Tank mate, Texas cichlid vs Midas cichlid

[@williamleachman212]

I'm going to leave that up to you because you know what you're doing! Been watching your videos for 4 years and have learned alot. Thank you!

[@odinforce5020]

Thanks Andy for showing little Morris he's my favorite 🍻

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Wish I could move him up from the fishroon into the house. That way we see more of him. Unfortunately I haven't enough tank space. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Happy fishkeeping to you sir

[@lawdawg_7983]

Always a pleasure to see your amazing fish. Thank you Andy

[@puirYorick]

Andy I enjoy the fact that you update on your wet pets as you go. It's much nicer than channels where they do videos showing off their newest fish every week then get rid of others and never mention why or how certain fish perished or whatever. A bit of "waffling on" is no price at all to pay for your *genuine enthusiasm* about the fish-keeping hobby.

[@andlerswetpets2434]

You have one of the best looking dovi I have seen

[@AquariumFishEnthusiasts]

Yes he does

[@AndrewKilvington]

Well I'm a fan of Carpintis personally. By the way ...we need you "going on and on" it makes my week 😆

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Carpintis are beautiful for sure. If people don't like me going on and on they can always put me on mute 😂😂. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Happy fishkeeping to you sir.

[@rossdingle6236]

I think wolfie is slightly bigger, but hard to tell on videos. If not bigger now, he will get bigger over time. Thanks for the weekly update.

[@themarkedman72]

YOu are very entertaining Andy...be you..dont listen to people say you go on. They can GAGF.

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Thank you for your kind words. I'll keep on waffling on lol. Happy fishkeeping to you sir.

[@gunnerfromdownunder4655]

Is there a reason all your tanks have black backgrounds?? And why not blue?? I have my smaller version not much smaller mr and mrs wolfie, doing as you suggestion 10 umbee in a tank full of hiding spots but without a background they look somewhat washed out. I want to paint them just deciding what’s best to make the fish color pop.

[@raymondg7866]

Daniel Isles, black background is best with good lighting, makes the colours pop big time, aswell as dark substrate

[@mickplatts6196]

Great video as always Woods, keep on waffling 👍

[@likeeddiebauer]

Wow. You should see the auto-generated subtitles. Haha youtube trying to put together the closed captioning for this. I thought I lost it. Lol. Love the tanks and content.

[@leithblack7746]

My Dovii bit my 8 inch Texas in half. His tail was literally floating in the tank. Good luck

[@gqwarrior6694]

Female dovii are pretty peaceful compared to the males. Females have more of a jack demsey level of agro. With the female, there's a pretty good chance things will work out once they have sorted out who's the boss in the tank.

[@top_mf_n_here1806]

Great fish. Like when u put your head next to the fish, really shows the size of that fish your showing.

[@acuariombr]

I really liked the video, greetings from Spain your Spanish friend, like 2

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Thank you for taking the time to watch and comment and comment, happy fishkeeping to you for England.

[@russcousins4976]

Another great vid Mr Woods, as I'm new to this I'll say your Texas is gorgeous and the right choice, l love all these fish, and your so lucky to have the space to fit all these tanks in to keep them all, I guess I'm one of those people that you mentioned with my 6 cichlids I told you about, I've had them 3 weeks now and now they are all getting bellies on them and filling out, is it right that if you keep them well fed this brings the aggression down in the tank? I've added more pots and wood yesterday again to try and break the line of vision, I've looked at some big tanks aswell which eventually I'm going to get, in reality Andy I've gotta wait and see how my 6 pan out and then make the choice of who stays and who has to go if and when the dynamics change which they could like you said in your video. I think if push comes to shove it will be the Texas Female, The Male Green Terror and The male Salvini staying losing the JD, The Other Green Terror and the Synspilum as the fish shop said he would take em back if I ran into problems as I don't want to see fish unhappy or hurt by a choice I have made that hasn't worked out. Advice always welcome Andy and look forward to your next vid! Russ.

[@artvandalay541]

It should be interesting to see what kinds of flowerhorns you can produce.

