Mixed Tank

[rhinod56]

Posting a couple pics here, since there are only 2 fish that are from central/south america. Rest all belong in Africa.

2 Fronts (not sure of specifics)
5 Yellow Labs (1 last few weeks has been getting some blue/purple color?)
1 Jack Dempsey
1 Male Black Convict
1 common pleco (sailfin?)
2 Acei

 

[JONP]

Looks great, thanks for sharing...

 

[b21fish]

Looking good love the frontosas i also see and empty 10 whats going on with that

 

[mike dunagan]

great grow out what are you thinking for the future...

 

[Connor0729]

i really don't like the look of mixed tanks, sorry. and BTW, plecos are from south america too.

 

[rhinod56]

10 gal is just an in case of emergency tank.
working on the wife and checkbook for at least a 200+

 

[addicted2cichlids]

nice tank. id separate the africans and americans into malawi's, tang, and americans.

 

[wergeld10]

That Front's gonna get big. I don't think I'd mix the new and old worlds either. Tang's require hard basic water (8.4+).

Otherwise, it looks nice.

 

[hypselecara]

frontosa will be get bigger and bigger, and they will outgrow the tank.
u need to separate between african and american.
they need different kind of water (the first really strong basic water, the second ones a slighter,softer water).

Otherwise in a future when they will grow somebody hurts for sure.

 

[rhinod56]

thanks for the comments, and sugguestions.

I realize the water types typically used, however several things exist. 1. I like the setup 2. They have survived several months (~6-8months so far) 3. Its a growout