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	african cichlids
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	at a lfs there are cichlids, labled under asst. african cichlids. usually some albinos etc. of cichlids that i don't know. now to me it sounds fishy, but i would like some african cichlids to try. i have some frontosa, will they get along with african cichlids, but i have no idea what kind they are. they seem cheap, like around 7 dollars.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
jasonpisani Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 5553 Kudos: 7215 Votes: 1024 Registered: 24-Feb-2003	If they are labeled as assorted Cichlids & are cheap, i wouldn't trust them, as you aren't 100% sure of what they are. Assorted can be anything from mild to aggressive Cichlids. http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/s8xi5heh/my_photos http://www.geocities.com/s8xi5heh/classic_blue.html http://groups.yahoo.com/group/buzaqq/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/corydoras/ Member of the Malta Aquarist Society - 1970. http://www.maltaaquarist.com
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
pookiekiller12 Fish Addict Posts: 574 Kudos: 633 Votes: 41 Registered: 13-Apr-2004	Around here Assorted African Cichlids means lower end Malawi's. I have never seen Tang. cichlids in the assorted group.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
littlemousling Conchiform Posts: 5230 Registered: 23-Aug-2003	They're typically a mixed bag of mbuna, often with some hybrids. You can easily end up with extremely aggressive fish that will be happy to do serious damage to your Fronts. Plus, the diets of mbuna and fronts aren't compatible, generally, and you'd be mixing lakes. Good Front companions are more along the lines of B. tricoti or large A. compressiceps. -Molly Visit shelldwellers.com!
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
greenmonkey51 Fish Master Posts: 1571 Kudos: 1692 Votes: 5 Registered: 28-Jan-2004	Ya fronts and the assrts wouldn't be good. The fronts would eat them when the fronts get bigger too. Although if you didn't have all the other factore diet isn't a limiting factor any more. Both would thrive on a diet of NLS and be fine.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25
bettachris Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004	yea i decide to pass it up. and order more frontosa.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:25


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