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Feeder Fish
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'Kay guys,
I want to setup a cichlid tank but don't know where to start.
So many types!!!:cry:
I can go max size 180 gallons.
So let the advice flow.
 

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Feeder Fish
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Nope,
no experience at all.
 

dbcb314

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Few things you have to decide first to narrow it down:

1. Do you want a single cichlid, a couple, or multiples

2. Do you want breeding pairs



Those are probably the first two questions to answer. It changes what you can put in the tank radically. If you just want a single fish, there are tons of options. If you want more of a community set up, it narrows it down a bit.

And deciding whether you want to breed or not changes everything as well.


OR

the other options is to find a cichlid you love that will fit in the tank (so max size in the 18inch range IMO for a 2 foot wide tank) and go from that.
 

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Feeder Fish
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I'd like a single cichlid and am not planning to breed. Though that might happen:naughty:
 

divemaster99

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Didn't you also make a thread about catfish for a 180? Well I'm no expert on cichlids but I pretty sure a dovii would take a 180 to itself.
 

vinod_uthaiah

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Jaguars , RTM's , Dovii's , Vieja's , anyone of these can be kept as a loner in a 180.....Depends on what do you have access to around your area and your preference
 
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