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09-04-2009, 09:43 PM
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African cichlid tank??
What species would be good for a 20 gallon??it is currently cycling and i am planning on putting cihlids...any ideas or comments Are welcome!!
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09-05-2009, 09:10 AM
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Re: African cichlid tank??
How about a nice Lake Tanganyika setup ?? There are over 150 known species to choose from and probably more. Most are reasonably small, and would look really nice in a Lake specific setup
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09-07-2009, 10:00 AM
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Re: African cichlid tank??
how about some from the labidochromis genus? just make sure you only have one male!
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09-11-2009, 05:38 PM
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Re: African cichlid tank??
A 20 gallon is too small for any mbuna (including labidochromis). With a 20 gallon, if you really want a nice, healthy tank with lots of interesting behavior to watch, I reccomend checking out the tanganyikan shell dwelling species such as lamprologus occellatus. They are great looking and wonderful to watch. A very interesting African cichlid.
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09-11-2009, 05:48 PM
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Re: African cichlid tank??
thank you for the responses guys
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Re: African cichlid tank??
I agree with the above posts. Species from lake Tanganyika; Shellies, Julies/lelupi or an established birchardi pair would do well in a 20g. I guess some apistos would do well too, but I have no experience with those.
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Re: African cichlid tank??
I would have to go with some Kribs They breed easily, just get 1 male and 3 females and you will have little fishes in no time.
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09-19-2009, 10:00 PM
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Re: African cichlid tank??
There are even albino kribs for sale at some stores sometimes! very cool looking fish... They're meaner than they're given credit for...
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Re: African cichlid tank??
i defiantly recommend lake Tanganyikans, Malawis will grow too large...
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