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Ok, I have setup a 55G african cichlid tank which has dolomite as substrate. Most of the inhabitants have been in for 6 months. So far I have 5 electic yellows (Labidochromis caeruleus), 1 red top cobalt(maylandia greshakei )& 2 blue cobalts(Maylandia callainos), & 4 peacock cichlids (not sure which kind 3 of em were bought at petco as assorted cichlids, 1 is an OB). I keep hearing/seeing different opinions whethter you should or should'nt mix mnuba & haps, so I was thinking about removing the haps & geting more mbuna maybe by bumbing up my current stock or possible another species. Or should I just leave it. was also thinking about getting some type of syndonitis(sp?)

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I keep peacocks with my mbuna and have had no problems plus they have even spawned once .

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The main obstacle is that haps/peacocks need higher amounts of protein in their food. Mbuna (most) are vegetarian and spend their days picking algae off rocks in the wild. Being algae eaters, their intestines are longer than the usual fish (in this case haps/peacocks) and are therefore e to bloat.

Now this also depends on the type of mbuna, some like l. caeruleus and m. crabro are more on the omnivore side than others like zebras and m. auratus.