skene;1640273; said:
This is not true malawi cichlids and CA cichldis require virtually the same water. They can easily be mixed although it just looks plain wrong to me. CA cichldis are found in hard alkaline water just the same as africans.
id this cichlid i think it might be electric blue cichlid
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This is not true malawi cichlids and CA cichldis require virtually the same water. They can easily be mixed although it just looks plain wrong to me. CA cichldis are found in hard alkaline water just the same as africans.
zerelli;1641529; said:
"same" water??not at all. Similar water.
Same diet??? absolutely not!
CA are omnivorous, Malawi cichlids are almost at all vegetarians.
A richer diet in animal protein could degenerate in bloat and deseases.
IMHO I wont mix it with CA,but only with other malawian with a huge temperament (not yellow labs for example)
the term "electric blue" actually covers a few fish-its a broad, generic term. it does look like a mel. auratus to me too..
i went from CA set up to malawi set up then back to CA's (malawis didn't do it for me). Same tank same water out of the tap. Changed the aquascape a little but had plenty of limestone in both. All my fish are healthy and all been fed on the same brand of pelets. There are also a large number malawis (haps) that are piscavores and eat live fish in the wild and in captivity.
I would never mix malawis with CA'S.
I would never mix malawis with CA'S.
hypselecara;1641693; said:
by virtually the same water he means, they can be kept in very simalar conditions. similar PH, etc. it has been argued that africans shouldn't be kept in the same water as Ca/Sa's do to the slight differencess in water between the two. but africans that are wild caught from those conditions, would be not a good choice to keep in the same water as Ca/Sa's. but captive bred have been already introduced to this similar water, so it's no biggy.
100% correct on differences in diet, between malawi's and Ca/Sa's.
Pic is too blurry to be sure but I agree with auratus.Could possibly be one of the johanni but not electric blue.
Can't help on the exact ID, but nice collection otherwise. How big is the leporinus and any aggression issues with it?
---XR---;1642021; said:
virtually are the same water we used for (tap water)
african lake water is rich in magnesium and sodium other biotope aren't (like mexican and centeramerican ones).
so CA's water is sometimes really hard (gh and kh very very high eg. for Carpintis) sometimes basic but not so hard.
Tang and Malawi water are always really hard and basic.
About the diet...Tangs basically r omnivorous (but I avoid chironomus or grasshopers,*** cuz too fat), Malawi are basically vegetarians but seldom they can eat other small fishes (e.g. juveniles) or crustaceans.
this no means they r omnivorous: mbuna (labidochromis,metriaclima ***) diet is based upon aufwuchs (algae-tiny animals on the rocks).
this is why we cannot mix.
