Other fish in african lakes...

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sainthitch

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Assume you have a tank ranging from 125 to 600gallons....is there any other fish that are interesting from the lakes that would go well with the cichlids? Im just trying to decide...if i make this 600g in the basement, and i go full afrian biotope...is there other schooling fish or species and what there requirements are. I want to get it right the first time. I say 125 only because that is what i currently have and if i have to grow the other fish to be able to live with the cichlids.

Thanks for the help guys.
 
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sainthitch

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well im not saying i would need anything else, i wa just curious if there were other fish that were interesing from the african lakes. Make it into a full biotope. Maybe large schools of tetras for instance( i know they would get eaten, just an example) but other interesting fish if im moving to a 600 gallon. I want to make sure i build this tank so it will suit all the fish in the tank as well as my personal tastes of course.
 
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BigTim15

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I am not sure but i remember seeing somthing from Malawi that was called a dolphin fish or somthing?? I saw it on planet earth and they get huge...Sorry, I know it isnt what you are loooking for but just thought i should add it in
 
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NotoriousSway

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BigTim15;2601928; said:
I am not sure but i remember seeing somthing from Malawi that was called a dolphin fish or somthing?? I saw it on planet earth and they get huge...Sorry, I know it isnt what you are loooking for but just thought i should add it in
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Those are large predatory fish that use electrical pulses to find its prey (peacock, haps, Mbunas) like Knife fish.
 
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sainthitch

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thanks for the help guys...i will look up more about the lakes. I just thought it mightbe cool to recreate an african lake in its ull entity...with the main fish being the cichilds.
 
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The Congo Dolphins (mormyrops kanume) have very small mouths and feed mostly on small worms and such are are no threat to your fish. I know they are found in Lake Victoria not sure about the other Rift Lakes.

Lamprichthys tanganicanus is a schooling Killiefish.

Lots of Synodontis catfish.
 
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mr_cool_guy

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BigTim15;2601928; said:
I am not sure but i remember seeing somthing from Malawi that was called a dolphin fish or somthing?? I saw it on planet earth and they get huge
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what a great show, very good camera shots. that episode was on lakes and rivers or somthing.

tezr;2602552; said:
Lots of Synodontis catfish.
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yep syndos, there your best bet, and there are different types to.
 
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