These are very beautiful fish. When my brother gave up fish keeping I looked after my his Salvini as well as a few other cichlids for a couple weeks in a spare tank until he could find someone to rehome them.
I used to have an unusually large 6-7" gorgeous female who had no problems holding her own with 12-16" Jaguars and Dovi's.. It was quite a sight to see. Damn I miss that tank
Just got a 40 gallon tank, thinking of getting a Salvini because they really are a gorgeous fish. I might throw in a convict as well to battle aggression.
+DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS I just bought 2 Salvini & Convicts, (not sure if they are a pair) I am pretty sure the bigger one is male because of the dark blotch on dorsal fin and Gill plate as well as the beautiful red belly. Other one is very less colored with lightly red colored belly with no dark mark in gill plate, its smaller than the female. I am not sure if its a male. But the bigger female fish chases the small one. Female chasing male is it normal? As well as the convicts does the same, I don't know they are pairs ... very importantly both Salvinis and Convicts always hides out, its been 3 days since I own them. Any advise are appreciated. Thanks
Well firstly that blotch on the dorsal isn't a sure way to determine the gender...my 3 females each have them; also females with show a brighter red on their belly. The best way to visibly distinguish a male is by the amount of blue it shows...males with a lot more blue speckles over the yellow body color....here's a good picture showing them...the male being on the left www.google.com/search?q=male+salvini&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjylPeQhJnVAhVBbT4KHSHVBu4Q_AUIBygC&biw=1829&bih=917#imgrc=DE8wgL0IJTil_M:&spf=1500593965414
Salvini cichlids are highly aggressive towards their own kind, so whether you have 2 females or a male and a female....they will still fight and the dominate one will force the other to hide. If you have a male and a female, eventually if the female lay eggs they can pair and aggression towards each other can lower. As for convicts, they are a lot more easier to sex because only females have red on their belly. How big is your tank...with these fish the best way to bring them out of hiding is to add more fish...whether you had more cichlids or large dither fish....just these fish are very shy and need other fish to feel comfortable enough to swim openly...which is ironic considering how aggressive they are!
Dither fish like a small group of spotted silver dollars,Buenos aires tetra, tiger barbs...any schooling fish that are not too small to be eaten. With this size tank size it may not be best to add other cichlids...the dither fish should allow to tension between the cichlids to calm down a bit, with more activity coming out
Great looking fish. i have one that looks exactly like yours. it is a female as well...about 5 inches. she spawned with my red devil and now i have about 40 fry in the tank. they are only about 2 weeks old now. cant wait to see how they look as adults.
Wow I was just wondering if a red devil could fertilize salvini eggs! My dominate female's tube just dropped, and she's about to lay eggs in the red devils territory, so if he decides to fertilize them I'll have my batch too!
In terms of space, yes...but unless you have a mated pair they will fight all the time and eventually the most dominate will force the other two hide all the time
I have two 1 inchers in a 55. They live with 5 Rainbow Cichlids, 1 Roberstoni, 1 convict, 1 yoyo loach and a red tail black shark. Am I in for some major trouble in 6 months?
Yes you may certainly be...firstly they will battle each other; and the more dominate will force the other to stay hiding...then the other cichlids will be terrorized. It may not be to death...but everyone will fear the dominate salvini. Your rainbows and red tail may be fast enough to avoid conflict
It really depends on your tank set up. If the tank has lots of hiding spots it may provoke aggression but the tank overstocking may limit aggression. What is your filtration?
I got a 40 breeder that I'm about to set up. I would like a Salvini and a pair of convicts. Could this setup work in a 40 breeder? Could silver dollars be used as dithers or do they get to large for dithers in a 40 breeder?
A 40 isn't bad for those fish, but the convicts paired could definitely make life hard for the salvini, even if you add 4-5 siver dollars, the salvini is the biggest threat to the convicts so it would be targeted
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS Thanks for the reply. I have one more question for you if you don't mind. What fish if any would have the best chance of working with a pair of convicts in a 40 breeder. What fish would be tough enough but also be not too big for a 40 breeder?
Yes these littles guys have a lot of fight in them. As long as the rainbow shark isn't small enough to be eaten it should be okay, they may chase it a little with territorial behavior but it shouldn't be too much to stress out the rainbow shark
You think Salvini could hold their own against say Red Terror or Jaguar cichlids with that attitude of theirs? Red Devils are supposed to be pretty aggressive too, so I've heard, and it looks like she's got yours in check!
