Mojosodope's Endangered Species 150G

[Sandz]

To bad you arent close! I would home them in a heart beat. EBJD's are great community fish for the larger cichlids but you need to get one with at least 3in on him or have a grow out plan because they grow slower than say a Sevrum or Midas.

[mojosodope]

ill ship them to you! Jk haha . I'm just worried the JD might try eating the rainbows or bolivian rams.

[KevinVA]

From what I've seen of JDs, they should be fine.

[Sandz]

If you get the JD small you should be fine, its not big on eating bolivians. They are pretty good fish.

[mojosodope]

So I decided against the JD, I'm thinking about 1 or 2 schools of different tetras, ones that aren't too small so they won't get sucked into the fx5 intake and not to big that they will leave a big bioload, ones that would breed in my water condition would be ideal.

[mojosodope]

Forgot to add, when my Discus are sold I'll add some SAEs.

[KevinVA]

I just got 4 SAEs in my 75gal community tank. If you do get them, make sure you get a small school of 4-5. They're true schoolers and you'll definitely enjoy their behavior. Also, only had mine for 3 days and they've made a significant dent in algae on two pieces of driftwood. Great workers (and they look nice, too). =]

As for Tetras, you should check out Columbian, Buenos Aires and Congo Tetras - they're all beautiful. Long Fin Serpae Tetras are very nice, too, but they don't school very well... more of a shoal.

[mojosodope]

Thanks for your input man,

I was looking at around 6 of the SAEs but they are really hard to source locally, many suppliers don't carry them due to the more aggressive false siamese algae eater being prevalent.

I like the Buenos Aires tetras but I see that they eat most plants so that's out of the question, I like the congos hopefully I can find biggish specimins that would adapt to my water.

[KevinVA]

No problem. 6 SAEs would be great. =] You're right, they're typically rare in LFS. I bought mine online from gunpowderfish.com. Excellent stock, they breed them their selves and they take great care in packaging their livestock. If you're going to go that route, I highly recommend them.

Edit: I just realized that would probably be more expensive for you, since you're not in the states. Hopefully you can find something local to you. =/

[fishmommie]

To bad you arent close! I would home them in a heart beat. EBJD's are great community fish for the larger cichlids but you need to get one with at least 3in on him or have a grow out plan because they grow slower than say a Sevrum or Midas.

I totally agree with this I have a 3 inch EBJD currently housed with my colombian and serpae tetras while I get a little more growth on him before returning him to the 90 cichlid tank. He's a sweetheart. As Sandz says - very slow grower - and not to be confused with a JD which will get larger and be more aggressive. I won't feel safe until I get him up to 4 inches as they tend to develop intestinal issues right around that point.