Salvini Cichlid - Care Guide & Species Profile
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ก.ย. 2019
- This is a care guide and species profile on the Salvini Cichlid.
We currently have a 5-6 inch female Salvini, and she is beautiful with a ton of color.
We walk through some of the main considerations when owning a Salvini including their aggression issues, suitable tank mates, appropriate tank size, and more.
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Plants
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Chemicals
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Great video footage. Love the color patterns on them 🔥
Thank you!
Thanks boys great job and very informative as always.
Wow what an absolute beauty!
Siobhon Phillips thank you! Much appreciated
Beautiful indeed. Very alert too
Beautiful fish man!! Really nice
Lito Loco 4 Fish thanks so much!
beautiful fish been wanting one of these for a while ... just subbed
Lee and Mandy Battersby thank you - really appreciate it!!
She is GORGEOUS!!!
Dawn Michele thanks so much!
The ones I've had over the years always get around 8 to 10 inches closer to jackdemps size
awesome video
So beautiful fish🐠🐬🐠😁🍃
Thank you!!
Lovely Salvini.
CICHLID STRAIN HUNTER thank you!!
Your fish tanks and fish look good brother 💪
AquaMan thanks man! Appreciate it
Salvini are very beautiful, thanks for the info....
Cichlids23 thanks - no problem!
Thanks 👍🏾
Stunning looking fish,
Great info thanks for sharing 🙌
Fish-o Holic thank you - no problem!
Thanks for the info! How do you like that auto feeder?
Stonelfy Aquatics no problem! We like the auto feeder on this tank. We’re actually planning to do a product review video on the different feeders soon!
My cichlid female has laid eggs in the community tank. Should I separate the pair along with the eggs to another tank or just the eggs or just leave them in the same tank?
Here's another like!!👍
Making Magic Fishing thank you!!!
Nice. Love these cichlids. I never see them in Australia, at least not where I live :( Great job 👍👍
Thank you!
You can buy them in aaquarium shops in Melbourne
beautiful❤❤❤❤
kri ss thanks for stopping by appreciate it!
Ive been watching videos quite a bit for stocking ideas for a 75 and I keep coming back to this tank set up, I really love it. But how would you recommend growing them out? Should I really just put a juvenile salvini, geen terror and jack dempsy in a 75 and wait it out?
That would be my recommendation. Sometimes growing up together can also reduce aggression down the line
@@CichlidBros Thanks, my only concern was if 1 grew too fast and roughed up the others while they catch up. Also is there anything else that could replace the convicts that you can think of off the top of your head? Firemouths would be too small right?
That's what I do. I buy cheap babies and grown
Thinking of adding a salvini with my convict into a 30g and just having them 2 in there. Are there things I can do to help keep aggression down like water temp or light timing?
I wouldn't suggest it in a 30g, when putting Cichlids together it's a bad idea to have just 2 as one can just pick on the other. 3 is just as bad as sometimes 2 pick on one, realistically you can only have medium sized Sa/ca Cichlids together in a very large tank or species only/single fish in a smaller one but there's so many nuances that it's best to just read as much as possible.
I much prefer species only tanks or single fish as their behaviour and personality isn't dictated by tankmates that have been shoved in there and you can get a super special healthy as fuck specimens alone or in very lightly stocked tanks.
Big beauty wow 🔥🔥🔥
Gummy Aquatics thanks dude!
I have a salvini cichlid as well as a green Severn close in size could they be tankmates
Nice and informative video! BTW, Anyone knows if the tiny white spots on their bodies are normal and why a whitish film forms over their bodies? I have one that started showing white spots and now the body color is dull. 😔
Could be ich, try keeping the temp at 90°f for a week. Good luck.
I just got one to go with a sailfin pleco, blood parrot fish, severum and jack Dempsey... in a 125 not sure if it was a mistake
The tank size should help. Our Salvini as an adult was too aggressive for tank mates in a 75
damn i really kept 1 in a 5gal for months with no filter or heater or plants. Just gravel and a hideout. Sorry lil guy. Gave it back to the store. i was really young.
Now im restarting and happy im going about it properly now. Really love smaller fish and aquascaping
I know it's an old video, are there any particular markings to look for to determine the gender of salvini cichlids? I have 2 that are probably 1.5 inches. Both have the black spot on the dorsal but only one has the black spot near the gill.
One with black spot near the gill is most probably fem
when they call this fish the magician no joke. One of my beginning tank setups I bought one without knowing the other fish started to disappear.
hello..
I have 6 to 8 inches silver Arowana..can i keep salvini with him?
You think you’d pair one with a stary night cichlid ?
Can these live with frontosas ? Is it a social fish as it’s in a tank on its own
How fast do these guys grow generally?
