Thanks to my sister

[cichlid guy]

Thanks to my little sister my banded leporinus is dead.So now all the fish I have are 1 2-3 inch midas,1-2 inch female convict,2-3 1/2 inch jack dempsey,4-5 inch pleco,2-3 inch green terror,and a 1-2 inch firemouth.I soon will have a 55gal tank.Then I will have a 30 and 55gal tanks. What do you think the set ups should be?

[Minderella83]

What did you sister do?

[cichlid guy]

Since I have no lock on my door when I left for school yesterday she went in my room put gravel in my filter and I guess did something to my banded leporinus because it wasn't acting right when I got home and it died this morning.She also went in my room today and luckly my dad caught her because she my jack dempsey in my fish net and he might have died too.Nobody died this time thank god.

[Incredulous_Ed]

Lol get a lock or hold it up with a dorr and climb out the window or something.

As for stocking, what kind of fish do you hav in mind?

[Lady Hobbs]

Thanks to my little sister my banded leporinus is dead.So now all the fish I have are 1 2-3 inch midas,1-2 inch female convict,2-3 1/2 inch jack dempsey,4-5 inch pleco,2-3 inch green terror,and a 1-2 inch firemouth.I soon will have a 55gal tank.Then I will have a 30 and 55gal tanks. What do you think the set ups should be?

You will need more than a 55 gallon if you plant to have a midas, convict, jack dempsey, firemouth and green terror in one tank together.

[goleafs]

I'd put the convict in the 30 gallon and put everything else into the 55 gallon but your 55 gallon will still be overstocked.

[Ocellaris]

Oh yeah. The will be some fighting in the tank for sure. Trade in a few fish and get the opposite sex for one to make a pair.

That's like putting a bunch of barbarians in jail together.

[Cichlid*Newbie]

Oh yeah. The will be some fighting in the tank for sure. Trade in a few fish and get the opposite sex for one to make a pair.

That's like putting a bunch of barbarians in jail together.


Pairs often aren't good either, for cichlids the ratio for male:females in the tank should be 1:3 I believe...those are all pretty aggressive fish in a 30g!

[Drip Loop]

That's like putting a bunch of barbarians in jail together.

I lol'd :hmm3grin2orange:

[Ocellaris]

Pairs often aren't good either, for cichlids the ratio for male:females in the tank should be 1:3 I believe...those are all pretty aggressive fish in a 30g!

I had two pairs of convicts in a tank and they owned each side of the 55 gal.

[sandy_n]

I had two pairs of convicts in a tank and they owned each side of the 55 gal.

Now why doesn't that surprise me. LOL