Cichlid Question

[FishLover14]

Are their any non-aggressive Lake Malawi Cichlids! I have looked and looked and cant find any-Are their any I am beggineg to wonder. I am going to buy a 29gal tank sometime soon and want to have sort of a cichlid/community aquaruim with say 3 cichlids and a few hardy community fish! Are their any cichlids that are unaggressive enough to go into a small tank.

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[kukerdan]

i have plenty of cichlids in my community tanks, they are in there with tinfoil barbs, rosy barbs, cory cats, loaches, gourami, goldfish, etc. look at my signiture for what types i have. As long as you dont start the tank with the cichlids, then you shouldnt have a problem, i had a single buenos ares tetra that chased and bit a firemouth cichlid 3 / 4 times its size, its all about whos tank it is, or whos the bigger fish. provide alot of hiding spots.

the electric yellows, the striped yellows, and the firemouths are all great community fish, get a smaller sized fish and youll be fine

[FishLover14]

WOW! i was looking at your profile. It is amazing that you can keep an Aurctus with a goldifisssh!!! What kinds would you reccomednd...Maybe an elcetric yellow?

Thanks!

[kukerdan]

the little electric yellow and a small auratus are really nice. They like tubes, i have a system of pipes i add to occasionally (decorative fish store ornaments) and they love to explore it, and pop out of it from all angles. The gold fish is from the county fair, (lol) and hes pretty **** huge, at least 15 times the weight of the auratus. And that goldfish (curly) eats non stop. The firemouths are a good choice too, the one i have (had two but a catfish i had ate it) is about the size of the goldfish, him curly, and my tinfoil barb are the three 'big' fish in the tank. The firemouth will threaten and chase the two other big fish when its feeding time, but he never attacks anything, just a peck to get the food first. The zebra ( i think hes a zebra, his name is chip cause he looks like hes covered in chocolate chips) is a fast grower, and a nice fish. Just make sure you have an established tank first, with your normals, and the cichlids will not cause trouble

[FishLover14]

So by your normal fish first and then 4 weeks later by yourcichlids?

Thanks so much....

Do you have a Melanochromis Aurtcus or just an aurctus?

[kukerdan]

the little yellow one with black stripes, its the first fish on the bar on the top

http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_...lids_table.htm

yeah, let your other fish establish dominance, loaches, barbs, tetras, etc. all good stuff

[Fishyfanatic]

Try this website-
http://www.ohiexchange.com/armke/list.htm

They have a large list of fish to choose from and give a description of which ones are community. It may take a while to go through them all but they have beautiful pictures and estimated costs.

[FishLover14]

Kukerdan i am amazed that you can keep an aurctus with any of those fish. That is phonomenal i have heard of them killing fish twice their size!! Thanks for the excellent advice both of you!

Happy New Year!

[BASSNMAN]

What ph and hardness do you have. I have been told that Maliwa chiclids need high ph and hard water. Many of your fish are central american. There are lots of central american chiclids including dwarfs, that might be better for your community tank.

[FishLover14]

I dont have the tank yet-am going to get it hopefully iwhtin the month but i am going to get some fish that like a high [acronym:8e3cbe3bee="power head or Measure of the concentration of hydrogen ions, depending on context"]ph[/acronym:8e3cbe3bee] and hardness level-and i actually prefer the Lake Malawi Mbuna to the central american dwarfs.

Happy New Year!