New Fish

[silky]

heyyy everyone!!!
i was just wondering whether it would be okay to put malawian cichlids in an aqaurium with a red tail black shark,
i only want to know this because i really want some malawi cichlids but dont want my stupid brother to have my red tail black shark as i have had him for 2 years
my tank is a well established 70 litre tank
thanks

 

[jonny_dw]

No Im afraid not, Im no expert on malawi's but Im pretty sure you need at least a 30 gallon long tank and their species only really. Plus your tank is a little small for your red tail when it reaches full size, that will also need a 30 gallon long.

 

[minxfishy]

In all honesty, not knowing much about Malawis, I would say no, when I was looking about for info on Malawis, I was told that my 3ft 50g tank wouldnt really be big enough for them and a 4ft tank would be better, although thats not gospel, I belive the bigger the tank the better is the general consensus.

Also I wouldnt mix them with a RTBS, Malawis are aggressive fish and have a different social structure to other fish and I would fear for the RTBS.

 

[silky]

No Im afraid not, Im no expert on malawi's but Im pretty sure you need at least a 30 gallon long tank and their species only really. Plus your tank is a little small for your red tail when it reaches full size, that will also need a 30 gallon long.

thanks johnny im planning on moving my redtail black shark into the 270 litre tank i am getting for my birthday.
my lfs said that although the tank is small, golden malawi cichlids can be put into it ( which i though wa a bit strange)

 

[jonny_dw]

By a golden one do you mean one like this?:

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Or are you not sure? Like I say Im no malawi expert so someone with more experience might be able to help you more but being a small cichlid that only grows to 4" I'd assume it would be ok in a species only tank, what are the tank dimensions in inches?

Is it specifically African cichlids your interested in?Or is it any cichlids?

 

[silky]

yeah that is the one, the man at my lfs said that if i put them in on their own they would be fine,
im interested in any kind of cichlid, is there any smaller ones that i could add?
thanks

 

[jonny_dw]

Have a look at Bolivian ram's they grow to the same sort of size as the golden cichlids and can be kept in a community tank due to their peaceful nature.

 

[silky]

thankyou i have just looked at them and i am going to order some now!!!!!!!
do you know of any tropical fish sale sites on the internet ( apart from aquaticlifedirect.com)
thanks

 

[minxfishy]

Wildwoods, you can find them thru tropical fish finder

 

[jonny_dw]

Wildwoods, you can find them thru tropical fish finder

Yep I'd also recommend them, they use APC overnight and are excellent

 

[silky]

thanks guys i will have a look on there now