I have been keeping cichlids for over 20 years. You did a great job on this video! I am a fan of your channel for sure.

I'm mostly into planted tanks so I keep mostly dwarf cichilds. I really like the South American cichlid tank and I see why it's #1 on your list but the shellys tank is my favorite hands down. I love this tank! Liked

Great video Cichlid Bros! Very informative with good ideas. 🐟🐠

That bala shark is nice

South American tank is the best

yes i agree, i have a 75gal Mubma African Cichlids and a 140gal American Cichlids tanks,,,, and the American Cichlids are so much more peaceful living together,,, much more peaceful to look at.....keep up the great work C. BROS.👍🏾

Number 1 and 2 for sure!!! Great choices!

Another brilliant video lads and thanks for the feature 👊

I love this channel it makes a fine addition to my collection 😍❤

Amazing video! Loved it.

i love the combinations great suggestions and choices fellas

Great video with a ton of great information. 👍 Thanks for the support ordering g your shellies. MUCH APPRECIATED.

Great list of options I like the idea of a planted discus tank the best with some tetras schooling. Another option to add to your list would be a breeding group of peacocks like the red top Lawanda, one male to three to five females in a 75 gallon. The mail would be an absolute stunner in breeding colors most of the time.

I have a 75 gallon multi tank and love it. It is a fun tank - started with 9 in March of 2020 and now have about 30.

Love all the set ups

The shell dwellers are so cute and elegant I can't take it! I've been looking for a small tank fish but haven't seen these on any lists yet. Thanks!

your shell dwellers tank is beautiful

south american is all time fav, equivalent to a monsterfish tank with arowana n sting rays

I messaged you guys on insta and thank you for coming back to me with advice. Number one is definitely a dream tank! I’ll hopefully have my South American 350 litre tank stocked soon 👍🏻. Thanks guys.

I did my 200 gallon with a jaguar, oscar, 2 green terror, 2 jack dempsey and 2 jewels and it is working out great

Im about to get a 275 gallon fish tank next month I'm really excited about it i definitely always wanted a big tank

I always go on a walk and collect big stones, wash them and test them for calcium and then once clean, I decorate them in my tank, It looks peaceful and amazing

I have a mix of No1 and no2 on your list and works well I have a Dempsey Cuban and Green Terror from no2 and a severum oscar and acara from No1 also have a Red Terror and all get on in a 75 gallon tank with a few Corry and couple of plecos Thanks Cichlid Bros your videos have really helped with setting this tank up 👍

#2 Predator tank is what I'm chasing. Planning to keep convict, firemouth and GT cichlids together ✌🏻

Your tanks are gangster

I got a 90 gallon mbuna tank , upgrading to a 150 in a couple weeks . That’s my favorite set up

Great video guys.

Agreed. S. Am tank IMO, 125 or more is the best set up of all the cichlid family.

Beautiful video❤️👍

Big central American cichlids of the Parachromis family in pairs, or the one everyone is sleeping on; the Hemichromis family members of the large variety such as H.fasciatus.

Great stuff!

Great video Cichlid good job

Good calm video.

Beautiful fish

the south American community looks really nice

Hey Troy, I have a very similar stocking in my sa/ca community tank. I agree with you that it is the best. You might want to consider a firemouth. They are pretty peaceful (in my experience), have great color, and an interesting personality. Very underrated cichlid. We always have one and it is a family favorite. My daughter and I love watching your videos. Thanks.

I used to have a jack Dempsey, we had to put him down when he started to die. He lived for 13 years, we had gotten “e-or” for free because his siblings were eating “e-or’s” tall. RIP.

I have an 80 gallon mbuna tank and a 45 gallon shellie tank. My dream tank would be a massive frontosa tank.

I had a pair of tiger Oscars that I bought at a Walmart believe it or not lol but they were tiny when i got them i had them for several years and they grew up great both would eat from my fingers and follow me around the tank like puppies I loved them sadly I ended up having to move to a place I could no longer keep an aquarium so I gave them to my sister with an agreement that if/when she no longer wanted it I would have 1st chance of getting it back and I did years later but my puppies were long gone and I never had the luck to get 2 at once and raise them together and live that long again I gave up after awhile and just gave everything to a random person at a pet store 😢

awesome 👏 video

Would love to see a Red Terror tank mates episode!

