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i have a 30 gal aquarium and i want to use it as a SA cichlid grow-out tank. it has a penn-plax canister filter.

i was wondering if i could buy a small green terror and jack dempsey and keep them in there together for a few months. if you think that would work how big should they get before i move them out?

if those fish wouldn't work together then i would just get one. if i just got one cichlid then i'd probably consider one of the following: jaguar, green terror, midas, jack dempsey, or a red devil. (in that order) if i do just get a single species tank then how large should it get before i move it out?

I have a great article about how big a fish can get before you need to put them in a larger tank.
http://www.malawicichlids.com/mw01019.htm

Depending what is in the bigger tank small fish possibly feel safer away from big fish any way.
I had to clean the 45lt Cardinal tank of small snails, I bought a small CL and when he got bigger straight into the 5ft tank but what I did notice was, within the first few months he put on a massive growth spurt then settled down to the normal slow growth and he is still going strong today.

Have a look in [link=My Profile] http://www.fishprofiles.com/forums/member.aspx?id=1935[/link] for my tank info
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Keith

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