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moose  Fingerling Posts: 47 Kudos: 43 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-May-2004   | ok sort of an imposter here, I have no cichlids!<br>At the moment i've got assorted tropical fish but i plan on replacing all this with sand, texas holey rock and cichlids. My tank is 125l which is about 33 Us gallons. <br>So all im wondering is how many cichlids would you guys say? Should I be looking for dwarf cichlids, if so how many of them?<br>Obviously i know it depends on the amount/size of holey rock but as a guess, it would be nice.<br>thanks ya'll<br>moose<br>x |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03 |      |
littlemousling      Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003   | What kind of cichlids were you thinking of? Holey rock usually means Rift lake fish, and depending on the dimensions of your tank (what are the dimensions?) you could go with a species tank of mbuna (say, a yellow lab harem), a Tangaynikan species tank (brichardi, say, or J. marlieri), or a Tang. community (L. ocellatus and J. transc Any particular fish you're interested in? -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com! |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03 |   |
| moose Fingerling Posts: 47 Kudos: 43 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-May-2004 | thanks for the quick response first of all. Well as i said, i dont have any cichlids and consequently i have not a clue about the different kinds, all i know is i want colourful ones! Im talking these types: http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/poorfrontosa.xm http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/rusty.xm http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/fuelleborni.xm http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/hongi.xm http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/nyererei.xm Obviously these will be too big (i think!), but other than the colours i really dont mind. I just wondered about the dwarf ones as maybe i could fit more in. Are they just as nice? thanks  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03 | |
| moose Fingerling Posts: 47 Kudos: 43 Votes: 1 Registered: 24-May-2004 | and i just realised some of the ones you mentioned are already there in the ones i listed! Dimensions of tank are 81x36x50 (with a big black juwel filter taking up one corner!)  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:03 | |
| littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003 | OK, so it's a 30" tank. That's pretty small for mbuna, but possibly (someone who's more Malawi-focused than I should chime in!) a small harem of Rusty cichlids would work, if you wanted them. Other than that, I'm afraid the ones you picked are a bit big for your tank. What you might like instead would be one or a couple of these species: [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/compressed.xm [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/transc [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/ornatus.xm [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/brichardi.xm [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/lemoncichlid.xm And/or a shelldweller species, like [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/ocellatus.xm [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/hecqui.xm [link=http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/multi.xm -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com! |
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