Recent content by dpeco33

Not only do they enjoy eating them, they and the Acara, and most cichlids will dig them up and then they are left floating.. most cichlids like to dig and soft for food in the substrate or just her rid of pent up aggression.. Not saying they all will.. You may get a sevrum that disregards them...

Don't most species of Tetras like neons ets come from dim streams and ponds in the Amazon with lots of shade?

The other cichlids will get to them at some point.. would take the breeding pair and put in a 20 gallon long if you are considering keeping the fry to sell or what.. I know that convicts are awesome and ferocious parents.. But knowing cichlids.. Some fry drift.. It will be food

Hatchet fish?

I believe depending on the species.. If there is enough filtration it would be fine.. I don't know but don't believe platys are seriously territorial are they?

My 125 gal community..

Africans and South American come from completely different pH. However the South American usually like lower pH and Africans higher.. so weird the African cichlids would be the ones to survive unless they were aggressive to the Green Terror, and they could be because they are far more aggressive...

That works too..lol

Get some of those loaches that dig.. Maybe they will turn it?

I believe it's brackish but I would Google to make sure.. he's nice looking and healthy looking too though..

Like it.. Cool that you used stuff from your own backyard

Lol..I have been through the whole gamet ..lol.. I have had Oscars, jaguar cichlids, fire mouth, to convicts. Also had many different African and even the beautiful Geophagus juripari etc.. I had the green terror, which I bought when about an inch long.. After my 12 year old Dempsey died, he...

If doing African cichlids. There are so many options.. Just Google them.. they like rocks with tons of space to take on their own.. South American are a bit different in that they need slightly different water parameters and grow quite large.. Mbuna, they say to put many in to disperse the...

How about a pair of Acaras.. They look similar to the terror and are not nearly as big or aggressive?

I like it a lot.. very nice natural.. He will love it I am sure