hello everyone new to this site and need a bit of help

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mattywatson

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Jun 23, 2008
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Hello everyone im new to this site it has made me want to set up a fish tank and all the info helps. I am located in adelaide which is in australia i have piked some fish out i like and am wondering how they will go together any info would be great sorry if the spelling is wrong cheers matthew
this is my list so far it is a us 52 gallon tank as well all fish are 1 inch
2 yellow labs
1 electric blue
1 johanni
1 hongi
1 jacobfrebergi
1 red peacock
1 pleco
1 ob peacock
1 blue dolphin
the tank has a sand base and is full of rocky caves how do you think this selection of fish will go together?
 
aquaman65;2831173; said:
Sounds like a nice set up. The blue dolphin might get a little large (10 inches) For that tank size. But it will be a colourful tank.
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agreed even though there large it will work with the fish though there not that bad with agression but will need a larger tank when it matures that is one of my favorites Hongis are cool too
 
@ 50 gal might want to for go the jacobfiebergi as well they can get large for a peacock and quite aggressive towards other aulonocara, IMO 1 aulonocara per 50 gal of water
 
List sounds good, but may need to rethink the peacocks.
 
ok this is the lis i have now
3 yellow labs
2 electric blues
2 johanis
2 hongis
1 ob peacock
all water qualitys are good tank has been cycling for 2 weeks now and its temp is
26 degrees i was justw ondering what are some good plants for these cichlids
 
No live plants ! Cichlids luv to uproot and destroy them. use a few artificial if you want some greenery. They will start to shread them as well . But at least they won't die on ya. Dont pay more than a few dollars each for them either.
 
Africans luv their vegataion and it is quite healthy for them. Some aquatic plants are cheap and help cultivate healthy algaes for the africans to eat.One I use quite frequently is large Onion grass.......africans don't like the taste of the plant and won't mess with it to much but after a few weeks in the tank you'll find your africans feeding off the growth on the leaves.............another is brazillian swords the africans will eat the leaves however the plant reproduces leaves very quickly and provides the same organisms growing on it's leaves. Both of these plants have no problem living in the higher ph range so long as it's stable and niether of the two require high amounts of CO2. They also help to reduce organic waste, help remove heavy metals from the water, and expel oxygen into the water - inessence a biological filtration system.
 
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