CICHLID KANE Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good catfish for a 200L tank with 1 nicaraguan cichlid, 1 jack Dempsy and 1 convict, or dither fish. I know I'm pushing the limits of my 200 litre tank but may move on a cichlid, they are about 5cm each now and will see how they colour up. Jack and Nic are my faves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted March 22 Share Posted March 22 On 3/21/2024 at 6:35 PM, CICHLID KANE said: Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone could suggest a good catfish for a 200L tank with 1 nicaraguan cichlid, 1 jack Dempsy and 1 convict, or dither fish. I know I'm pushing the limits of my 200 litre tank but may move on a cichlid, they are about 5cm each now and will see how they colour up. Jack and Nic are my faves. Do you want the catfish for clean up or as a feature fish? Good old bristlenose are hard to beat for algae clean up, common plecos or gibbiceps will be able to handle living with your cichlids but won't do much algae eating or clean up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CICHLID KANE Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Hey Skippy, feature fish maybe, I have added some mollies so far so good as dither fish, shaky at first but now they seem ok, am thinking either pleco or cuckoo catfish, the latter might be more active, can't stick with c American theme with catfish unfortunately Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Gibbeceps and common plecos grow large L001 same family as the Gibbicep be grows smaller depending on how much you want to spend will dictate other options Ancistrus are the starting point with common bristlenose also in caliico or albino in short or longfin, Peppermints, Orange spots and L144 blue eyes from there they get dearer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CICHLID KANE Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 Ty L2H, thinking L337, supposed to be hardy and a bit more active, finding in my tank at least the mollies are eating any algae that forms Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CICHLID KANE Posted March 28 Author Share Posted March 28 Mollies have been smashed, maybe no such thing as dither fish for my tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CICHLID KANE Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 Is this forum basically dead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 On 4/11/2024 at 6:20 PM, CICHLID KANE said: Is this forum basically dead Not entirely dead but on life support. It's not the vibrant community it once was, I suspect a lot of the discussion and questions that once were here now happen on Facebook. It's a shame because the information posted on Facebook groups isn't as accessible and easily searchable in the same way as forums like this are. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skippy Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 On 3/29/2024 at 10:34 AM, CICHLID KANE said: Mollies have been smashed, maybe no such thing as dither fish for my tank The mollies might be a bit slow moving. Something like rainbowfish or large tetras that are fast swimmers might be a better option. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CICHLID KANE Posted April 14 Author Share Posted April 14 Thanks Skippy, I think as its only 200L and a tall not long tank......and yes I don't want discus or angels which it would suit more, thinking about building it around the nicaraguan cichlid which is my fave, the rest community types Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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