What is the difference between all the different type of cichlids? I know they come from different lakes but is there a major difference other than this?

I may get corrected on this but that's really about it. Each environment (lake) is different so keepers attempting to give them a natural habitat need to know where they are from. But most fish can slowly be aclimated to any invironment, but housing them it's usually better to put them with similar fish.

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100G->African Cichlids:Kribensis-2,Bumblebee-2,Red Zebra-2,Elec. Yel. Labi.-2, Acei-2, Elec. Blu. Johanni-2,Peacocks-2 / Community: Australian Rainbow-3,Turquoise Rainbow-4,Dalmatian Mollies-2,white molly-1,Dojo Loaches-1/Cleaners:Chinese Algea Eaters-5/Murderers: Dinosaur Bichir-1And lots of other tanks,2-Gourims,6-Rams,1-Arrowanna,6-FW Flounder,1-Farlowella CF, 1-Spiney Eel

Different bodies of water, rivers, streams. Different PH, water temperatures. I carry African Cichlids and South American Cichlids. I have found that my African Cichlids except for a few South American Cichlids are more aggressive than South American Cichlids.

Check out my website http:thebettaboutique.com

I have it set up so you can click on the differen Cichlids that we carry and find out more information on them. I also have my cichlids catergorize as to African and South American.

Melissa

Here's a picture of a few of my cichlids, I have them labled best I could.

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100G->African Cichlids:Kribensis-2,Bumblebee-2,Red Zebra-2,Elec. Yel. Labi.-2, Acei-2, Elec. Blu. Johanni-2,Peacocks-2 / Community: Australian Rainbow-3,Turquoise Rainbow-4,Dalmatian Mollies-2,white molly-1,Dojo Loaches-1/Cleaners:Chinese Algea Eaters-5/Murderers: Dinosaur Bichir-1And lots of other tanks,2-Gourims,6-Rams,1-Arrowanna,6-FW Flounder,1-Farlowella CF, 1-Spiney Eel

South American
Kribensis-2

African
Elec. Blu. Johanni-2
Elec. Yel. Labi.-2
Bumblebee-2
Red Zebra-2
Acei-2

Kribensis are african river cichlids.

Kribensis (Pelvicachromis pulcher) Profile

But thank you for making me second guess that they were african cichlids, I just read that thier PH should be nutral to acidic. Very surprising, I will have to continue me research on these cichlids. They seem just fine in my tank with a PH 8.0 ish, but I may decide to move them to a more suitable environment/tank.

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100G->African Cichlids:Kribensis-2,Bumblebee-2,Red Zebra-2,Elec. Yel. Labi.-2, Acei-2, Elec. Blu. Johanni-2,Peacocks-2 / Community: Australian Rainbow-3,Turquoise Rainbow-4,Dalmatian Mollies-2,white molly-1,Dojo Loaches-1/Cleaners:Chinese Algea Eaters-5/Murderers: Dinosaur Bichir-1And lots of other tanks,2-Gourims,6-Rams,1-Arrowanna,6-FW Flounder,1-Farlowella CF, 1-Spiney Eel

That's right. I did some research after you posted this and realized that my wholesaler has it in the wrong category.

no problem. As I browse the LFS' I see ones I like and then research them to see if I should get them.

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100G->African Cichlids:Kribensis-2,Bumblebee-2,Red Zebra-2,Elec. Yel. Labi.-2, Acei-2, Elec. Blu. Johanni-2,Peacocks-2 / Community: Australian Rainbow-3,Turquoise Rainbow-4,Dalmatian Mollies-2,white molly-1,Dojo Loaches-1/Cleaners:Chinese Algea Eaters-5/Murderers: Dinosaur Bichir-1And lots of other tanks,2-Gourims,6-Rams,1-Arrowanna,6-FW Flounder,1-Farlowella CF, 1-Spiney Eel