can i put invertebrates in a afracan cichlid aquarium?

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Jo T wants to know:


i have 4 african cichlids

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3 Comments For This Post

  1. luvexotics Says:
    March 20th, 2010 at 3:40 pm

    you can try fresh water blue lobsters but there is no guarantee that they won’t get eaten or eat part of your fish tails. They are a more aggressive invertebrate

  2. Frank m Says:
    March 22nd, 2010 at 12:49 am

    You can try the clam, or snails. The shrimp will most likely become fish food. Do not do the lobsters. Lobsters are nocturnal. They will hide during the day and come out at night to eat your sleeping fish.

  3. I am Legend Says:
    March 22nd, 2010 at 10:08 am

    Jo, list your species in future questions, it’s more helpful because there are over a 1000 different Africans alone, and the major lakes as well all have different aspects. In your case, even just saying you have Mbuna is more helpful as that rules out anything Tangyangikan or Victorian or Madagascar.

    For the fish you have listed in the past, these are all herbivores and shouldn’t pose an issue in terms of eating them, but I’d like to point out, that they will eat frozen brine shrimp cubes if offered. While a herbivore, they can as well eat meaty foods, and for Mbuna, this is not advised, because they can easily become bloated and will die.

    I can’t think of any known inverts that are directly compatible, but with only a 20 gallon tank as well, probably best you work first on sexing those species you have now, and think about tank mates after. If your Mbuna turn out to be all male, you’re going to have to be moving some of them out or trading them for females. You can’t keep all four of those in your 20 if they are all male, let alone think of adding tank mates in only a 20 gallon tank.

    I do not know directly, again, if any inverts will work, but that’s not an important thing for you at this point.

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