2 Questions About African and SA Cichlids

[plmike]

the 25 cichlids are as goes
16 yellow labs
5 socofoli cichlids
2 jewel cichlids
2 peacocks
and im not doing anything to change the water parameters i just vaccum the gravel once a week and change the carbon in the filters once every 2 weeks and feed the fish i also got the jd with them peacock eel 1 8 inch pleco and 1 2 inch and its going well its been about like 2 weeks i think with them and the water is crystal clear also got 2 tetra 30-60 filters running at full and might buy a canister filter too
and in the pic this is before i had the 2 filters in there as u can see theres a small one

 

[Sab_Fan]

True, 'African cichlid' doesn't refer exclusively to only cichlids from the rift lakes but when someone says they have 20-25 African cichlids that they are moving from a 35 to a 75 gal., I think it's a logical assumption that they they are referring to mbuna, given the high stocking density. At least I would hope there not refferring to fishes like Tilapia buttikoferi, Hemichromis elongatus, or Oreochromis mosambicus

true that, I think we all know what the OP meant . . . but, as noted, he did have a couple Jewel cichlids (not Rift Lake) and its not unusual to keep Kribs in groups (also not Rift Lake) . . .

 

[FasterThanYou]

I have seen a few relatives of mine pull it off but interactions do not always go the way we plan. I say try it and keep the 35 handy if things go south.

 

[plmike]

I have seen a few relatives of mine pull it off but interactions do not always go the way we plan. I say try it and keep the 35 handy if things go south.

if things go south my cousins got a 55 gallon with a male jack dempsey same size as my female so i can alwasy give it to him

 

[plmike]

one last question about yellow labs about how much inches do they have to be to breed ive got about 5 males and the rest are females so i think its a good mix for breeding