[@gazyg1973]

Love Fanta lovely fish and her new tank mate is great andy crazy joe got my vote haha let’s get on it love that 😂😂😂

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Fanta will grow to be a stunner. Fingers crossed she gets on with her new tank mate. I'll update in a few weeks. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Happy fishkeeping to you sir

[@alwaysmakinglyrics7340]

That was a tough choice I'm partial to Amilophus species but I get why the H. Carpinte was picked . The reasons you stated are things you have to monitor both with fish and reptiles. Some get along while others may not.

[@ryanrogers8211]

Texas and Midas would make some cool looking 👀 babies

[@paultwood5170]

Little Morris needs to be in the house

[@danielvillafane7267]

Lovely video as always Andy... so I picked up some Hatiensis cichlids from Kevin at “Tangled up in cichlids” in NJ.. can someone help me as far as basic care and maintenance for them. My first time raising them in my 125 gallon.

[@venustus129]

You could always try the carpintis Andy but if it doesn’t work out , Chuck little Morris in and see how that goes. I keep a few different species my self, it’s always a bit of worry if they will get on , I don’t have as many tanks as yourself so I mix a couple of different species to a tank and just hope it works, I have a 13 inch male jag in with an 11 inch festae & they seem to get on , the festae knows that the jag is boss so gives way in the tank. In my other tank I have a pair of green terrors gold saum that have spawned for the first time, I have a male green Texas/carpintis in with them , it’s a more green colour not blue like yours, it does squabble with the male green terror but no major fights have happened so far but I keep an eye on them, I also have a Red Devil in a tank by itself because it won’t tolerate anything in with it lol , but I expected that, not called Red Devil for nothing. Love the videos mate. Happy fish keeping from Durham 👍

[@dirtydog347]

Joe is probably longer but Wolfie is heavier.. great vid 👍🏻

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Think your probably right. Thanks for watching happy fishkeeping to you sir.

[@scottclayton9990]

wolfie probably longer but crazy joe deffo taller, i rekons u made the right choice with the herichthys cos you already have a para an amph mix tank would almost be a straight copy. wish u luck with them tho

[@cheveburkinshaw860]

Wolfie looks bigger from Australia if now now pretty sure he will be soon .

[@jasonschmisek1131]

Great video

[@jaison2751]

I thought morris would be your choice. Great video

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

Excellent video buddy

[@chuckieballard5771]

Keep Going on Andy, i like to hear about your opinions and expirience. Your fish are gorgeous. Im from America so i really like to hear your accent too haha. Also, i appreciate the fact that you call it a carpintis and not a texas cichlid. Personally i like the texas more than the carpintis. Do you think i could keep a pair of Gold Saums with a True taxas cichlid? My female saum is about 6-7 inches and the male is about 4 inches. My texas i have is also about 4 inches. Whats your opinion on keeping them together in a 90 gallon? Thanks Andy.

[@jennifermartin506]

Is that a real plant in her tank? If so, what kind is it. The tank is beautiful. Love you channel.

[@permafrost7781]

Yes, put Bob's brother with Fanta, the lonely Green texas Carpinte! :), maybe put in little Maurice in as well? NVM, he won't fit lol.

[@arrondowsett1806]

Love you channel Andy, was size tank would you suggest for a single Trimac? Want a forever home

[@cheveburkinshaw860]

100gallon 400 litre

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

I'd say 5ft 100gal or 120 us gallon

[@vargas2898]

Love your midas. Where did you get morris and fanta from,

[@markhalliday3703]

Good choice Andy,two stunning fish you have there Gov. I found with my years of fish keeping and playing musical chairs with my Americans, the dovi's got more aggressive with age and less tolerant of others, the red devil's got less aggressive with age but tolerant of there tank mate's, Red terrors got less aggressive with age but a low tolerance of there own kind and my umbee's where psycho 90% of the time . 👊👍👌🤜🤛😁🇦🇺🇭🇲

[@ryanrogers8211]

Choice C is put them all together.

