So I posted on here some months back about stocking suggestions and after sage advices from Fishlady I went for a couple of sajica. By chance it appears that I have a breeding pair - not successful yet but certainly displaying breeding behaviour.
The change in colouration of the female in particular is quite dramatic, I still can't get my head around the way that her body turns almost black and her eyes change from a jade blue to gold. (Incidentally is that normal - conflicting info online)
However, and whilst I favour slightly understocked tanks, I am thinking the tank is a little too empty. It's a 240l and current stock is the sajica pair, a 2 inch L204 and a 3 inch bristlenose. Water on the hard side, ph approaching 8.
I know stocking fish with a breeding pair of cichlids can be problematic, however the tank is very carefully aquascaped with plenty of wood and rock formations.
Recently as a (carefully monitored) test I added a few guppies from another of my tanks temporarily. I found that the territory the sajica defended was actually quite small and clearly defined/contained by the scape, generally the sajica didn't seem to view the guppies as a threat - I'm guessing though that if they were to breed successfully and have fry moving about we would be looking at a different ball game.
Does anyone have any thoughts on fish that might make good additions for this tank?