South or Central American build project

[Brookster123]

Pm me hukit

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[Tbox]

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Just Filled and fired up this new 20L. Had to do it. Too many accessories are building up in my closet. The only item needed was a spanky new $20per gallon tank.
It will be used to rehome some of the apistos.
I used this caribsea white sand substrate and mixed in other grits as well. it's a very powdery sand. Probably not great for roots, but my favorite plants Java fern, anubias, and Java moss can probably scratch out a living.
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The filtration will be an ac50 and a sponge filter.

 

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BB and green slime algae battle going on here.
I'm all together together satisfied for this result given how long it goes relatively unsupervised.

 

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[Freakgecko91]

Dicrossus maculatus?


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[Tbox]

Yessir, good eye. It was labeled as filamentosus at the auction. Its a great fish in a community setup, very peaceful.

 

[Freakgecko91]

Yeah, can't see the tail but the head shape screams maculatus to me. Nice pick up! Love those!


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[NeonRasta]

I couldn't disagree anymore...

Every fish above is over white pool filter sand.

What is the first cichlid it's amazing I want one

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[peacelizard]

What is the first cichlid it's amazing I want one

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Looks like a Red Terror to me

 

[NeonRasta]

Looks like a Red Terror to me

Ok thanks I'm going to try and find one would it be on with a jack dempsey and a firemouth

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[Freakgecko91]

Ok thanks I'm going to try and find one would it be on with a jack dempsey and a firemouth

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No, they earned the name "Red Terror" for a reason. Google excichlasoma festae for more info. They're in a new genus but I can't recall the new name


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[HUKIT]

No, they earned the name "Red Terror" for a reason. Google excichlasoma festae for more info. They're in a new genus but I can't recall the new name


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Mesoheros.

 

[peacelizard]

As Freakgecko points out, their name gives insight into their personality. These fish are frequently in the Top 3 in terms of aggression, predatory and territorial behavior. They also grow quite large with males reaching up to 20".

Even if you bought one and you didn't have problems for a while, eventually you would. It would either straight up kill the other two fish or terrorize them so much that they get sick and die from stress.

Absolutely not a community fish

 

[The_Desacrator]

Agreed also on the red terror. Plus it's recommend 300 gallons and up for red terrors

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