Red spotted severum is my favorite south american cichlid, they are so cute and beautiful fish, i feed them veggie pellet once a day

Nice fishes i got 1 tiger Oscar and 1 albino they are now 4 months they doing good

I can’t believe this tank! And I just learned I could add an Uaru! (Panda ). What was that largest light colored fish? Orange/yellow eyes, soft patterning? Never seen it; madly in love! Thanks for another great video!

I adore apistos, but freshly squeezed limestone juice comes outta my tap lol

I have Discus with quite a mix and it works kinda. 5 Discus with 3 Angel fish, 2 Nicaragua parrots, acara, ram. Only fish that are constantly sparing are the Nicaragua cichlids with each other ( Both females ) and the acara seems to not like both of them at all. Thier territorys are close and somehow they all seem to want the roots base. Acara left and nicaraguas the back and front anyone moves into the others space and they spar. Without touching each other. Mouths wide open and gills flaired. 😅

I plan to get a 6ft 220 gallon tank and stock it with a smaller species of peacock bass, oscar, severum and parrot hybrid that I got probably a group of geos, and some silver dollars, I'll also add a green terror and possibly jack Dempsey and my big sailfin pleco,I may get a pike cichlid

Ive owned a lot of diff cic I'm getting ready to attempt a 80 gallon

Do you think I can put a green terror in with severums, electric blue acara, blue acara, rainbow cichlids, threadfin acara, and geophagus tapajos? In a 210 gallon tank. Hope to have an answer from you.

Getting ready to set up a 35 gallon Cichlid tank… which ones will do good together and how many?

Seriously awesome video. The SA community is my dream tank, but I have a question for the Cichlid Bros about tanks of these sizes. How do you do water changes? I've always had to use buckets and a normal siphon due to not having a compatible sink with the python, and I feel like doing water changes for a tank that big would take ages 5 gallons at a time. Is there any tips for large tank water changes? Thanks!

What cichlid that swims high in the water column that would work with a Texas cichlid?

Can I put convict cichlids with South American Tiger Cichlids

Any ideas to stop them to mess up the tank? They mess all my sand

I’m a frontosa keeper. I have 3 in a 125 w 15 peacocks n 5 mbuna. One sydonitis catfish and also one saved corydora. No one touches the Cory cat for some reason 🤙

Can king kong parrot fish live with other peaceful cichlid comfortably like Severum, neon blue acara or geophagus cichlid or will it have any issues. Please tell as I am willing to buy one.

also got green terro and jack dem

Hey! Long time viewer, love your channel and been alot of help over the years. Regarding the predator tank I currently have a 55g and recently bought a 90g to upgrade for my livingroom aquarium. I currently have a 7" male True Blue Acara who's a little on the rougher side of aggression. He like to attempt to breed with my blood parrot which they've never been successful. I've fallen in love with your Jack Demsey and was looking into one of my own with maybe a firemouth. Do you think it's enough space to accomodate that kind of combo? I wanted geophagus but I dont think this'll be enough space for a group that large... Would love your input on how to make it work.

I have my 29 gallon turtle tank with 10 tiger barbs, and a non breeding pair of convicts. I hope to have them in a 75 someday

What fish are in 6:56

Super

Love the fish at 5:25. What tips do y'all have to keep the tanks so pristine? -Sophia

i started my fish hobby few years ago, i started with 75g tank with 10 glow fishes in it LOL after 2 months i ended up getting 4 discus, like it says in the video its not a beginner fish, i was struggling at first probs gave the fish some hard time but after hard learning those 2" discus are all 6.5" now weo

Can they go with parrot fish

Thanks for the video! Would it be possible to get a 120 gallon, 450 litres, SA community tank with the geophagus tapajos and a hero severum, possibly 2? I love those cichlids but right now I do not have the room

Parrot fish can go to community also!

i'm getting a 200l to me thats a very big tank, i'd love a mixure of pretty cichlids, i would love a few focus fish then smaller lovely community fish as my daughter loves them, any advice? would i be better off with a variety of angles, as i already have corys khuli loaches and cherry barbs (although) all those could stay in their current tank and be moved if not suitable, very likely be a planted tank too

I’ve been in the hobby for about 30 yrs and have had both S.Americans and Africans, but over all I like S.Americans as they’re more personable. Not taking anything away from African cichlids as there are some beautiful species, but the S.Americans have more of a laid back style like I do.

