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jase101 Big Fish Posts: 345 Kudos: 273 Votes: 1 Registered: 06-Jul-2004	my 6 foot tank is almost complete - rummies, pencilfish, sterbai corys, royal whiptails, and black phantoms, it's heavily planted and it's time to add cichlids (for pictures, see my post in the photobooth). i'm tossing up between blue rams, checkerboards (dicrosis filamentosus) and dwarf cockatoos (apistogramma cacatuoides). any thoughts on which you'd choose and why?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
r0b3y Enthusiast Posts: 261 Kudos: 262 Votes: 41 Registered: 07-Nov-2004	blue rams looks really good in a nicely planted tank.. they are a smaller cichlid but still very nice and show great colours.. you could have 2 pairs?.. another alternative would be a pair of Bolivian rams.. rams are a nicer fish for a community tank.. i think!! r0b3y
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Bolivian Rams would be my choice. They are hillarious mine flared at a 7in texas in a tank next to him.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
sirbooks Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004	I'd go with the rams. They're the most colorful of the three, are a little hardier than the checkerboard cichlids, and they have the most personality in my opinion. It's fun to watch rams interact with each other, which they do quite often and with great gusto. Their actions are funny, especially when you consider that they take themselves so seriously. And when he gets to Heaven, to Saint Peter he will tell: "One more Marine reporting, Sir! I've served my time in Hell."
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Theresa_M Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004	For color and personality I'd go with the blue rams Sounds like a very nice tank. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean
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Hoa dude_dude Mega Fish Posts: 957 Kudos: 888 Votes: 72 Registered: 28-Dec-2004	long finned blue rams ...or bolivian rams?
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	I'd go with the Apistos. You could have a terrific harem in there, and a lot of interest between the fish - territorial disputes, spawning behaviors, a kind of small-cichlids-in-a-large space aspect most people don't get to see. Not that it wouldn't be similar with the Rams, but .... -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004	Checkerboards.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	Add a couple of Rams, they are very beautiful & they'll be more than happy in a planted tank. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
NowherMan6 Fish Master Posts: 1880 Kudos: 922 Votes: 69 Registered: 21-Jun-2004	I second the apistos. As LM said, they're harem breeders, and in a 6 foot tank with so much floor space you'd really be able to see them doing what they would do naturally. Start off with 2 males and a few females and I bet you'd see some great behavior. Besides, what's not to like about their coloring as compared to rams? *Back in the saddle!*
Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03
susiq Hobbyist Posts: 101 Kudos: 68 Votes: 4 Registered: 14-Mar-2005	OMG BLUE RAMS ARE THE MOST AWESOMIST FISH EVER....
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