Overstocked?

[i_love_fish]

I have 4 african cichlids in a 30 gallon is it overstocked? can i put one more in?! can someone please help.

i tried to make a video of the fish lol
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGkGd6fSDvQ

 

[bigspizz]

Throw some hiding spaces at least 1 good one per fish and you will be o.k. What are the dimensions of the tank? That is the key.

 

[i_love_fish]

can i put another fish in there?

 

[Jeox]

can i put another fish in there?

Depends largly on what kind. If it's like a smaller- medium species you should be fine. If it's like a frontosa then no.

 

[i_love_fish]

just another one of those or a convict

 

[Jeox]

Yeah, you can. I'd avoid the convict though. African and SA tend to fight.
Then again, in all honesty Ive kept africans goldfish and rams together.

 

[carolinafishkeeper]

i think it would be o.k to add another african, but more importantly you must add some rock structure, for hiding and security. Also you can "overstock" african tanks almost as safely as salt water fish tanks.

 

[i_love_fish]

awesome thanks for the replies ill try to get a good rock to put in the tank just running low on money at the moment does the fish in my pic look full grown? i think its called electric blue or something.

 

[ewurm]

Another small African would be OK, depending on what species you are keeping now. What do you have?

 

[Oddball]

The africans will prefer a stack of rocks (for all the nooks and crannys) over a single large rock.