55 gallon firemouths

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Skurj said:
yes if you want 20 fish go with a Malawi mbuna tank.. you can likely get away with 2-3 species with a m/f ratio of 1m/5f of each or more. If you want lots of fish, NW cichlids are not for you. Of course if you want to raise fish you need to leave room if you plan on raising them in the same tank.. though odds are very few will live to maturity if kept in same tank, odds might be slightly better with NW cichlids but even then that might be pushing it.
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20! No. In a 55 I'd say about 10
 
Wochoa3 said:
Are Africans better/more colorful than central/South Americans?


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Africans cover a lot of cichlids that aren't anything like each other so lets talk about Lake Malawian cichlid which are further divided into mbuna and peacocks/haps.
Mbuna like kenyi and labs have a brighter single color. They are only yellow, and the females are blue (kenyi only). Most mbunas are single color, but that color is very bright.
Peacocks/haps on the other hand, have one main color but tons of other color, but that is only the males, the female are ugly. For me the only good side about ALL Rift Lake cichlids (cichlids found in Lake Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi (which are in Africa)) is that you can have more.

Central and South America cichlids are much better as far as personality and sometimes color (not firemouths though). You can hand feed the and even pet them. And that is all Central/South American cichlids. They are also drastically easier to breed, all you need is one male:one female and you will probably get babies. For African you need a male to female ratio of like 1:4, and even still they might not breed.


In my honest opinion, I would go for a jack dempsey pair. All you need in one pair and they will fill up your tank in about a year. It is also fun to watch them grow and develop a personality, unlike most Rift Lake cichlids.
 
Aweshade9 said:
Africans cover a lot of cichlids that aren't anything like each other so lets talk about Lake Malawian cichlid which are further divided into mbuna and peacocks/haps.
Mbuna like kenyi and labs have a brighter single color. They are only yellow, and the females are blue (kenyi only). Most mbunas are single color, but that color is very bright.
Peacocks/haps on the other hand, have one main color but tons of other color, but that is only the males, the female are ugly. For me the only good side about ALL Rift Lake cichlids (cichlids found in Lake Victoria, Tanganyika, and Malawi (which are in Africa)) is that you can have more.

Central and South America cichlids are much better as far as personality and sometimes color (not firemouths though). You can hand feed the and even pet them. And that is all Central/South American cichlids. They are also drastically easier to breed, all you need is one male:one female and you will probably get babies. For African you need a male to female ratio of like 1:4, and even still they might not breed.


In my honest opinion, I would go for a jack dempsey pair. All you need in one pair and they will fill up your tank in about a year. It is also fun to watch them grow and develop a personality, unlike most Rift Lake cichlids.
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Thanks I think I'll stick with central/South American cichlids!


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