Sidman24
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Are they a good tetra to keep with cichlids ?
Really? Well I just read about "dither" fish and that was one of the suggestions
Dither fish ARE NOT called target fish. Completely different things.
Dither fish are fish used to pull shy fish out of hiding. Many cichlids see a school of fish out and about as a sign that the area is safe, thus making them more active and adventurous.
Target fish are fish used to deter an aggressive fish from picking on another fish. This is common in the highly aggressive cichlid species, so that grow outs or even adults don't kill each other, but instead focus on the target fish.
Dither fish ARE NOT called target fish. Completely different things.
Dither fish are fish used to pull shy fish out of hiding. Many cichlids see a school of fish out and about as a sign that the area is safe, thus making them more active and adventurous.
Target fish are fish used to deter an aggressive fish from picking on another fish. This is common in the highly aggressive cichlid species, so that grow outs or even adults don't kill each other, but instead focus on the target fish.
Explained better than i did Thanks Freakgecko91.
I think those GBRs may not last long with a GT, I've heard they can get pretty aggressive when they grow up. I have a pair in with a severum and geos and I would be terrified to put them in with anything aggressive, my rams try and protect their nest area and the other fish are big and just don't care. They never retaliate and try to attack the rams they just kinda turn around when the rams assault them and be like "what do you want I'm like 3x your size". So I don't think they would hold up well. As far as the congos idk how those fish would do with them but generally they are a good schooling fish to have with cichlids because they get too big for most of them to eat. My Geos are like the same size as my congos, they actually get quite thick and big.
What kind of geos? Are you talking about acei? And my rams have yet to breed. They been together almost 7 months. I believe they are all female