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	You choose...Firemouths or Pink Convicts?
PlatiesAREcool Hobbyist Posts: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jun-2004	ok 30gl. tank with: 6 neons( i will move) 2 cherry barbs( i will get more) 1 dwarf gouramie 1 female betta( i can move) 1 pair of Firemouths or 1 pair of Pink Convicts? THANKS!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
synodontis Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003	errr you do relize that the firemouths are semi-aggresive and they will eat the neons and cherry barbs when they get bigger? have a rethink... cfd -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
RustyBlade Mega Fish Posts: 987 Kudos: 1667 Votes: 391 Registered: 23-Apr-2003	Both would most likely make a meal of your smaller fish There are other smaller types of cichlids that would do ok in with your other fish like keyholes, apistos or rams?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
topher02 Enthusiast Posts: 267 Kudos: 365 Votes: 0 Registered: 01-Dec-2003	Both of those fish would have a go at any of the fish in your tank when then get bigger, so i agree, I would rethink the stocking list. If you do want firemouth or convicts, you would have to move every thing that is now in your tank. -topher
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
PlatiesAREcool Hobbyist Posts: 115 Votes: 0 Registered: 24-Jun-2004	OOPSSS....i forgot to say i was gunna move the barbs and neons wen i get the firemouths or cons. and/or the betta and dwarf gouramie?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
solublefish Fish Addict Posts: 562 Kudos: 850 Votes: 40 Registered: 27-Feb-2004	If you get either of them, yo uare going to have to move ALL the fish. The pairs will go nuts with any other fish in the tank when they are breeding. The betta and dwarf gourami have to be moved.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	I don't think it's necessarily that there are certain types of fish that will cause problems, it's that they become agressive when breeding regardless of what other fish are in the tank. In the wild they may be living with other fish but we're talking about a much smaller space. There are other cichlids you could have in a 30g. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Jason_R_S Moderator Posts: 2811 Kudos: 2421 Votes: 391 Registered: 18-Apr-2001	I think a pair of firemouths would tolerate a few livebearers. platys would be best as they stay small enough to not outgrow the tank and big enough to not get eaten. the platy fry would be eaten, but this is a part of the natural diet of firemouths anyway. If you go with convicts, I'd find new homes for all the fish in that tank because convicts aren't as tolerant, imo as firemouths. My vote would be for firemouths. Jason
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Nick Taylor 421 Fingerling Posts: 40 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jun-2004	My roomate had two rams in a thirty gallon, so he decided to put a convict in. Big mistake!! The convict had killed the rams in a matter of days. he put hiding places in there but the convict just hunted them down. it was unfortunate.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03


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