P. saulosi

Hello everyone,
I have an empty 30 gallon (3' long) that I would like to use for my
first African Cichlids. I know this tank is a bit small for most
Africans, so I've been doing a lot of searching to find who I might be
able to keep. I love the look of P. saulosi, and some websites I've
found suggest that they might do well in the 30g. I would just like
to get your opinions. Do you think the 30g is good for these fish,
and how many would you recommend this tank?
Thanks,
Cris

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Hello everyone,
I have an empty 30 gallon (3' long) that I would like to use for my
first African Cichlids. I know this tank is a bit small for most
Africans, so I've been doing a lot of searching to find who I might be
able to keep. I love the look of P. saulosi, and some websites I've
found suggest that they might do well in the 30g. I would just like
to get your opinions. Do you think the 30g is good for these fish,
and how many would you recommend this tank?
Thanks,
Cris

P. saulosi could do alright in a 30 gallon tank with maybe 1 male and
three females, but there are quite a few African Cichlids that would do well
in a 30 gallon tank.
If you were interested in only the Rift Lake Africans, you should look
into any of the shell dwellers from Lake Tanganyika. Also from Lake
Tanganyika there's the Julidochromis species, Chalinochromis some species,
Eretmodus, Spathodus, Tanganicodus, Altolamprologus, many of the
Neolamprologus species such as the N. brichardi, N. pulcher, N. leleupi, N.
cylindricus would all do well in a 30 gallon tank. For Lake Malawi, other
than the P. saulosi, look at some of the milder Cynotilapia species. Perhaps
some of the insectivorous Labidochromis species like the L. caeruleus, L.
freibergi, L. mbenji, L. sp "perlmutt", etc. Avoid the herbivores like the
L. sp "Mbamba" and the L. hongi species as they tend to be more aggressive.
There's also the Iodotropheus sprengerae. Maybe some of the smaller
Aulonocara species such as A. aquilonium, A. baenschi, A. sp "chitande
type", A. hueseri, A. maylandi and A. ethelwynnae which are all under five
inches in length.
If your interest in cichlids extended beyond the Rift Lakes, there's
numerous African Riverine species that would do well in a 30 gallon tank,
and many South American dwarf species that are interesting and challenging
to keep.
Amateur
www.amateurcichlids.com