 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-04-01 08:30:54 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