Checkerboard cichlid pair compatible w/ Cockatoo cichlid pair?

bingojimbo · 07-24-2004, 04:46 AM

I have a pair of cockatoo cichlid in my 26g tank. I also have one male checkerboard cichlid in there as well among other fishes. Im thinking of getting a female checkerboard cichlid to pair up with the male in there. Is that a good idea? Will the cockatoo and the checkerboard pairs get along? or will they not be compatible together?

sugar · 07-24-2004, 05:35 AM

Well, you could be lucky, but in general you should not put checkerboard cichlids together with apistogramma species in a 26 g tank.
The checkerboard will not survive the constant aggression of the Apistogramma

sugar

07-24-2004, 04:46 AM	#1
bingojimbo Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Sunnyvale, CA Posts: 18	Checkerboard cichlid pair compatible w/ Cockatoo cichlid pair? I have a pair of cockatoo cichlid in my 26g tank. I also have one male checkerboard cichlid in there as well among other fishes. Im thinking of getting a female checkerboard cichlid to pair up with the male in there. Is that a good idea? Will the cockatoo and the checkerboard pairs get along? or will they not be compatible together?

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07-24-2004, 05:35 AM	#2
sugar Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (0/0%) Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Belgium Posts: 51	Well, you could be lucky, but in general you should not put checkerboard cichlids together with apistogramma species in a 26 g tank. The checkerboard will not survive the constant aggression of the Apistogramma sugar