Aquarium Size

[The Duke]

Would a juwel trigon 190 - approx 45 gallons be adequate to house cichlids?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Depends what you had in mind...

You could do many "dwarf cichlids", but with some of the more fiesty species like Kribs or Steatocranus spp., you would want to keep stocking very low, litterally a good sized group of ditherfish.

You could do a selective small scale Tanganyikan tank; eg. trio hareem of "Sumbu dwarf"; pair of Julidochromis dickfeldi; pair of Neolamprologus puncktatus. Then watch the numbers multiply and how they all interact.

 

[The Duke]

I have heard that tanganyika cichlids are a little delicate and harder to look after than malawis?

 

[minnnt]

Not from my experience mate. They all pretty much just get on with it.

 

[The Duke]

Are they readily stocked in pet shops?

 

[N0body Of The Goat]

Some species are stocked in general fish stores, more choice is by far found at specialist shops like Mikes Rifts in the UK, that do post orders.

 

[rifty]

I have found most through breeders but they seem harder to find than malawis!

 

[minnnt]

I'm quite lucky that I happen to have one of the best LFS in the country about 10 minutes away. Their tanganyikan stock is quite extensive for a shop that stocks all kinds of fish rather than just specialising in one type. You pay for it though. Malawi's, due to popularity are often sold privately as they breed relatively freely in home aquaria. Tangs also breed, but usually not on the same scale as their african stablemates.