As far as size yes, but you may get a few fights from the two, both are aggressive and will won't to be boss. To decrease intensity of fights you can add other fish to distract them from one another like schooling fish large enough not to be eaten (silver dollars, black skirt tetra, tiger barbs, etc.)
I tried to put my green terror and salvini together with tiger barbs when I got them in a 55g. It worked for about 2 weeks "besides a couple barbs eaten" and my green terror decided it was going to be his tank. So i had to put salvini in his own tank. Then a couple weeks after that green terror decided he didn't want the tiger barbs in there anymore so terrorized them extremely bad...only able to catch and eat the albinos they must if been slower...so I ppl ut barbs int ok salvini tank at which time within 2 nights he managed to take out 8 of them are 3 killed rest
Based on my experience with dolphin cichlids, I'd say no. Dolphin's are some of the mildest haps I've kept; and I think adult brichardi are too big to be eaten ( I never kept any). The 2 should co exist with little if any conflict....in my opinion
Most cichlids that originate from central America can cross breed, so if you have a male salvini dominate enough it can potentially breed with a female flowerhorn (most male flowehorn are infertile)
I can imagine that the dominate one is colored up and it keeps the rest either hiding or discolored. Males have more blue speckles across their body then females, also how big are yours...at about 5 inches females will be ready to breed and you should be able to see a egg tube under her: ruclips.net/video/YWFIDGZt80o/видео.html
Most flowerhorn males are infertile so that's why its harder to breed them, but in general heavy water changes weekly help get the females in the mood, the most dominate female will become more aggressive and territorial claiming a section of the tank, then laying eggs when she feels that her area is secure...and if the male is interested, he'll fertilizer them
They are mainly aggressive towards cichlids, so they'll destroy each other (unless they are a male and female and pair up (then they would destroy everyone else)) but if they are not defending fry, the shouldn't harm the barbs and rainbows
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS Thanks for replying, at the moment found out the snakehead is the one causing problems, still going to be removing either the female or male as they have been aggressive towards each other
Wow, mine each cost $6...as juveniles. I have a video were I covered the lights and filtration on my tanks, the lights are a bit different now but the filtration is the same ruclips.net/video/s-i4szPGjQI/видео.html at that time my 29g wasn't setup yet, but I have a aquaclear 75 on it
Bro in my tank a pair of salvini and 2 Oscar's are there and the two salvini is becoming more aggressive and chasing Oscar's and removing the sand from bottom, what's wrong with them
Wait till that Red Devil is 2 feet long and has a mouth big enough to fit wait till that Red Devil is 2 feet long and has a big mouth full of razor sharp teeth that salvini will not be alive for long
These are very beautiful fish. When my brother gave up fish keeping I looked after my his Salvini as well as a few other cichlids for a couple weeks in a spare tank until he could find someone to rehome them.
Thank You, yes they look amazing!
I used to have an unusually large 6-7" gorgeous female who had no problems holding her own with 12-16" Jaguars and Dovi's.. It was quite a sight to see. Damn I miss that tank
I can imagine...6" wow!
Beautiful fish , awesome scape!
Thank You!
Just got a 40 gallon tank, thinking of getting a Salvini because they really are a gorgeous fish. I might throw in a convict as well to battle aggression.
Gorgeous but mean, but definitely a nice way to use a 40g
Very nice looking Cichlid.
Thank You
Awesome fish I'd like to have one day!
Thanks, they are some mean little suckers but with their color its worth it
beautiful and angry...that's usually how it goes lol
Lol, yes there's always strings attached!
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I just bought 2 Salvini & Convicts, (not sure if they are a pair) I am pretty sure the bigger one is male because of the dark blotch on dorsal fin and Gill plate as well as the beautiful red belly. Other one is very less colored with lightly red colored belly with no dark mark in gill plate, its smaller than the female. I am not sure if its a male. But the bigger female fish chases the small one. Female chasing male is it normal?
As well as the convicts does the same, I don't know they are pairs ...
very importantly both Salvinis and Convicts always hides out, its been 3 days since I own them. Any advise are appreciated.
