So I set up an 8 gallon tank about 4-5 months ago now, its going quite well, thanks to alot of help from my wife who came on here since I was almost ready to give up, so big thanks to her, and you guys in here for helping her/us, we are battling an ich outbreak right now, but I believe its starting to get under control with the heat treatment, in the process we managed to catch MTS
and are looking at a 33 gallon long tank (36"L x 12"W x 18"H I assume this is a long?)
Basically we already have a nice community tank in the 8 gallon with some low light live plants, driftwood, 6 neons and an otto, its really quite attractive, but I think we want something different for the next one, and the german blue rams caught my eye as they are beautiful fish, and I have read have some great personalities as well, exactly what we were looking for. If anyone can help me with some of the questions below, or direct me towards a site that specialized in ram cichlids I would appreciate it.
-Do all rams get along if I wanted to mix german blue rams with other types of ram cichlids?
-do they have more of a personality than other fish? my neons are kinda boring! my otto is entertaining though
-In a 33 gallon, I was thinking I could get away with 8 or so? Or are they messy fish?
-I have read they like alot of plants, but this setup will have extremely weak lighting, will they be happy in an aquarium with heavy rockwork instead?
-Will a penguin 200 gph filter create too much current for them?
-are they compatible with invertabrates/algae eaters to control any algae I may get?
Basically we already have a nice community tank in the 8 gallon with some low light live plants, driftwood, 6 neons and an otto, its really quite attractive, but I think we want something different for the next one, and the german blue rams caught my eye as they are beautiful fish, and I have read have some great personalities as well, exactly what we were looking for. If anyone can help me with some of the questions below, or direct me towards a site that specialized in ram cichlids I would appreciate it.
-Do all rams get along if I wanted to mix german blue rams with other types of ram cichlids?
-do they have more of a personality than other fish? my neons are kinda boring! my otto is entertaining though
-In a 33 gallon, I was thinking I could get away with 8 or so? Or are they messy fish?
-I have read they like alot of plants, but this setup will have extremely weak lighting, will they be happy in an aquarium with heavy rockwork instead?
-Will a penguin 200 gph filter create too much current for them?
-are they compatible with invertabrates/algae eaters to control any algae I may get?