WET PET........ African..

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Has anyone raised a solo African cichlid as a wet pet , like we commonly do with the large American cichlids.
I've always wanted a large African cichlid mainly a venustus or a livingstoni, but I don't have a tank they require as a group and I personally don't like the look of overcrowded tanks common with the Africans.
 
I kept 4 livingstoni in a 6 ft tank (close, but not quite overcrowded) and they were quite stunning (2 males and 2 females)
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I grew them out with some Coptodon zillii, which outgrew the tank.
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There are many other large Africans that would make great solo "wet pets
Lepidiolamprologus elongatus
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Oreochromis tanganykae (which gets over a foot long, and beautifully colored when mature.
 
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I know of that I was trying to ask for the non commonly kept fish as wet pet. If I had the tank adequate for a butti I would certainly have one. But thr max I can have is a 4*18" Footprint, so what I meant was can I keep a venustus or a livingstoni in a 75 or 90 gallon with / without maybe some small barbs or giant danios ?
 
Rocksor said:
I’m surprised no one has mentioned Heterotilapia buttikoferi as a solo wetpet.
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I was thinking this as well. In my experience they always end up alone anyways. The few that I've had eventually got to a point where they wouldn't tolerate any other fish in the tank.
 
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