Jewel

The rift lake cichlids are different from this African cichlid. Water conditions are different, the Jewels works better with the type of water for SA/CA cichlids. Plus I heard rift lake cichlids would skin Jewel Cichlids alive, especially Mbunas.

i have always kept jewels with my mbuna and ive never had a problem, ive even had my jewels spawn in my mbuna tank, just make sure there all around the same size

they will acclimate to the ph, just remember jewels dietary needs are a little different then mbuna, i feed my mbuna/jewel tank hikari cichlid stable and nls, the jewels really like the hikari as to where my mbuna mostly like the nls so it works for me

Pyramid_Party;2483733; said:

The rift lake cichlids are different from this African cichlid. Water conditions are different, the Jewels works better with the type of water for SA/CA cichlids. Plus I heard rift lake cichlids would skin Jewel Cichlids alive, especially Mbunas.

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jewels can hold there own just fine

i agree , ive kept them with mbunas and convicts just fine , they were never nipped or picked on severly.

My Jewel eats all kinds of stuff - Algae wafers, brine shrimp, krill, Cichlid pellets, flakes, bloodworms, mealworms etc

My jewel is the most aggressive fish i have ever owned.. It is 3 inches and picks on my 9 inch oscar..hands down the nastiest fish i have ever owned

You have to remember, fish have different personalities. One jewel cichlid might pick on everything else you try to keep it with. Another one might be very timid, and get ripped to shreds by Mbunas. It all depends on the individual fish. In theory, it's not a good combination because Jewel cichlids are bigger, slow moving, while Mbunas are fast, darting, streamlined fish.

i have lots of jewels in with mine

my afircans and jewels