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I agree about Lake Malawi cichlids and Victorian cichlids, Tanganyika cichlids are awesome and some west African cichlids, Too each their own. Central American are by far my favorite. Most mixed tanks do have problems I agree at some point. Had to remove my Salvini cichlid the other day, he was pretty beat up, thankfully made a full recovery. If I plan on breeding them out it’s always species only. Cichlids always do best species only. I do have a few mixed tanks just because I like multiple kinds of cichlids and can’t possibly have that many species only tanks, but I keep a close eye on them. That is a very good response and true
 
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HUKIT said:
Unfortunately that’s happening on this side of pond as well. It’s just one of the ebbs and flows of the aquarium hobby. Losing two of the largest importers and breeders was a huge loss for the hobby. I only keep cichlids from central and South America each time I’m looking for a certain fish it becomes a monumental quest which still ends in failure quite often. I tried keeping Africans quite a few times and they’re just incredibly boring to me.

Also, sorry to hear about your beani. The mixed tanks of cichlids like that rarely work out in the long term. There are always people posting pictures and videos of their mixed tanks touting how great the fish get along but what you don’t hear about is how quickly that type of system explodes in grand fashion time and time again after fish reach maturity.
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I’m not a massive fan of African cichlids. Don’t get me wrong some mega beautiful ones but I’m all for the American cichlids
 
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Beani keeper said:
I agree about Lake Malawi cichlids and Victorian cichlids, Tanganyika cichlids are awesome and some west African cichlids, Too each their own. Central American are by far my favorite. Most mixed tanks do have problems I agree at some point. Had to remove my Salvini cichlid the other day, he was pretty beat up, thankfully made a full recovery. If I plan on breeding them out it’s always species only. Cichlids always do best species only. I do have a few mixed tanks just because I like multiple kinds of cichlids and can’t possibly have that many species only tanks, but I keep a close eye on them. That is a very good response and true
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I had a mixed tank before and somehow I got it mega calm with some big fish in there. There was the occasional stand off and lip locking but nothing to a point of them killing each other. That was my 7 foot tank tho which I’m hoping to get back soon as I move and have the space
 
Here’s some photos of my large set up, once I got the aro I started moving the cichlids out and he had the tank to himself and I got him to almost 2 foot before I moved and had to close the tank down

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And I didn’t have hardly any issues with these cichlids, these were all grow outs too. Got them all at 3/4 inch maybe a little smaller
 
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One of the best kept cichlids I’ve ever kept was Telmatochromis Dhonti, extremely active and aggressive. I kept them in a mixed tank with tons of other Lake Tanganyika cichlids, they was all thriving and spawning all together. The one cichlid I still have not had the pleasure of keeping is Neolamprologus christyi. The fish has eluded me for many many years. Tanganyikan cichlids are mostly small but full of attitude and aggression. Ironically the largest cichlid of all comes from lake Tanganyika. The Emperor cichlid. You need a monster tank to house one of them correctly.
 
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