[@brucewashington5564]

Nice

[@Gbonejohn1974]

whre do you get your clay pipes and various pots from Andy ....ive always been into the community fish and im gonna make the jump to the ig central americans ...got my 300gallon and 2 huge pearsei and some smaller tankmates for that and ive got an empty 180 id like to keep just a breeding pair of something in maybe festae or jags or something similar

[@allanthompson002]

Another good vid Andy, hope they continue to co=habit that tank without any issues. Crazy Joe does appear to be the biggest lol

[@kevinpowell7948]

Crazy Joe probably biggest but it's hard to tell from Middlesex 🍀

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Think your probably right. Thanks for watching from Lincolnshire.

[@devonpage7746]

I feel like my Midas has the biggest kok I’ve seen allot of videos and they all are smaller. Do I have a special fish? It’s at least 2 times bigger then that one.

[@alfredsinkllc4870]

Wow cool fish

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Thank you and thanks for taking the time to watch and comment

[@barrylilley6392]

Any follow up on this tank , hope all went well 🙏

[@AquariumFishEnthusiasts]

Always trail and error when dealing with aggressive fish....but definitely worth it 👍🏻

[@baldurathustrayggdrasil2420]

Why mix up the fish?

[@johnfurey3593]

Just found your channel like the content just subbed. Are you from the Midland maybe the black country or brum.

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Thanks for the sub. I'm Boston Lincolnshire.

[@johnfurey3593]

@@andywoodscichlids2942 no problem. I was completely off there then lol.

[@COOPERSCICHILDS]

O have a few tanks on the floor like that

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

We try to squeeze as many tanks in as possible. The fish seem to do better at eye level though. Thanks for watching. Happy fishkeeping to you sir.

[@scottwhitten5089]

Love your videos. I have a 11” true parrot (Hoplarchus psittacus) “Horacio” in a 6ft 220 and have a choice of adding a 9” Rivulatus and/or 10” Stalsbergi. Any thoughts on best choice of tank mates for Haracio?

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

That's a tricky one 🤔 I wouldn't want to comment. Think you're just going to have to try and see, keeping a close eye on it. Good luck and happy fishkeeping to you sir.

[@scottwhitten5089]

@@andywoodscichlids2942 Thanks for the comment. I figured it will be trial and error. Horacio has lived in tanks with other cichlids in the past but has become increasingly more solitary in his age. Thanks mate.

[@captainandrewcrabtree]

Have you ever had a flowerhorn?

[@adriant1654]

Why doesn't Stroppy get more "air time"?

[@joshparkey2018]

Do midas need to be by themselves?

[@PULAG]

Fish at the beginning is bigger than his head. Haha

[@liamwalters5029]

I’d personally breed one of the Red dovii with that female dovii in with the big devil , seems they have a lot of problems going blind etc from the vids I’ve seen , maybe breeding them back could help that !

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

I'm already on it. I've a small batch of fry from my mixed pair. Red female and blue male bred from my large male wolfie.

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

I'll show them on my next video just for you.

[@liamwalters5029]

@@andywoodscichlids2942 no need to go out you way Andy , she’s just a very nice specimen and the reds seem to have a poor genre pool , considering that all came from one pair it’s not really surprising really

[@stumpy260463]

hi andy do you sell fish

[@zsworld6609]

Good choice 👌 i think lol

[@andywoodscichlids2942]

Think it was the best choice. I'll update in a few weeks. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment Happy fishkeeping to you sir.

[@martinbrealey1150]

Pick Mo

[@kevinhillier9023]

andy keep waffling ur great think that dovi with botox is wasted in there she needs a male dovi she’s gorgeous

[@voctorfloud9341]

That’s not a Texas , people keep mixing them up , which I find annoying

[@themarkedman72]

Im 5.25 in...little Morris....Just NO!! He is nice but nasty...no good!! Too aggresive. Too much risk. Dont do it ANdy.

[@twasbrillig33]

Green Texas...rather

[@manuelramos5847]

Aaaaaa

[@Nansen1981]

Ffs stop shouting man.