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I have a 65 gallon aquarium that is set up very nicely for my large jack dempsey, but I dont like the idea of having such a large nice aquarium for only one fish. I was thinking about filling it with either africans or rainbows anyone have any ideas?

What would you do with the Jack Dempsey? Thought about adding another to the tank? sometimes less can be betterhml

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the dempsey is very viscious i tried adding a convict but he killed it. I will trade it in to my LFS.

yes jacks are mean...if you don't want something that has that attitude then i'd advice staying away from cichlids entirely...why not go with a nice school of neons, and some corries, and some other calm and peaceful fish who won't try to play "I'm bigger, meaner, and uglier than you...Now get out of my tank?" just my thoughtsof course you could always trade the jack in for a nice foursome of guppies(3 females and 1 male) and then watch them do what they do best But, you do need some corries with a peaceful tankhml

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What about some angels or discus? You could do a really nice south american setup...

either a african cichlid setup or a south american setup would be nice.

I guess it depends on what you prefer.

Last edited by PJ at 27-Jul-2005 01:49

I really like the way Africans look, but i really like the way South Americans Behave. Anyone have any fish combinations for my 65 for either or both of these fish categories.

I keep both african cichlids and keep/have kept south american fish and I prefer Africans. They're generally more colourful (I've had people mistake my african cichlid tank as Salt Water. )

I also prefer the african cichlids because they're more active and entertaining to watch. They're always swimming about and interacting with each other. It's also cool feeding them from my hand.

You can go with a Lake Malawi setup or with a Lake Tanganyka setup, but don't mix them together.

A SA setup would be nice, with Angels or Discus, Tetras, Rams & Corydoras.


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A malawi or tanganiykan setup would be ideal if you want cichlids, just make sure that your tank is well supported by both the stand and the floor, because all that rock in addition to over 500 pounds of water makes for a VERY heavy tank for it's size. Mbunas would look great with all that space if you can safely stack the rocks 18 or so inches high, or if you did a Tang setup, you could have cave dwellers on the bottom and six or so Cyprichromis (just not the "jumbo" ones) in the upper levels.

I've recently set up a 65 for the sake of my pleco who was rapidly outgrowing and messing up my 30 gal planted tank, and I've decided it's perfect for angelfish. You can have maybe 6 of them in a tank that large; fewer if you intend them to spawn, though. It's also a great size tank for some of the larger gouramis such as kissing gouramis, or a few males and a bunch of female blue, pearl, or snakeskin gouramis.

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Ive decided to go with African cichlids just because as previously stated they are so colourful and active. But how should I choose between malawi or tanganiykan cichlids, or even ones from lake victoria for that matter??? Im new to Africans and have only had various South and Central American cichlids before. Is there any traits that are generally acquired to the fish from the different lakes? And what would bea good number of fish and what types? Sorry for asking so much bu i dont want to make any mistakes here.