Rio 180 Am I Barking Up The Wrong Tree For Cichlids?

[joshybjoshy]

Hi i have posted on the malawi section and they seem to be a no no for my rio 180 tank, are south american cichlids going to be a problem? or is they just need 55g tank or more?

 

[SBL]

Well, what the Dimesions of the tank? What do you want? single lunker? few medium sized ones? dwarfs? peaceful cichlids? Agressive cichlids?

 

[Liam50]

you could keep quite a few types of cichlid in a 180.

german blue rams
apistos
dwarf pike


possibly sajica but i'm not sure.

 

[Wills]

Yeah there are quite a few SA cichlids depends on the type. With SA/CA there are more "peaceful cichlids" and a lot of dwarfs that will work in a 180.

Agreed with Liam at his list, would disagree with the sajica if you want to keep others. Been hearing about a lot of really aggressive ones.

There are loads to do with the tank but you just need to decide what kind of tank you want before we start suggesting things

 

[meguro]

angelfish
discus (might need a bigger tank)
blue rams
bolivian rams
apistogramma species
keyhole cichlids
convicts
firemouths
blue acaras
dwarf acaras
cryptoheros species
archocentrus species
thorichthys species
festivums (might need a bigger tank)

I'm sure there are others too.

 

[fluvial]

I have a community tank with a pair of dwarf cichlids
No problems at all - just keep the water quality good