Central/south american cichlids!!!

[Cactuspixie]

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JRT, what is the cichlid in your first photo?

 

[Freakgecko91]

Testing this out since it didn't successfully quote last time.

Mike, what kind of cichlid is that in your centre picture?

Red spot severum, Heros esfasciatus

 

[Freakgecko91]

JRT, what is the cichlid in your first photo?

Parachromis managuense, aka jaguar cichlid

 

[Cactuspixie]

Red spot severum, Heros esfasciatus

Thanks for that gecko!
Looking at the profile on Seriously Fish, it seems like the kind of cichlid I'm after, except that it can become nasty if kept singly, and I only want one cichlid that will grow large in my 6'x2'x2' (with bristlenose catfish)

 

[mikem691]

Testing this out since it didn't successfully quote last time.

Mike, what kind of cichlid is that in your centre picture?

Red spot gold severum

 

[Cactuspixie]

Red spot gold severum

Is he all looks, or does he have personality also?

 

[mikem691]

Is he all looks, or does he have personality also?

They both greet me at the glass and will eat out of my hand. Their still young and only about 3.5 to 4" the one in the front is a little more aggressive than normal and thinks the top of the tank belongs to him at feeding time.

 

[Cactuspixie]

They both greet me at the glass and will eat out of my hand. Their still young and only about 3.5 to 4" the one in the front is a little more aggressive than normal and thinks the top of the tank belongs to him at feeding time.

What else do you have in the tank with them? I'm wondering if I got one, would I need to transfer my kuhli loaches to another tank? I couldn't bear for them to be hunted down (there's a dozen in there)

 

[Malawimaddness]

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/m8xuxbs1bqz4j9k/bBCuJVQ6eV

 

[mikem691]

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/m8xuxbs1bqz4j9k/bBCuJVQ6eV

Great looking fish!!!

 

[Malawimaddness]

Great looking fish!!!

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/oseiutqsxzy601n/lOvncmZa5I

 

[mikem691]

What else do you have in the tank with them? I'm wondering if I got one, would I need to transfer my kuhli loaches to another tank? I couldn't bear for them to be hunted down (there's a dozen in there)

I have the 2 severums 2 A. Heckelii and 8 Rasboras for dithers. I dont know how the kuhlis would do They are fast but the severums might see them as worms. I would start another thread and ask.

 

[haleybeth30]

Great looking fish!!!

yes, very nice, tank too

 

[mikem691]

https://www.dropbox.com/sc/oseiutqsxzy601n/lOvncmZa5I

yes, very nice, tank too

I agree

 

[mikem691]

My severums playing in the water changer discharge.

 

[haleybeth30]

My severums playing in the water changer discharge.

cute! I love sevs

 

[haleybeth30]

here's one of my peacocks playing in the filter outflow. He's the tank boss and was at it for hours. My tank was so peaceful that night =)

 

[mikem691]

here's one of my peacocks playing in the filter outflow. He's the tank boss and was at it for hours. My tank was so peaceful that night =)

Very cool!

 

[Plecos4596]

Sorry haven't been on the thread everybody so far has had awesome fish anybody have tropheus cichlids they interest me.

 

[Freakgecko91]

Sorry haven't been on the thread everybody so far has had awesome fish anybody have tropheus cichlids they interest me.

...they're Tanganyikan, not new world