black angels and malawis

we are new, i am, to fish anyhow and i would like to know if its sensible to
mix a black angel and two malawis in the same tank. ive heard that angels
are cichlids and shoudl be fine, then i heard not. who do i trust and who is
right? anyone who has some constructive criticism, could you please help.

greatly appreciated

Malawis are from lakes in Africa that have VERY hard alkaline water. Angels
are from the South American rainforest rivers which are soft and acidic. You
have two very different needs for each species of fish to be happy and
healthy. Maybe the Angels have been tank bred and have come to tolerate hard
alkaline water, if you live in the Colorado River area of the U.S. for
example but otherwise I'd personally go for some of the dwarf cichlids-
Rams, Kribs, Firemouths, Convicts, etc. if I had the need to mix some other
type of cichlid in with Angels. Some of these are quite pretty and have the
same water needs as the Angels. I can't remember if you can put Sevrums in
with Angels but they would be lovely in the same tank if you can. If you
want to go the other route and put something else in with the Malawis...
well, I'm sure someone on here will have some suggestions. ;-)

I have never kept rift lake cichlids but I know that they will not work
out with angels. I keep angels, kribs and dwarf gouramis together and
they get along great. If it is colour you are looking for than look
into the gouramis to go with the angels. If you already have the rift
lake cichlids than look into another type of cichlid which comes from
the same water type.

Vicki

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