Combinations that shouldn't work but do..

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shawe1

Jack Dempsey
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I am fairly new to the forums and have done a search on this already but can't seem to find any results.

What fish do you house together and know you either shouldn't for aggression reasons or it is against the "rules" of compatibility BUT for you the combination works?

I recently decided I was going to switch my CA/SA set up to Tanganikan. Now, as I currently only have one tank I planned to do this over a week or two (instead of getting rid of all my CA/SA's in one hit) but half way through that transition (started introducing a few little Tanganikan's) I had a change of heart and decided against it and got rid of all the tanganikans.......except one

I cant bring my self to get rid of him (even though I know I should) :naughty:

He is a little (1.5 inch) Altolamprologus Compressiceps. He is kept with a couple of medium sized tank mates who could nail him if they really wanted to but he is doing just fine, his not shy around feeding time and no one seems to mess with him.

Here is a pic of him when I first put him in the tank (please excuse the tacky plant in the back ground)

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It would be interesting to see which combinations work for you but shouldn't!

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