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Gills  Hobbyist Posts: 53 Kudos: 41 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-May-2004   | Is it possible to keep more than one Firemouth Cichlid in a tank or will they become hostlile toward each other? Also what kind of food do they prefer? |
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| napower05 Hobbyist Posts: 88 Votes: 0 Registered: 05-Oct-2004 | as long as you have big enough tank....at least mayb at 20 gallon...and as babys they just eat flake food and when then get about and inch or bigger you can feed them small cichlid pellets |
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Cichlid Keeper    Big Fish Posts: 368 Kudos: 466 Votes: 304 Registered: 17-Aug-2003 | To be honest I wouldn't keep a firemouth in anything less than a 30 gallon. Just make sure if your going to have more than one tank size is important,so make sure your take is large enough to accomidate them. Also try to make sure they are relatively the same size as firemouths usually become aggressive and territorial during spawning and they may even harrass smaller fish. A sandy bottom is reccommended with plenty of rocks and caves to establish territorys. |
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| Fish Guy Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004  | If i was planning on keeping a pair i would put them in a 30 gallon or so. And i feed mine flake food and bloodworms and brinshrimp ( frozen ). |
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| Gills Hobbyist Posts: 53 Kudos: 41 Votes: 0 Registered: 06-May-2004 | Can Firemouth Cichlids stand a bit of salt in a freshwater aquarium or not? |
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| JokerFish Enthusiast Posts: 167 Kudos: 203 Votes: 20 Registered: 05-Feb-2004 | 30 gallons is the minimum for 2 firemouths....and i really mean minimum...i have two in 66 gallon and they are always harassing each other...i would not recommend salt for these fish. |
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| Fish Guy Mega Fish Posts: 1091 Kudos: 1254 Votes: 2 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | They can not torrerate any salt at all. |
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greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004 | What kind of salt are you talking about. If its the aquarium salt then that stuff is junk. They can stand that, but if its the marine salt used to make brackish tanks then no. |
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| HOKESE Mega Fish Posts: 1105 Kudos: 478 Votes: 271 Registered: 22-Feb-2003  | i have a male and female together in a huge tank,they wont let ANYTHING live with them,but my smaller one in my comunity chiclid tank,he is great,he never bothers any other tank mates.as for food mine eat just about anything,flakes,pellets,earthworms,bloodworms,i also catch them moths and other insects from my porch light.they love em. |
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