Im glad i watched this... I have a 125 with 2 Oscars.. Jack Dempsey... electric blue acara... fire mouth... Blood parrot... Red shoulder sevrum... Senegal bichir... And a hybrid polar blue cichlid..i was considering adding one of these salvini to the tank but im glad I looked into it first... I would be devastated to come home and see that he ripped my acara apart 😂... I have a hard enough time trying to get the acara and fire mouth to stop fighting 😂...
bro you way overstocked.
@@slickchick5811 lol how??? But I don't have electric blue Acara or Oscar anymore... But lmk say this... Contrary to what the Internet says... I been doing this for almost 30 years bro... U can actually raise up to 8 Oscars in a 125 as long as it's well maintained and the standard 6ft long... This new stuff people come up with on how many fish can go in a tank is ridiculous... Bro I seen irdescent sharks kept in a 125 up to 3 of them!! For 10-15 years with no issues... Always remember that the information given is always a opinion and far as size goes... Most likely your fish like Oscars or irdescent sharks or Jack Dempsey won't ever get to the size and proportions google says 😂... Those are all "wild life estimate sizes" these fish in the aquarium won't experience seasonal weather they won't experience being in large groups looking for mates and they won't experience the infinite amount of gallons they naturally have in the wild... Yeah I have seen some fish reach full size without a doubt but honestly majority of these just won't... You will be lucky to find a Oscar that is 15 inches and I guarantee you that the person either had them for 10 years or fed them nothing but live food... Because the food we feed our fish will never ever maximize the growing potential that's why it was formulated for aquarium fish... They don't eat anything close to that in the wild... Google says u can mix giant danios with Jack Dempsey... Back in the day I used to feed them to a Jack Dempsey we had... Google says the Jack Dempsey cichlids will more than likely reach 6-8 inches in captivity... I have seen them as big as full size Oscars!!! In captivity... It's honestly how you maintain the aquarium bro... And I don't fill none of my tanks with all those decorations unless it's a true tropical community of small fish then you decorate...
Salvini is great!! Go Salvini!!
Mathias Porrus lol, agreed!
@@CichlidBros
my first comment not banned in a month. Many thanks!
Nice to know bc I got Oscar and jacks
Such a beautiful fish but hard to find
Just wondering, could you keep them with some of the smaller Parachromis species? Loseli or Freddies. Thanks
Would be tough to manage aggression but a very large tank would help a lot
Good luck. Need a big ass tank
can we put it in 1ft tank with scatt and parrot horn or short body flowerhorn
I wouldn’t recommend it
Salvini is a beautiful fish but that Green Terror WOW!!
Agreed! They’re both awesome fish 👍🏻
Which are the dither fish you've in this tank?
Giant danios
do you think I could do this setup in a 125 plus a firemouth?
Yep, definitely
@@CichlidBros thank you so much.
My salvini is the most timid fish in my tank
Each cichlid has their own personality, for sure. Mine was so aggressive that I had to rehome her. She would lay eggs every month and go wild. Beautiful fish though
Very agressive but very good looking fish
Agreed!
Where do you get a salvini
A few of my local fish stores typically have them. Could also order online if you can’t find any
Cichlid Bros cool I can’t really fit one but cool
Salvini has fast, slow or average growth rate?
I would say average compared to other Central Americans
@@CichlidBros thanks for your response.
And just after seeing your salvini, today I also have added one salvini in my tank. It's looking gorgeous 😍
4:30 looks like she is smiling
Like a mini Flowerhorn
HR-Vex in a lot of ways! Definitely with the aggression at times
@@CichlidBros yup, facial features with a pointy snout and black markings the side. I'm actually looking for a baby one to grow. Are they hardy?
@@SonyEnthusiast Our Salvini has been. With your standard maintenance and water changes, they should do just fine. They're usually the fish in the tank creating problems for others with the aggression
@@CichlidBros ok good to hear. As for aggression, I love aggressive fish and plan to keep only one in my tank and have some dither fish. I will relocate my female Convict because I know she will beat my new Salvini
id prefer 120 for these guys same with the jd and tank mates convicts Honduran red point macaw cichlids Cuban cichlids fire mouths
Mine ate my giant danios and my green terror been moved out. 😅
сколько стоит и где купить
I just bought 4, 2 inchers for 11 bucks a piece
Very nice, good luck!
Can ya mix them with african cichlids
Sometimes it can be done. They’re aggressive though, so very likely would pick on mbuna or smaller Africans
My experience the American cichlids need to be bigger than the African cichlids but not too much bigger. Also most African cichlids need a more plant based diet. Central American cichlids are very timid until they're about 3"
As in no male ?
I have just bought slavini and they legit just hide all the time 💀
And only 1 of its kind
Dorsal fin looks to be a male
It's a female. She's already laid eggs many times. Best indicators for Salvinis are the dark spot on the gill cover and the red belly that females get
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