T Bar Cichlid Amatitlania Sajica - The Perfect Community Cichlid -

[@SteenfottAquatics]

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[@TenorCantusFirmus]

Even more by those sajica, I'm impressed by those Hypressobrycon wadai - They're absolutely gorgeous.

[@candioverhuls1003]

Man! I gotta get my hands on those Hyphessobrycon Wadai those are stunning all colored up!

[@TerryLestrange]

Agreed! I also like these black emperor's.

[@audrameyer9558]

Thanks for showing these beauties off. I don't believe I have ever seen them before. The colors of the fish in that aquarium are awesome 😁

[@chelseasteenfott]

These guys get a lot less love than their cousins for some reason. I got my first pair years ago from Justin at Ocean Aquarium in San Francisco. He had been breeding them and I couldn’t pass them up. Awesome little fish with a ton of personality.

[@audrameyer9558]

@@chelseasteenfott I am gonna add these guys to my list to research to possibly keep in the future. OMG Ocean Aquarium is so cool! I have not visited in a while.

[@md8421]

Nice looking aqurium and fish!

[@dragonforce2247]

Wow those are colorful well don’t know if I have a favorite I have been watching so many fish videos new cichlids keep popping up and seem like my new favorite

[@chelseasteenfott]

Hard to choose when it comes to cichlids!

[@michaelprince7825]

They sound like a great Cichlid for a community aquarium. Thank you for letting us know Chelsea

[@Aquatica87Heaven]

The blueberries are fired up big time!

[@tieler-mq7eh]

great first you sold me on the pastel lily tetras, now I'm gonna have to try some of these lol. the pastels are awesome btw gonna try and breed them. super peaceful with smaller fish and great eaters as well

[@chelseasteenfott]

Can’t go wrong with the t-bars, all the big cichlid personality and color in a much more pint sized package. I don’t know you, but I can safely say that buying those pastel lillies was one of the best decisions of your life. Keep us posted on the spawning attempts!

[@coolwater411]

@@chelseasteenfottwhat other most rare and most colorful tetras?

[@coolwater411]

@tieler-mq7eh can u do a long video on (Hyphessobrycon sp. Pastel Lily Tetra)?

[@artigotale]

Thea are lovely

[@amysteiner140]

Kitty!! ❤😂

[@-AndrewR]

👍🏻👍🏻 those blueberries are incredible

[@andreashessler838]

They are a great choice of Amatitlania. They are far less aggressive than convicts; however , like convicts, they will hybridize with anything and everything.

[@chelseasteenfott]

True story, I’ve seen a lot of hybrids. They’re the only central I’ve kept besides rainbow cichlids and I did keep them together with no issues luckily.

[@TerryLestrange]

Can you keep two females? And do they attack/eat snails? Like nerites and mystery snails?

[@HalifaxCollect]

I haven't T-Bars for years and I really miss them. My four aquariums all have shrimps in them. My best and biggest tank is perfect for T-Bars. Will they eat my shrimp?

[@fleskesm]

Jup, I had crystal red and blue velvet shrimps. Two days and they were gone 😢. A bit naive I must say

[@HalifaxCollect]

Yikes! @@fleskesm

[@m72e592863]

All good.

[@WildertheHarpy]

I love T bars. I’m setting up a 75 gal and I’m debating if I should get one or a pair of T bars. 😊 I don’t know if you’ll respond, but could T bars live with a pair of apistogrammas, curviceps, or similarly smaller new world cichlids? Or would singles be better (no pairs)?

[@SteenfottAquatics]

A single would be better unless you are trying to breed them. Although you could probably get away with a pair in a 75 with other dwarfs. But if they spawn they will defend their territory.

[@WildertheHarpy]

@@SteenfottAquatics okay thank you for the info! I’ll probably use do one male then, with some compatible dwarf new world cichlids, and some large tetras in the 75

[@walterotiepka1460]

What kind of tetras were they

[@chelseasteenfott]

The red/blue tetras are Hyphessobrycon Wadai (blueberry tetra) and the others are Nematobrycon Palmeri (emperor tetra) but they’re the black variant.

[@kody_dryden-conway]

Definitely a species I would be interested in getting do y'all know anywhere local to get them

[@Chompchompyerded]

Just curious... Why are they called a T Bar? I see the black bar along the midline, but I don't see anything that crosses it to form a "T". I'm probably missing something. Thanks in advance for making me a bit less ignorant.

[@chelseasteenfott]

Like many other species of fish, the name makes little sense. There’s a horizontal bar that can be a bit hard to see that meets up with the 4th vertical bar I believe and loosely forms a T. It’s not easy to see most of the time so really was it an appropriate name? Probably not, lol.

[@Chompchompyerded]

@@chelseasteenfott LOL! That's the way it is with a lot of things, not just fish. I appreciate your response. I now know for certain that it's not a highly visible "T" that I'm missing somewhere. I really do appreciate your taking the time to respond, and to teach me a little something today. Any day that you can learn something new is a good day. Therefore, you made my day a good day. Thanks!

[@cherriethomas9538]

Morning long meowww!

[@silverbettatube5085]

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