My first ever cichlids!!

"Gary" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have jumped in at the deep end and purchased 10 lake malawi (I hope)
cichlids for my 260 litre aquarium. I went to the LFS, and asked for 10
compatible lake milawi's, and he gave me a nice selection of small fishes.
He said they would fight over territory and I should have suffecient
hiding
places, so I also purchased £100 of aquarium decor rocks. Some sandstone,
and a large bunch of lava rock. Also some nice marble rock. I also added
a
"Fluval 4 plus" internal filter to help maintain water quality and provide
a
strong current.

Anyway, he says I should sooner before later add my final selection of
fish,
he reckons another 10 - 15 would be plenty for the aquarium. He says if I
wait too long, the first fish will stress the new comers out and
potentially
kill them.



with cichlids you should always try to add them at the same time. They will
stake out their territory right away. Then any new entries into the tank
will be harrassed to death as they try to find a place to hide and find them
all taken already.

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