butterfly_koi
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This us my first time posting on this topic but am contemplating on setting up a tank for cichlids. My question is this: can you mix any types of cichlids together? For example a African and a south American?
HUKIT said:With a large enough tank you could mix almost anything without aggression issues, but mixing old and new worlds more often fails than succeeds.
butterfly_koi said:New worlds?
Freakgecko91 said:There are TONS of options in a tank that size i've seen you around the community section, which pushes me to suggest some dwarfs or smaller species. You could do an amazing south American community with laetacara curviceps, cleithocara maronii (keyhole cichlids, one of my personal favorites), and a few pairs of apistogramma spp or dicrossus spp. As for non-cichlid species, you could do 2-3 large schools of tetras, a large school of Cory cats (like 10-12, which would allow you to watch their more natural behavior), and some angels (also south American cichlids) just my opinion though
jetajockey said:Dollar sunfish, warmouth (these are centrarchids) and some shiners to keep the tank active.
If it must be cichlids, I've seen some beautiful peacock and mbuna tanks. I guess it'd depend on if you wanted a lot of activity or just a couple of large fish.
josh7 said:I agree freakgecko but I think that he should try a easier cichlid species to start just my opinion but if you like discus go for it.