African Cichlid Community Tank

Ok, this is more of the answer I was looking for, I understand that there are many varieties of chlids out there, I am going to start off slow and rescue a few from my local Petco. I am partial to the Tiger Barbs, always wanted some but felt they were too aggressive for fish I was keeping at the time. I know that the ones that are currently at my local Petco are sick but I also know that the "Aquatic Specialist" there is an idiot so I plan on rescuing them as well... I wish I could rescue them all in fact.


So sad. Wish I had the will power to boycott them all together…

Originally Posted by Sokar

I keep 5 Bucktooth Tetras in a 65 gallon tank with 3 Green 8 inch Pike
cichlids and seven Tropheus Duboisi cichlids. I also keep about 10 Debauwi
Catfish in a smaller 30 gallon cichlid tank. There are no hard and fast
rules about mixing different types of fish in a cichlid tank.

When you overcrowd a cichlid tank, it forces a community tank feeling upon
the tankmates.


"Jamie" wrote in message
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Need a bit of help... I would consider myself a well-versed
ichthyologist. I have fully planted aquariums and have breed a wide
variety of fish from egg layers to bubble nest builders, but never
African Cichlid. I finally have the chance to make the switch, I have
maintained them before, just never had them myself, and I thought I had
a good handle in what I could put in the tank with them, but someone
shook my confidence today at work. I would like to put Tiger Barbs,
some Leporanious Facti (sp?) and a variety of your run of the mill
African cichlid togeather, thought I had seen it done before. Who has
had success with others in their tanks with the African Cichlids? Any
suggestions? I am currently in an Eclipse 12 fully planted, but I am
also going to be getting a bigger tank, 55gal.


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Jamie