Thanks
Well firstly that blotch on the dorsal isn't a sure way to determine the gender...my 3 females each have them; also females with show a brighter red on their belly. The best way to visibly distinguish a male is by the amount of blue it shows...males with a lot more blue speckles over the yellow body color....here's a good picture showing them...the male being on the left
www.google.com/search?q=male+salvini&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjylPeQhJnVAhVBbT4KHSHVBu4Q_AUIBygC&biw=1829&bih=917#imgrc=DE8wgL0IJTil_M:&spf=1500593965414
Salvini cichlids are highly aggressive towards their own kind, so whether you have 2 females or a male and a female....they will still fight and the dominate one will force the other to hide. If you have a male and a female, eventually if the female lay eggs they can pair and aggression towards each other can lower. As for convicts, they are a lot more easier to sex because only females have red on their belly. How big is your tank...with these fish the best way to bring them out of hiding is to add more fish...whether you had more cichlids or large dither fish....just these fish are very shy and need other fish to feel comfortable enough to swim openly...which is ironic considering how aggressive they are!
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS my tank is a 3 ft x 1.75 ft x 1.25ft .. a 40G. So far I have only 2 Salvini and 2 Convicts. What are the other fish you suggest
Dither fish like a small group of spotted silver dollars,Buenos aires tetra, tiger barbs...any schooling fish that are not too small to be eaten. With this size tank size it may not be best to add other cichlids...the dither fish should allow to tension between the cichlids to calm down a bit, with more activity coming out
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS .. Ya will try them... Thank you
Ty for sharing!!
Thank you
Great looking fish. i have one that looks exactly like yours. it is a female as well...about 5 inches. she spawned with my red devil and now i have about 40 fry in the tank. they are only about 2 weeks old now. cant wait to see how they look as adults.
Wow I was just wondering if a red devil could fertilize salvini eggs! My dominate female's tube just dropped, and she's about to lay eggs in the red devils territory, so if he decides to fertilize them I'll have my batch too!
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i had an oscar in there too but had to take him out. they kept attacking him.
What a Beauty!
Indeed! Thanks for watching!
do you think I could keep 3 salvini in a 55 gal or so? also do they like to mess with substrate
In terms of space, yes...but unless you have a mated pair they will fight all the time and eventually the most dominate will force the other two hide all the time
“The beautiful ones are always the crazy ones” ain’t that the truth 😂
Darius can you keep these with a stary night cichlid ?
I have two 1 inchers in a 55. They live with 5 Rainbow Cichlids, 1 Roberstoni, 1 convict, 1 yoyo loach and a red tail black shark. Am I in for some major trouble in 6 months?
Yes you may certainly be...firstly they will battle each other; and the more dominate will force the other to stay hiding...then the other cichlids will be terrorized. It may not be to death...but everyone will fear the dominate salvini. Your rainbows and red tail may be fast enough to avoid conflict
It really depends on your tank set up. If the tank has lots of hiding spots it may provoke aggression but the tank overstocking may limit aggression. What is your filtration?
I got a 40 breeder that I'm about to set up. I would like a Salvini and a pair of convicts. Could this setup work in a 40 breeder? Could silver dollars be used as dithers or do they get to large for dithers in a 40 breeder?
A 40 isn't bad for those fish, but the convicts paired could definitely make life hard for the salvini, even if you add 4-5 siver dollars, the salvini is the biggest threat to the convicts so it would be targeted
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS Thanks for the reply. I have one more question for you if you don't mind. What fish if any would have the best chance of working with a pair of convicts in a 40 breeder. What fish would be tough enough but also be not too big for a 40 breeder?
I have a salvini got him 2 weeks ago he was giving my fire mouth A fight but they seem ok now. I need some more tank mates. Maybe a rainbow shark?
Yes these littles guys have a lot of fight in them. As long as the rainbow shark isn't small enough to be eaten it should be okay, they may chase it a little with territorial behavior but it shouldn't be too much to stress out the rainbow shark
great video
Thank You
Love Salvini
They are beautiful!
You think Salvini could hold their own against say Red Terror or Jaguar cichlids with that attitude of theirs? Red Devils are supposed to be pretty aggressive too, so I've heard, and it looks like she's got yours in check!
Yes as long as its not big enough to eat her...she's not afraid
could i keep a salvini cichlid in a 55 with a green terror (andinacara stalsbergi)?
As far as size yes, but you may get a few fights from the two, both are aggressive and will won't to be boss. To decrease intensity of fights you can add other fish to distract them from one another like schooling fish large enough not to be eaten (silver dollars, black skirt tetra, tiger barbs, etc.)
