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yes should work red zevras make good kings of the tank by the way!

Should be okay. Probably a little too overstocked, if it were me I'd drop one of the species. But with really good filtration and maintenance you can probably make it work, just keep a very close eye on conditions!

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alot of rocks n hiding places r needed
sometimes overstocking slightly eases aggression but i think itll work jsut fine for u
if u find to much aggression take out a speices n add a few more yellow labs

it should not work. malawi cichlids need more room than that. you have too many species for such a small tank. go for a colony of your favorites like yelow labs and then add one of ach of your other favorites. like 6 labs and one red zebra, one socolofi and 1 demasoni. the saulosi females look too much like the yellow labs and that may create a crossbreeding problem. the red zebras will go berzerk in that small tank and the socolofi may get too large with all of those others in there. go for 4 socolofi and 4 yellow labs. this way you have good blue and yellow and they should get a long fine. it wont be overcrowded or understocked and be easier for you to take care of. or, make it a saulosi species tank. you may be able to get a couple males (blue/black) and 6 or 8 females (yellowish). this way you dont have to worry about crossbreeding and you will have a sweet colony. by the way you might want to check out your other post from a couple weeks ago as you asked the same questions.