Mixed Centrals and Africans tank

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I have a polleni in with 3 jags a Cuban and a kraussi . They all seem to get along fine. I also had a hap 44 in with them but that wasn't working out so well so I removed the hap 44 .
 
I have found peacocks and haps do well with the new world. I have mine with Jag, JD, Oscar, Firemouth. Only issue I had is when my FM breed they went nuts on Everyone and kept everyone pinned to the corners. removed the male and everyone is doing fine. Peacocks are more open water and the new worlds stay to the bottom (most of the time) guarding there little territories. Jag and Oscar and still juvies when they get bigger I plan to change who lives with who. I have been thinking I wonder how a red zebra would do with my jag.
 
tiger15 said:
Yes, my Lwanda males all hit 6 inch size. I have no problem housing alto comp with my CA/SA, here is an earlier video of my 75g. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsTDjx0E1pg Unfortunately, I lost the entire colony of comp to chemical poisoning and have to start all over.

Your choice of fish makes a difference whether the mix will work or not. For the large CA/SA, I only picked the most peaceful CA/SA like Green Terror, Vieja and Thorichthys species. For small Africans, I picked the mildly aggressive haps and Tangs and avoid Mbuna. For big fish I keep single males only to avoid pairing aggression. For dimulative Tangs, I keep colonies that hide and breed in the rock caves. Interestingly, the big guys have acclimated to and don't eat the fry which gradually emerged from the caves and compete boldly for food side by side with the big guys. The CA/SA, haps and Tangs each pick fight among their own kind, and occasionaly the Haps pick fight with CA/SA, but never the other way around. It's amazing to see a 5 inch Eureka Peacock chase an 11 inch Sysnpillum.
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Your GT is great looking. Is it a Short body looks more round than I have seen before.
 
BuffaloPolypteridae said:
^ at what size? I'm considering keeping a jewel w/ my festae and GT but I'm afraid it'll only work until the GT (stalsbergi) and festae get bigger then it.

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You might be ok with a Jewel. Not sure which sp. you are thinking about or size, but I believe they are all fairly aggressive and might match the other two. The Festae and stalsbergi might grow too slow and not reach maturity as fast as a Jewel. That might be a problem.
 
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