phin
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guess you can't be picky then. maybe he'll give you something bigger. you can do cichlids in a 29. I did my first colony of cichlids, some saulosi in a 29. Had 2 males and 5 females in there for a few years.
Wow, I've never seen so much broad and wrong information on one post thread before! Of course there are dozens of species that will work in a 30 or a 29.
Angels
Bolivian rams
German blue rams
Apistogramma sp
Nannacara sp
Laetacara sp (not thayeri though, curviceps, araguaiae, or will work)
Keyholes
Dicrossus (filamentosus and maculatus, although not commonly seen)
Convicts (a breeding pair alone would work)
Honduran red points
Amatitlania sp.
Cryptoheros sp
Kribs (and not just pelvicachromis pulcher, other p. species as well)
Shell dwellers (neolamprologus and lamprologus)
Julidochromis sp
Leleupi
Jewels
And many, many more! That's just a short list. Please stop making broad and generalized statements people! Not all Africans are super aggressive, although, in general most species are. Also don't say that all new worlds are massive brutes that decimate anything that goes
in their environment. There are cichlids of all sizes, shapes, temperaments, colors, etc from all of the continents they are found: the few in north America, central America, south America, Africa, and the few in Asia (etroplus sp.)
The last thing I wanna through out there and get off my chest is that people commonly through around the word "breed" when discussing cichlids. This term has absolutely no place in this discussion. Cichlidae is a family of fish. There are many genus within said family, and many species within said genus (and sometimes even Species yet to be described). Then there are locales, certain collection points that may or may not have an effect on the color of pattern. In no way are these breeds. A great example of the proper use of the word breed can be seen in domestic dogs. Each breed varies greatly, yet they are all of the same species, canis familiaris. In no say are they different species like in cichlids.
I'm not trying to bully or pick on people, I just want to make sure that everyone is informed and is giving the best advice possible to everyone else. Thanks!
Wow, I've never seen so much broad and wrong information on one post thread before! Of course there are dozens of species that will work in a 30 or a 29.
Angels
Bolivian rams
German blue rams
Apistogramma sp
Nannacara sp
Laetacara sp (not thayeri though, curviceps, araguaiae, or will work)
Keyholes
Dicrossus (filamentosus and maculatus, although not commonly seen)
Convicts (a breeding pair alone would work)
Honduran red points
Amatitlania sp.
Cryptoheros sp
Kribs (and not just pelvicachromis pulcher, other p. species as well)
Shell dwellers (neolamprologus and lamprologus)
Julidochromis sp
Leleupi
Jewels
And many, many more! That's just a short list. Please stop making broad and generalized statements people! Not all Africans are super aggressive, although, in general most species are. Also don't say that all new worlds are massive brutes that decimate anything that goes
in their environment. There are cichlids of all sizes, shapes, temperaments, colors, etc from all of the continents they are found: the few in north America, central America, south America, Africa, and the few in Asia (etroplus sp.)
The last thing I wanna through out there and get off my chest is that people commonly through around the word "breed" when discussing cichlids. This term has absolutely no place in this discussion. Cichlidae is a family of fish. There are many genus within said family, and many species within said genus (and sometimes even Species yet to be described). Then there are locales, certain collection points that may or may not have an effect on the color of pattern. In no way are these breeds. A great example of the proper use of the word breed can be seen in domestic dogs. Each breed varies greatly, yet they are all of the same species, canis familiaris. In no say are they different species like in cichlids.
I'm not trying to bully or pick on people, I just want to make sure that everyone is informed and is giving the best advice possible to everyone else. Thanks!
Referring to a cichlid species is simple, it's a species. Every cichlid (unless it is yet to be named, as in the case of fish such as amatitlania sp. 'Honduran red point' or like I have, geophagus sp. 'rio pindare' [sp. means 'species', the wording within the quotes is a describing factor, typically a locale as seen with the rio pindare, or a specific common name, like the HRPs]) has a scientific, or Latin, name. The formula is Genus species. So as an example, I will use a Bolivian Ram. The genus is mikrogeophagus. The species is altispinosa. So it's Latin name is mikrogeophagus altispinosa. So 'species' is the proper term when describing members of the family cichlidae.
As for hybrids, they should be referred to as such, a hybrid. They do not have a scientific name, as they do not normally occur in nature. Many of them have ridiculous names, like flowerhorns, blood parrots, and midevils, and typically are referred to by their given common name. I personally refer to hybrids as abominations, but that's a whole other topic.