CK in a a big Cichlid tank...

[mother]

I'm gonna try this. I want to see if I can get a cichlid tank to tolerate a LARGE CK. My worry is the CK eating the cichlids. I plan on getting a 210 gallon tank (hopefully lots of room will help keep tempers down. I want to get cichlids that are fairly non-aggressive and keep the size advantage in the CK's favor. That way if push comes to shove I may end up missing a few cichlids and not my CK. My CK is only about 9" as of now. Any suggestions? A photoshop of my idea (the gorgeous set-up pictured belongs to Tank Predator)...

 

[95Harley]

With the picture you posted I see two things happening. A fat, scratched up clown knife and a vanishing population of african cichlids.

Multiple problems.

1. No open swimming space for the knife
2. African's like PH high, CK's like it below 7
3. African's will be eatting, not a maybe it's a 100%

Hopefully this was posted just to get people stirred up and you were not serious with this.

 

[benzjamin13]

I wouldn't do it. If the rock works are going to be similar, the clown knife will damage itself by rubbing up against the rocks and the cichlids will probably pick on it.

 

[philhawk]

my ck had to have all the rock and wood removed from the tank because if got spooked he would hurt himself quite badly. housing with other fish is not really advisable i had my 15" clown knife with a 6.5" tinfoil (much to big to be eaten) and the ck just constantly beat him up. after a month or so i finaly got a new tank for the tinfoil. but in that month he nearly lost all his scales and half of his dorsal fin and suffered from split fins on the rest because of being nipped at and stress.

its my opinion that you can try anything. but it would be unlikly that you could keep anything smaller than an oscar with him and it is almost inevitable that he will hurt himself

(the tinfoil is on the mend and doing well in a new tank)