I tried to put my green terror and salvini together with tiger barbs when I got them in a 55g. It worked for about 2 weeks "besides a couple barbs eaten" and my green terror decided it was going to be his tank. So i had to put salvini in his own tank. Then a couple weeks after that green terror decided he didn't want the tiger barbs in there anymore so terrorized them extremely bad...only able to catch and eat the albinos they must if been slower...so I ppl ut barbs int ok salvini tank at which time within 2 nights he managed to take out 8 of them are 3 killed rest
How to differentiate male and female salvini
In your opinion, would a dolphin cichlid harm small tanganyikan cichlids such as the brichardi?
Based on my experience with dolphin cichlids, I'd say no. Dolphin's are some of the mildest haps I've kept; and I think adult brichardi are too big to be eaten ( I never kept any). The 2 should co exist with little if any conflict....in my opinion
The beautiful ones are allways the crazy ones !!! Never met one of the species that was not - blondes, brunettes, blackhaired or redheads🤗🤗🤗
Can salvini breed with flowerhorn because both the colour patterns and the the structure of female flowerhorn and salvini are same t
Most cichlids that originate from central America can cross breed, so if you have a male salvini dominate enough it can potentially breed with a female flowerhorn (most male flowehorn are infertile)
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS so i have three salvini in my tank how to find there gender bro
I can imagine that the dominate one is colored up and it keeps the rest either hiding or discolored. Males have more blue speckles across their body then females, also how big are yours...at about 5 inches females will be ready to breed and you should be able to see a egg tube under her:
ruclips.net/video/YWFIDGZt80o/видео.html
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS they are about 3 to 4 inches and i have a flowerhorn male tell me the breeding tips
Most flowerhorn males are infertile so that's why its harder to breed them, but in general heavy water changes weekly help get the females in the mood, the most dominate female will become more aggressive and territorial claiming a section of the tank, then laying eggs when she feels that her area is secure...and if the male is interested, he'll fertilizer them
Got 2 salvini (juvenile) and they are with turbo barbs and rainbow fish, hopefully I won’t have to remove them in future
They are mainly aggressive towards cichlids, so they'll destroy each other (unless they are a male and female and pair up (then they would destroy everyone else)) but if they are not defending fry, the shouldn't harm the barbs and rainbows
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS Thanks for replying, at the moment found out the snakehead is the one causing problems, still going to be removing either the female or male as they have been aggressive towards each other
How do they compare to the Red Devil for aggression?
That salvini lucky that red devil don’t merc him give it a while
No my red devil's aren't that aggressive...this is my second generation of red devils all of witch aren't too aggressive
How do you know when it's a female or male ?
You can tell until they are about 3 inches or so...but males will have longer fins and more blue speckles across the body, females will have more red
I’ve had a couple and aggression was never an issue. Maybe I just got lucky
Wow...mine were the exact opposite!
Amazing fish! Salvini cost a bomb here... Can u do a tank filtration tour?
Pancake Ninja yup an awesome fish ...but here in India it is quite cheep ..you can get pair for less than a dollar....
A pair here cost around $30-$40 SGD
Pancake Ninja wow...now that's a lot of money.....well here many breeders breed this fishes in ponds and seel them
Wow, mine each cost $6...as juveniles. I have a video were I covered the lights and filtration on my tanks, the lights are a bit different now but the filtration is the same ruclips.net/video/s-i4szPGjQI/видео.html
at that time my 29g wasn't setup yet, but I have a aquaclear 75 on it
Also my African cichlid tank now has a fx6
I keep my salvini female with my polleni cichlid...great tank mates
Polleni is a fish that's still on my last...I imagine how awesome they look in the same tank
@@dwsdarius still young, the elder bein the polleni at around a year old. Beautiful fish
Can i keep a salvini in a 30?
That's a bit to small...55g is minimum
my plan is to keep him in the 30 until hes too big, i have to go to uni in 2 yrs and hes about an inch. also i think he is a she
Bro in my tank a pair of salvini and 2 Oscar's are there and the two salvini is becoming more aggressive and chasing Oscar's and removing the sand from bottom, what's wrong with them
Sounds like they are about to breed
DWSDARIUS FISH TANKS is any special care taken and i dono they are male and female.i placed pots in aquarium they both are going into it
I read that they are moderately aggressive toward it's same species and very very aggressive toward others
Its definitely the other way around, they are mean towards other species...but much worst towards their own kind unless they're a mated pair
Wait till that Red Devil is 2 feet long and has a mouth big enough to fit wait till that Red Devil is 2 feet long and has a big mouth full of razor sharp teeth that salvini will not be alive for long
Red devils max at 1ft and don't have noticeably sharp teeth...you must be thinking of another fish?!
salvini are from mexico
Nastier than rat convicts?
Yes