HondaKid
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
Hi guys! This is my first post so please excuse my ignorance. I've been on this site for about 3 days now and am overwhelmed and inspired by the amount of information contained within it. I only wish I would have stumbled upon it a few weeks earlier.
I have a 29g tank given to me by my friend. I currently have it stocked with:
2 tiger barb
2 albino tiger barb
1 red-tailed shark
1 black convict
My first mistake (after reading on this site; too little too late) was listening to the LFS associate when she said the convict would get along fine with the other fish. It's been about a week now and the convict is constantly after the other fish. As a result, I had made plans to get a second tank (55g) and relocate the black convict as well as add some other "aggressive" fish (i.e. oscar, jack dempsey) but during my time on this site, I've had a change of plans and have taken quite a liking to the Mbuno fish such as Yellow Labs, Red Zebras, etc. (inspired by folks like DizzCat, Sicklid, and spoonman; to name a few)
I'm now leaning heavily to get some (if not all) of the following fish for the new tank:
Yellow Labs
Red Zebra
Pseudotropheus Acei
Ice Blues
My question is, will the black convict do well with these Mbuno fish or am I setting myself up for trouble?
Thanks for any input as I want to do the best thing for my current and future fish!
I have a 29g tank given to me by my friend. I currently have it stocked with:
2 tiger barb
2 albino tiger barb
1 red-tailed shark
1 black convict
My first mistake (after reading on this site; too little too late) was listening to the LFS associate when she said the convict would get along fine with the other fish. It's been about a week now and the convict is constantly after the other fish. As a result, I had made plans to get a second tank (55g) and relocate the black convict as well as add some other "aggressive" fish (i.e. oscar, jack dempsey) but during my time on this site, I've had a change of plans and have taken quite a liking to the Mbuno fish such as Yellow Labs, Red Zebras, etc. (inspired by folks like DizzCat, Sicklid, and spoonman; to name a few)
I'm now leaning heavily to get some (if not all) of the following fish for the new tank:
Yellow Labs
Red Zebra
Pseudotropheus Acei
Ice Blues
My question is, will the black convict do well with these Mbuno fish or am I setting myself up for trouble?
Thanks for any input as I want to do the best thing for my current and future fish!