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matt&his_cichlids  Fingerling Posts: 43 Kudos: 47 Votes: 2 Registered: 10-Jan-2005   | i have a 5ft with the following 3 x rainbow cichlids 2 x acara 6 x kribs ( pulcher, dehane , [subocellatus (spell error)] 1 x bristlenose i was wonderin what cichlid besides angelfish would stay mid-water to surface. that woulb be compatable with my fish.  |
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Theresa_M        Moderator Queen of Zoom Posts: 3649 Kudos: 4280 Votes: 790 Registered: 04-Jan-2004    | The only one I can think of are festivum. Nice fish but not always easy to find. ~~~~~~~~~~~~ There is water at the bottom of the ocean |
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Big E Fish Addict Posts: 606 Kudos: 382 Votes: 0 Registered: 20-Feb-2001 | What's your water like? Apart from festivums as Therese mentioned, Tanganyikan cyprichromis would fit your bill perfectly, but they need at least 7.8 (preferrably in the 8s) for pH and the harder the water the better. Eric |
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| matt&his_cichlids Fingerling Posts: 43 Kudos: 47 Votes: 2 Registered: 10-Jan-2005 | my water is at about 100ppm hardness and my ph is slightly acid 6.5 |
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| Sin in Style Mega Fish Posts: 1323 Kudos: 1119 Votes: 165 Registered: 03-Dec-2003 | yellow tailed Acei school on the top of the water. not allways on top but almost allways in the open. |
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| Hooktor Fish Addict Posts: 646 Kudos: 651 Votes: 67 Registered: 22-Mar-2004 | Does it have to be a cichlid? Because there are many other options for your tank that are probably more active and less shy, but are not cichlids. |
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| matt&his_cichlids Fingerling Posts: 43 Kudos: 47 Votes: 2 Registered: 10-Jan-2005 | it does not have to be a cichlid (although i would prefer it) as long as it not guppies,mollies or swordtails. or anything to active i like cool calm and collective fish so barbs are out of the question (i hope i'm not being a fussy bloody australian) but any thing else and i'm open for suggestions. thanks for listing.  |
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| acei Big Fish Posts: 316 Kudos: 291 Votes: 1 Registered: 18-Mar-2004 | i wouldnt add any african ciuchlids to that tank. they wont work out too well for a large list of reasons. what about rainbows? there are so many awesome rainbows, there has to be one you would love. i like the boesmani, myself! |
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Wingsdlc Fish Guru What is this? Posts: 2332 Kudos: 799 Registered: 18-Jan-2005 | boesmani is a very nice fish. I have two of them schooling with 4 Giant danios in my 55 Gal. with a list of other fish including Convicts. I wish I would have found out about them earlier. I would have all rainbows and no danios because their color is so much prettier!! 19G Container Pond [IMG]http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y118/Wingsdlc/Ric |
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