Advice on a cichlid tank and community tank?

[Fishandmusic81]

Okay so I got two empty 25-29 gallon tanks sitting there if I go to college near my house I will set them both up my questions are
Which and how many of these cichlids can I keep in a 25 to 29 gallon tank ( they are the smallest cichlids I could find at lps)
Firemouth cichlid
Peacock cichlid
Electric yellow cichlid
Convict cichlid
Okay second question is in the other tank I plan on making it a community tank could I keep a rainbow shark in here? If so what companions could I have?
Thanks!

 

[Fishie]

Okay so I got two empty 25-29 gallon tanks sitting there if I go to college near my house I will set them both up my questions are
Which and how many of these cichlids can I keep in a 25 to 29 gallon tank ( they are the smallest cichlids I could find at lps)
Firemouth cichlid
Peacock cichlid
Electric yellow cichlid
Convict cichlid
Okay second question is in the other tank I plan on making it a community tank could I keep a rainbow shark in here? If so what companions could I have?
Thanks!

I think the convicts would be ok but are territorial when breeding. Electric yellow IMO need 45Gish and are African cichlids so need room for aggression . Convicts would do good and I think the other not too sure on firemouth.

 

[Fishandmusic81]

I think the convicts would be ok but are territorial when breeding. Electric yellow IMO need 45Gish and are African cichlids so need room for aggression . Convicts would do good and I think the other not too sure on firemouth.

Okay how many convicts or peacocks could I keep? And if so any tank mates? I got no problem making it a cichlid only tank just wondering

 

[Cichlid Kid]

If your goin for a mated pair of cons then only do the 1pair. They're a typical cichlid with an additude when they spawn.

 

[Fishandmusic81]

If your goin for a mated pair of cons then only do the 1pair. They're a typical cichlid with an additude when they spawn.

Okay say I don't want them to spawn I don't know what to do with the babies if they did have any and just want all male or all females how much could I get in the tank?
Also is there a clear distinction between the male and female cons?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Okay so I got two empty 25-29 gallon tanks sitting there if I go to college near my house I will set them both up my questions are
Which and how many of these cichlids can I keep in a 25 to 29 gallon tank ( they are the smallest cichlids I could find at lps)
Firemouth cichlid
Peacock cichlid
Electric yellow cichlid
Convict cichlid
Okay second question is in the other tank I plan on making it a community tank could I keep a rainbow shark in here? If so what companions could I have?
Thanks!

Peacocks and yellows are african the other two are sa I would not mix them

 

[Readingexcalibur]

Okay so I got two empty 25-29 gallon tanks sitting there if I go to college near my house I will set them both up my questions are
Which and how many of these cichlids can I keep in a 25 to 29 gallon tank ( they are the smallest cichlids I could find at lps)
Firemouth cichlid
Peacock cichlid
Electric yellow cichlid
Convict cichlid
Okay second question is in the other tank I plan on making it a community tank could I keep a rainbow shark in here? If so what companions could I have?
Thanks!

Maybe a pair if firemouths, I would think they are comparable in allot of ways to convicts.

 

[alLexX]

no rainbow shark,they have a 55 gallon minimum

 

[Andrew McFadden]

imo i wouldnt put them in that small of a tank they both get 7'' when you figure that tank is not that long and probably like 10-12'' from front to back then you have decorations and all its just not big enough. an pair of firemouths need a 55 gallon tank and just one convict need a 40+ tank.

 

[Fishandmusic81]

no rainbow shark,they have a 55 gallon minimum

Yeah I thought they'd need a bigger tank

 

[Fishandmusic81]

imo i wouldnt put them in that small of a tank they both get 7'' when you figure that tank is not that long and probably like 10-12'' from front to back then you have decorations and all its just not big enough. an pair of firemouths need a 55 gallon tank and just one convict need a 40+ tank.

Oh okay thanks guess I'll get stick with a community tank for now
Anybody got anything interesting I could put in there? other than tetra and danio harlequin etc

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Look into rams they are cool

 

[Maxkolbe]

How about annual killis? I've heard they can be rather challenging and short lived but they are SO colorful!

Some of my favorite community fish
Beta
Cory cat
Syndontis cat
Black phantom tetras

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Buy South American Cichlids from Live Fish Direct

They are SA cichlids if you have never seen them before here is a page that has them

 

[Fishandmusic81]

How about annual killis? I've heard they can be rather challenging and short lived but they are SO colorful!

Some of my favorite community fish
Beta
Cory cat
Syndontis cat
Black phantom tetras

I'm gonna put fish like that in one of my tanks I love bettas I got a dragon scale in a 10 gallon
But since I have two 25-29 gallon tanks I was looking for a larger fish to put it

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Buy South American Cichlids from Live Fish Direct

They are SA cichlids if you have never seen them before here is a page that has them

Wow those are beautiful! Will any of the sa cichlids be good in the tank?

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Imo you could keep two blue rams and maybe some of these danios, corys and or tetras. I'm not very good when it comes to tropical so if you want to keep rams I would starta New thread asking witch ones would be better for that tank. I have read or heard somewhere that rams are for advanced keepers cause they need like perfect water quality so I would put a ton of live plants and try to stay under stocked.

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Imo you could keep two blue rams and maybe some of these danios, corys and or tetras. I'm not very good when it comes to tropical so if you want to keep rams I would starta New thread asking witch ones would be better for that tank. I have read or heard somewhere that rams are for advanced keepers cause they need like perfect water quality so I would put a ton of live plants and try to stay under stocked.

One of the tanks will be tropical its my favorite but theirs so many choices I just wanted to see if I could try cichlids in one but I guess I'll pick something else maybe another reptile of some sort lol

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Oh and I wasn't saying your not ready or not an advanced keeper I really don't know just telling you the WARNING

 

[Fishandmusic81]

Oh and I wasn't saying your not ready or not an advanced keeper I really don't know just telling you the WARNING

Lol yeah didn't take it wrong I understand rams are hard to keep and I'll still have to do a lot more research before considering getting them