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	salvinis stocking...150 gallon
nickman713 Enthusiast Posts: 187 Registered: 31-Dec-2003	I'm planning a 150 Gallon tank. Could I have Salvinis in with some smaller cichlid (5", some rainbows, and clown loaches? I will have some grassy-like live plants on the bottom, and some kind of slate formation. Salvinis Thanks for any help -Nick
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
cichlidae Enthusiast Posts: 294 Kudos: 191 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Sep-2002	I don't suggest salvini with rainbows, unless you want the rainbows to get eaten. Why not go with Blue Acaras? What 'other smaller' cichlids were youthinking of?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
nickman713 Enthusiast Posts: 187 Registered: 31-Dec-2003	I was thinking of Bolivian Rams and Electric Yellows.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
poissonrouge Hobbyist Posts: 94 Kudos: 105 Votes: 1 Registered: 27-Sep-2003	i wouldn't suggest the rams. salvini are really a whole level of aggression up from acaras and firemouths. they'd kill the rams very soon, even in a tank that big. you could have firemouths, acaras, geophagus in there, but only if you keep the stocking low. i do think a big school of larger rainbows might work as dither fish, because they're fast and they stick to the upper levels of the tank. but bear in mind that salvini are very territorial, and if you have many other fish in with them, however big the tank, they will attack. Last edited by poissonrouge at 02-Jul-2005 18:53
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
matt&his_cichlids Fingerling Posts: 43 Kudos: 47 Votes: 2 Registered: 10-Jan-2005	when you say "rainbows" i assume you are talking about rainbow cichlids (hetrotilapia multispinosa or sumtin along that line). i have got a pair at around 15cm and they get beaten up by 5cm kribensis. but from my experiences with salvinis they are also "scaredy cats"
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02
nickman713 Enthusiast Posts: 187 Registered: 31-Dec-2003	I'm not going to do Salvini now. It seems that they would cause to much trouble with my stocking list. Thanks for the advice!! CASE CLOSES I've always wanted to say that -Nick
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:02


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