Community African Cichlid Tank With An Albino Red Tail Shark, Kuhli Lo

[jdsworld8]

I was thinking of putting either some Campo Cichlids, Geophagus species in general, Stripetail cichlids, Pindare Cichlids, Ngounie Cichlids, Amazonas Red Cichlids, Steiney Cichlids, Rainbow Eartheater's or Devilfish cichlids. I'm not sure which types I'm going to get, which quantity, or which fish I'm going to put together. They have the same water specifics as the cory's, shark, and kuhli's. Also, Are There Any Single Color South/central American Cichlids That Don't surpass' 6-8"?

 

[jdsworld8]

And betta boy not ALL afrcian cichlids require that. Here are some examples.

1. Tramitichromis intermedius
2. Trematocranus microstoma
3. Trematocranus placodon
4. Haplochromis burtoni
5. Pseudotropheus Williamsi

 

[rowens86]

Check pet stores water conditions, dont go changing anything its worse off, most pet stores just use reg tap water with tap water conditioner so dont try to change the PH.

Red Tailed sharks are playful and territorial and will chase the african cichlids around the tank most likely. Ive tried that before and the RTBS was too aggressive for the african cichlids.

 

[dthoffsett]

I was thinking of putting either some Campo Cichlids, Geophagus species in general, Stripetail cichlids, Pindare Cichlids, Ngounie Cichlids, Amazonas Red Cichlids, Steiney Cichlids, Rainbow Eartheater's or Devilfish cichlids. I'm not sure which types I'm going to get, which quantity, or which fish I'm going to put together. They have the same water specifics as the cory's, shark, and kuhli's. Also, Are There Any Single Color South/central American Cichlids That Don't surpass' 6-8"?

I would suggest opening up a topic in the New World Section as you are more likely to find compatable species for the bottom dwellers you want.


While many africans can tolerate a lower ph, anything below 7.3 tends to make them more susceptible to disease. I really don't think the ph issues would be your problem, as pointed out, any cichlid label peaceful is peaceful by cichlid standards which are still more aggressive than most "standard" community fish. The red tail shark could probably hold it's own against the peacocks, but the corys wouldn't stand a chance.

There is not a real ratio of male to female when it comes to an african cichlid tank

Betta boy I have to disagree with you on that statement. There are indeed basic m/f ratio requirements to avoid slaughter. With peacocks and most mbuna you want a ratio of 1m/3f, however, with the more aggressive species you want 1m/5f with typically only one male of that species per tank. The most notable exceptions to that guideline are Labidochromis caeruleus & Pseudotropheus acei where multiple males are typically tolerated and P.demasoni where males are difficult to differentiate (especially sub-dominate males) so larger numbers are required.