jack dempsys are cool, green terrors, you can check out all different tanks on a web site didicated to cichlids and talk to people in forums. cichlids.com
I have a 55 gal cichlid tank but I have new world cichlids and one lake malawi. Some say you should mix due to aggressiveness but my fish are getting along fine. I have an electric blue ahli! beautiful.
Please check out a web page on Africans. I used to raise them and they have way different water conditions than the south american ones. To raise them and breed them you need a tank with a high ph. You can do this by using gravel that they you in saltwater tanks. THey also need lots of salt Not as much as saltwater but way too high for the south americans. Africans are really cool. They have bright colors and cool breeding habits. they are mouth breeders. You can also set your tank up with corals like a salt tank. Sort of like having a saltwater tank without all the work. have . My favorites were the Johnnani Not sure of the spelling. They are electric blue.
March 5th, 2010 at 11:14 am
jack dempsys are cool, green terrors, you can check out all different tanks on a web site didicated to cichlids and talk to people in forums. cichlids.com
I have a 55 gal cichlid tank but I have new world cichlids and one lake malawi. Some say you should mix due to aggressiveness but my fish are getting along fine. I have an electric blue ahli! beautiful.
March 6th, 2010 at 3:00 am
here is a web site you can look at all the fish and decide what would work well in your tank
March 9th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Please check out a web page on Africans. I used to raise them and they have way different water conditions than the south american ones. To raise them and breed them you need a tank with a high ph. You can do this by using gravel that they you in saltwater tanks. THey also need lots of salt Not as much as saltwater but way too high for the south americans. Africans are really cool. They have bright colors and cool breeding habits. they are mouth breeders. You can also set your tank up with corals like a salt tank. Sort of like having a saltwater tank without all the work. have . My favorites were the Johnnani Not sure of the spelling. They are electric blue.