mom has a

[lilme]

mom has a 15 gallon she wants a cichlid but 1 that is not shy
we have told her a oscar needs 75 at least she plans on 1 of the year to get a pair in a 100 gallon
a fire moth 29 min
black convict 29 min
what can she have in it if it has red eyes she loves it

 

[mellissacolleen]

15 gallon is to small for any cichlid I would recommend starting with a 40-50 gallon but even that should be temporary


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[lilme]

would a shell dwellers work
what else can we try i know it small but best we can do

 

[lilme]

it has the floor of a ten but taller might be able to upgrade to a 20-30 gallon on black friday

 

[Fishy Smell]

A single ram with six neons?


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[lilme]

she is thinking a krib or a dwarf red cockatoo ?

 

[Fishy Smell]

I think you'd be ok with a dwarf red cockatoo with a small shoal. 1 krib would be ok in a 15 long, but if yours has the floor space of a 10 id say not.

Bigger tanks are definitely better for cichlids though generally.


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[dalto]

You could probably do a pair of Apistogramma cacatuoides(cockatoo cichlid) in a standard 15g assuming it is 24" long.

 

[lilme]

mom looked at pygmy sun fish?
will a everglade breed with a okefenokee sunfish?
will they get along with reg bluespotted sun fish

 

[lilme]

Is a sun fish a cichild

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[aqua_holic]

Sunfish and cichlids are of the same order, but so are 160 other families of fish.