Some questions on Cichlids

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chillenword

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So I have been trolling these forums for a couple days and still have some questions... Here is my situation:

I am new to having tanks, I picked up a setup and was looking to get some African Cichlids. I was wondering if I would have a problem picking up some yellow and blue (maybe even an orange) Cichlids. Is there anything I should know about mixing different colors? and should I put some other fish that swim fast around the top of the tank to keep them from attacking each other (if so any recommendations would be great).

Thanks in advance.
 
You will be fine with that kind of mix, for a suggestion I have a mbuna tank with blue and red zebras, kenyis and golden mbunas it's a great mix of colors and I would add some electric yellows for more color... here's a pic of my mbuna tank it's a 75 gal
if you overstock you shouldn't have a problem with aggresion sure they will still act aggressive toward eachother but with so many fish they wont focus on just one weakling and pick on it like they will in a lightly stocked tank... I am selling some of mine because they breed like crazy and I have so many of each type so let me know if you can't find them where you are I can ship... :)

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You should get the cycling done on your tank first before adding fish, there is a section you can go to to find out more about your options on how to do that put into the mfk search cycling tank. I have always done it the unconventional way of puting a couple small fish in and slowly adding a fish or 2 a day while also using seachem stabilizer and using some water changes as directed on the seachem, but I think you can do it with the seachem and without the fish that would probably be better or you can use fish food to get the tank cycling either way the filter will need to cyle first by haveing a nitrite spike for a few days to a week or so. It is necassary in getting biological growing in your filter to go through the process of having ammonia build up and then for nitrites to spike so if you can do that before putting in the fish it's good and then once you have it cycling for about 2 weeks add a few fish and see how the readings are after a week then if good add a few more fish but keep up with water changes and checking your levels frequently until you know everything is where you want it. It can take a couple months to establish your tank but will be worth it in the long run to take precautions... What kind of filter are you running and yes what size tank is it?
 
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