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straitjacket
Medium Fish
Registered: March 2004
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 495
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Review Date: Wed April 12, 2006
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Would you recommend the profile? Yes |
Price you paid?: $2.00
| Rating: 6
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Grow large enough to serve as dithers for medium sized cichlids.
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Aggressive, fin nippers, plant eaters.
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I usually recommend these fish as dithers for medium sized (5-7") Central American cichlids.
They can certainly handle themselves quite well with more boisterous tankmates and hadle lower temps like a dream. They're very hardy fish with punky attitudes. They tend to be quite nippy, doesn't matter how large and aggressive a tankmate may be, these guys seem to let their curiosity rule.
In small numbers they may pick on eachother relentlessly so it is recommended that the be kept in shoals of at least 8. This would require a decent size tank, preferably one of at least 55 gallons.
If you're in need of a tetra that can hold it's own then Buenos Aires tetras are right up your alley.
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casshan
Teenie Weenie Fish
Registered: April 2007
Location: Modesto, CA
Posts: 52
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Review Date: Mon April 23, 2007
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Would you recommend the profile? Yes |
Price you paid?: $1.99
| Rating: 10
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Fast
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Not too colorful
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I agree with straitjacket above. These guys provide activity in a usually mellow cichlid tank. I've got 3 of these guys as dithers (along with 2 Giant Danios & 3 Angelicus Botias & 1 Rubberlip Pleco) in my showcase with my female Midas Cichlid. I got them because they're tough & active, but yet dont take the spotlite away from my showcase Midas.
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