so after i sit up my 125, I am thinking a living room show tank with Africans, I completaly new on them, but at petsmart tonite i saws some great colors, orange, bumble bee type, blue. anyway i come here to research them and i find out there are 2 lakes in Africa with cichlids. all petsmart says in Assorted Africans. So know i dont know which ones need the powerheads for current and etc.. SO does anyone know what kind of africans petsmart has?
A bit confused?? petsmart Africans
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Most likely malawian mbuna. Don't buy from Petsmart, find a good LFS. There are actually many lakes with cichlids in Africa, but the three main are Malawi, Tanganyika, and Victoria.
Oh I wasn't planning to, I was just confused. I know you can't mix them right. Also after much trouble I found out the orange was ax red zebra. So if I can't mix I want to stick with what ever lake they came from
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thanks guys!, i want cichs and gf wants a pair of discus, yea i know they are the same family, but i want the bit overstocked due to agession fast swimming. after i found they were mbuna, did some research, great fish. I know gf is gonna win 
but space will run low, turning the 75 we have now into a fancy golfish tanks(dont hate) and upgrading the community to a 125. 3- 20 Longs planted and a 15g colum tank.. so i cant have both. I will run out of room for my 300+ tank in the future!!
but space will run low, turning the 75 we have now into a fancy golfish tanks(dont hate) and upgrading the community to a 125. 3- 20 Longs planted and a 15g colum tank.. so i cant have both. I will run out of room for my 300+ tank in the future!!Why not find a local fish club?
WAY better than a LFS or chain store...
Most folks who find our club (CCA - www.capitalcichlids.org) or web forum have the same mix of bad African cichlids...which, ironically, are the ones available at PetsMart and other chains.
They usually get rid of them and get a better mix with a little assistance from the club.
Matt
WAY better than a LFS or chain store...
Most folks who find our club (CCA - www.capitalcichlids.org) or web forum have the same mix of bad African cichlids...which, ironically, are the ones available at PetsMart and other chains.
They usually get rid of them and get a better mix with a little assistance from the club.
Matt