NEED EXPERT CICHLID ADVICE

[GrindeL89]

hey everyone i have just bought a 400 series fluvel osaka tank setup. i was looking to buy this blue phantom pleco full grown, would cichlids kill him. this tank is for a showtank for I am breeding and selling cichlid.

 

[Andrewtfw]

The blue phantom is south american and will do much better at a ph between 6.5 and 7.2. Your africans, depending on the type, will look and behave more natural at a ph much higher than this. I would not recommend mixing the pleco with them. As for aggression, it would depend on the type of cichlid.

 

[Blue2Fyre]

Plecos with africans can be hit or miss. Sometimes the africans kill the pleco sometimes they leave it alone, sometimes they just rip out it's eyes. I wouldn't risk it with an expensive and possibly more sensitive pleco.