new to african cichlids

[KILLERKOI]

so i could get away with it for awhile but not for long??, what other tankmate that i could get away with ??

 

[NotoriousSway]

Some of the smaller catfish in the Synodontis genus like Synodontis petricola might work.

 

[Danger_Chicken]

dont use play sand use quickrete all purpose sand

I would stay away from the quickrete multipurpose. I tired it after seeing play sand was too fine and it's labled as medium corse. Even after washing it it's very messy. My small cutteri made a mess of the tank when they started digging in it. IMO it's worse then play sand (which also sucks) Go with pool filter sand or 3M.

 

[Pittbull]

Or better yet go with Caribsea's aragonite sand its designed for them and if money is an issue than go with what danger chicken said less messy and a cleaner sand substrate


Personally i like the Caribsea live sand it looks like salt and pepper sand mixed together..

 

[Pittbull]

Also the only dithers i would place with Tanganyika's would be preacox rainbowfish they are built for speed and they like the harder water..

 

[TheFanatic]

hey whats up, im new to thes fish to just wondering if i could keep them with some comunity fish such as danios, silver dollors, tiger barbes and others??? it would be in a 55g, with lots of hiding places

I've kept tiger barbs with Daffodils and yellow labs when both were breeding....As they tend to stay towards the top of the water, are fast and have nasty temperments themselves towards each other they can hang with the fish mentioned so far in this thread....

Clown Loaches can hold their own as well...

 

[mike dunagan]

quickcrete was worse than play sand. I am still paying for that mess

 

[halfmoon_bay]

go with pool sand.. you can get these at any pool/spa store

lamp. occe or brevis... or sand shifters

 

[sutherland]

Aragonite, it's pricey but clean and contributes to the pH. (I will admit, rinsing was a pain...a few handfuls at a time.)

I have been using some Zebra Danios in my tank (hardy cycle fish) as dither/target fish. The cichlids are completely uninterested in them, instead it is the largest danio of the shoal that is nipping and picking off the smaller zebras.