bettaowner
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Just a question I've been thinking of. Do you prefer old world or new world cichlids and why?. I'm on the fence. New world cichlids are beautiful but old world cichlids are amazing in terms of evolution.
Old world or new world
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oscar will chime in soon to bash me and them lol but i'm totally old world. I love the colors of them and how they act, and the aggression of mine makes things interesting! I also love how they will change colors! Plus they are pretty easy to breed so thats a plus too!
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bettaowner
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I like some old world species like the frontosa and yellow labs
Oscar98
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Yes i will
the only oldies i like are tilapia and shellies haha. I say new worlds! Give me an african that can compete with a female festae in breeding uniform !
Yes i will
Totally predicted that lol
Oscar98
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Hahahaa! Love it
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bettaowner
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The red ruby and lemon jake peacock are really beautiful cichlids
Yup! Just bought 5 lemon jakes the other day!
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bettaowner
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I'd like to have a large cichlid tank someday so I want advice as to what side I should take.
Oscar98
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NEW WORLD!!!! What gallon tank you lookin at?
By far the new world cichlids. They are much more personable and personally I like the habitat they come from more with the dark water and vegetation. Instead of the rocks and that's it of the old worlds. Plus I like how almost all new world cichlids are larger species instead of the basic small African cichlids and yes what gallon tank you should go for at least a 125 it would be awesome for some large cichlids!
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bettaowner
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I'd like a tank that's at least 400 gallons.
Oscar98
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Black arowana and new world cichlids!
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bettaowner
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I like the red head tapajos and veja synspilum but I also like the colors of the African mbuna.
Oscar98
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No no no no no please dont turn on me now
Vieja synspillium
Red head tapajos
Oscars
Black arow
Festae
Vieja argenta
African mbuna are pretty cool, but if you want to go african with a big tank like that, i would say get haps. They can get a really good size, have amazing color, and are really cool.
African mbuna would definitely work too, but IMO haps are cooler, have better color, and get bigger. Mbuna won't get huge.
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bettaowner
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I have a few new world cichlids right now and they are pretty nice. I'd be afraid to add the red terror.
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bettaowner
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I'd like to have a lot of fish so that's why I chose mbuna as an example
