Any red cichlids??

[Bully405Customz]

I have a pair of sunshine peacocks and a pair of marmalade cat fuelleborni. My girlfriend want some red fish, so I was wondering what would be a good option? If there is any that is. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[garfy]

What size is your tank?

 

[Bully405Customz]

55 gal at the moment

 

[garfy]

Well there are a few options all peacock cichlids
Aulonocara jacobfreibergi

Aulonocara firefish

Aulonocara sp.german red

Aulonocara rubescens

All are striking cichlids and would be a beautiful addition to any tank.
Hope this helps

 

[Mogurako]

I am a fan of Aulonocara rubescens, great fish.

 

[Batt4Christ]

Wow!

http://www.tims-malawizucht.de/bilder/Firefish_850_Red_Diamant.jpg

 

[Bully405Customz]

That is so pretty but Is my tank big enough for 2 male peacocks? Plus what about hybrids?

 

[Mogurako]

It should be big enough for two males, like with any cichlids just provide lots of territories/ breaks in lines in sight.

You will most likely end up with hybrids if I remember correctly all Peacocks are Aulonocaras which means they can interbreed. Thats one of the reasons I only kept one type in my 55.

 

[Bully405Customz]

I'll probably stick to one kind. Id like to sell them because my male is so pretty!

 

[Mogurako]

I'll probably stick to one kind. Id like to sell them because my male is so pretty!

Sounds good, if I had the room/money I would love line breed a couple types of peacocks like Aulonocara rubescens. IMO a tank with a breeding colony in it would be quite stunning.

 

[Ausfish]

Red empress would be an option!

 

[jetajockey]

An adult male dollar sunfish might be an option also, not sure how it'd go with the current stocking though, have never tried it, but here's a picture of one and a warmouth from nanfa.org

 

[Bully405Customz]

I like those, it looks like a jewel cichlid to me. But I could easily be wrong.

 

[Ausfish]

Live those fish jockey!!

 

[tarpon]

I'm pretty sure you'd need an enormous tank to house a redfish

 

[Bully405Customz]

Which one is the red fish?

 

[tarpon]

Haha I was just kidding. I was talking about the saltwater redfish. Also known as red drum. A gamefish.

 

[jetajockey]

They have a redfish in the tank at bass pro in destin, fl. It's huge, around 3 1/2 ft long.

 

[tarpon]

Omg I have to see that