fishfish Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hi all looking to add a few of either not sure which one yet to my tank. Currently have blue dolphins, blue pindani, e yellows, venustus and hongi all around the 4-8 cm. tank is 3ft have 15 total fish ATM feed them cichlid pellets/flake and sometimes protein pellets from butch. Will they be ok with these fish and anything in particular I should know about them, been reading lots about them on the web Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsnChips Posted April 12, 2014 Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hey mate the only thing I would watch out for is that calvus / comps grow really slow, while venustus grow really fast. Could lead to some problems unless you get the calvus / comps quite large to begin with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfish Posted April 12, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 12, 2014 I'm thinking of taking the venustus out only have 2 and I think they both female not as good as the males with their colours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinsnChips Posted April 13, 2014 Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Yea if you take out the venustus then all should be fine, I've kept calvus with all the fish you've listed above before without any dramas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfish Posted April 13, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2014 Going to take out 1 or 2 of your hongi to make room as well. Will the venustus just get to big to quick and want to eat them? What about diet for the calvus? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfish Posted April 14, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 14, 2014 What about diet? only have ocean nutrition omni flakes and vegi pellets atm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HereFishieFishie Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Altos go alright with most other cichlids, I prefer to have Altos at a bigger size in a mixed tank. Frenchy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrison.c Posted April 20, 2014 Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 you could any some peacock cichlids or even clown loaches. good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishfish Posted April 20, 2014 Author Report Share Posted April 20, 2014 Have decided not to get any at this time Thanks for the info though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
