Not-recommended fish mixings you have gotten away with
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I've also gotten away with indian mud moray, columbian sharks, and GSPs with much smaller and less aggressive fish
I'm shocked about the Colombian sharks. Never had them but apparently their small fish appetite is insatiable.
While transitioning from a new world Cichlid community to an African, I kept Festae & Rivulatus with several varieties of Haps & Mbuna.
Absolutely no casualties during the four months together.
I wish I had the New World Cichlids back. Lol.
Absolutely no casualties during the four months together.
I wish I had the New World Cichlids back. Lol.
In my teenage days before internet it was anything goes.
I had all sorts of combos that worked at least in the medium term, convicts with angels or african lionheads with gouramis and rivulatus and tetras.
They were all in a 4 foot tank. Probably if the fish have enough space they will learn to coexist. Water conditions were never a consideration back then.
I dont recommend doing it now I have learned more and like to see natural behaviour but what we used to call "community tanks"were pretty freaky back then.
Its funny that the idea of a biotope was not common at all but having malawi cichlids with cories, clown loaches and tiger barbs with a pictus cat and a few of several types of tetras swimming around wouldnt have raised an eyebrow.
I had all sorts of combos that worked at least in the medium term, convicts with angels or african lionheads with gouramis and rivulatus and tetras.
They were all in a 4 foot tank. Probably if the fish have enough space they will learn to coexist. Water conditions were never a consideration back then.
I dont recommend doing it now I have learned more and like to see natural behaviour but what we used to call "community tanks"were pretty freaky back then.
Its funny that the idea of a biotope was not common at all but having malawi cichlids with cories, clown loaches and tiger barbs with a pictus cat and a few of several types of tetras swimming around wouldnt have raised an eyebrow.
Rift cichlids with some new worlds. I had a few auratus and Kenyi with 2 convicts and 2 fire mouths in a 60. There’s was some mild chasing but it worked. I was still new to the hobby then and don’t recommend this.