No Viejas ? The most colorful of all the cichlids??

I have an empty 220 gallon idk what to stock with since all I own are 10-20 gallons, I'm leaning towards south american cichlids now bc of this video, my dad really likes flower horns can I put 1 in a south american cichlid tank? and what do you recommend for stocking that size?

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I have a 65 gallon Jack Dempsey and a bristle nose pleco. The filter is a fx4. Is there any else I can add in my tank . I think my jd are male and female but there to young to tell.

I wanna do a red terror tank and with fire mouths or convicts I got a 75 grow out and a 125 for my peas and haps

Is a nimbochromis fuscotaeniatus considered a hap? And what could I keep with it in a 75g?

Algae in my tank

what do you think I can put with a frontosa?

i have a 75G currently with 2x jack dempsey, texas, and a pictus catfish. really thinking of getting a green terror and going to 1 dempsey. thoughts?

Your Jack Dempsey can’t say enough how gorgeous he is💯

I’ve got a 75 gallon tank and thinking of getting 1 green terror 1 blood parrot and 4 geophagus tapajos. Do you think this would work?

What do you think about a Vieja/Central American tank? I have seen some gorgeous tanks on KZfaq. Some really stunning looking fish

I want to do a South American cichlid tank. I’m currently in a 55g but want to upgrade I’m debating between 75- 125g. 200$ difference for tank incl stand but not sure about filtration etc upgrades needed. My 55 g is all over filtered as if it was a 75 so I don’t think I would need to change plus the only 125g tanks near me are top fin which I’ve heard aren’t the greatest?

So I have a very aggressive Jaguar Chilid would he go good with a flowerhorn

Tropheus don't get a mention... 😯😲. They are the nicest of all cichlids in my opinion.. but they are a pain to keep also..

What type of sand do african cichlid need?

Hi there buddy I know this is an old video hopefully you see this comment I've kept lake malawi cichlids peacocks mbuna and labs and girrafe cichlids for over 2 years I'm just wondering can I mix African cichlids in with them in my 5 ft tank it's very roomy I have a fry tank with all the fry in a 3 by 3 ft jewel

If you where going to do an electric blue acara species only tank in a 125g with two fx4s what male to female ratio would you be looking for with around 11-13 fish?

How do I set up a hospital 🏥tank?

I figured I would come to the experts. I am setting up a 75g SA/CA tank. Here are the 4 I love. Let me know if this would work especially as I am only planning on 1 each. So: geophagus tapajos, firemouth, electric blue acara, rainbow cichlid. What else could I add? (I think a Severum would be too big. Could I add smaller rams like bolivians or other cichlids like a Keyholes? Do you think I could any other larger cichlids that would work with the main 4? Other ideas may include like a rainbow shark or denison barbs. Any advice would be great. Thanks guys. Love your channel.

Hey cichlid bros. Was wandering if you guys could suggest or do a video on peacock cichlids for a 75 gallon tank thanks in advance

I have a 75 gallon fish tank with 3 cichlids and two 8 inch plecos

Hello I'm from India...I am a beginner actually I owned an aquarium when I was kid..so I have basic knowledge about it....I am planning to keep a 6/7 ft aquarium and want to pet frontosa chichlids...but problem is my home is about 50kms distant from fish shop...can I keep these??

Hi Troy I have a 180 gallon tank Dear Community cichlids in there but that turned out just to be blue-gray now and then I developed Emoji in my tank and I really don't know what to do with that let me know what you think

How many gallons is that planted cichlid tank?

What’s the cichlid on the bottom left corner of the thumbnail?

Can I put 1 Jack Dempsey, 1 green terror, and one blue acara in a tank together?

Ok so im interested in an African cichlids tank im setting up a 75 gallon but I also want a couple Bala sharks and tinfoil barbs. Everyone is telling me both are a no, but your #1 tank I see a Bala. Would I be ok with 5 or 6 cichlids and maybe 2 Bala sharks and 3 or 4 tinfoils?

My favorite was the 180 gallon and if you go bigger do 250 gallon and get another Oscar LOL I love Oscars

Looking for someone to help me tell if my fish are female or male have like 10 cichlids

Could a parrot fish and a jewel cichlid breed together?

African peacock tank