Malawi & Jack Dempsey

[miloslemi90]

Hello everyone, i want to show you my cichlid tank, i am from Serbia, so my english is little bad, but i will try to understand you, here is my tank
https://youtu.be/r6sxj6t3fd4

[mikem691]

The video is set to private so we can't see it.

[TMRC Exotics]

Still not a good mix.. this never works in the long run...

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[henningc]

Bad mix as Jacks are central americans and the others african. Way different water parameters and different aggression pattrens.

[miloslemi90]

ok, sorry now you can see it.

[garfy]

I'd be more concerned with diet.Mbuna which I see here cannot handle the protein in the JD'S diet Infact it could well clog up the very long digestive system of the Mbuna causing bloat which very often kills.


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[garfy]

With Drip acclimating the water parameters shouldn't be an issue unless your buying wild caught fish.
I DO NOT however recommend keeping these fish together.


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[Delapool]

Hello, welcome to the AA forum and thanks for sharing the video. As you can see, plenty of experience on the board for helping out.

[differenter2000]

Beautiful tank but I don't recommend the jackD with the others, I had tried putting a JD with my Malawi cichlids and it worked out at first but then the JD got so aggressive I had to give him away to my friend. I have read about other people saying that it worked out for them but in my experience it didn't work out.

[TMRC Exotics]

Originally Posted by differenter2000

Beautiful tank but I don't recommend the jackD with the others, I had tried putting a JD with my Malawi cichlids and it worked out at first but then the JD got so aggressive I had to give him away to my friend. I have read about other people saying that it worked out for them but in my experience it didn't work out.

Long term it very rarely works. I fear many who suggest it can work either ignore the aggression and diet issues (as Garfy pointed out) or the fish simply don't live long enough for confrontation. Picture a 10" Jack Dempsey living peacefully with mbuna..... I cant...

[differenter2000]

Originally Posted by TMRC Exotics

Long term it very rarely works. I fear many who suggest it can work either ignore the aggression and diet issues (as Garfy pointed out) or the fish simply don't live long enough for confrontation. Picture a 10" Jack Dempsey living peacefully with mbuna..... I cant...

Yeah true. My friend has my JD in a 125g tank with other american cichlids (not sure what kind)