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BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Corner tank 3/17/2010, 1:28 pm | |
| I have a 30gal corner tank and I want to make it an african cichlid tank.Would that work? | |
| | | KMX Admin
Posts : 16094 Location : Mansfield, TX Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/17/2010, 2:58 pm | |
| Yes. What are you looking to put in there? I would try some nice Mbunas or smaller tangs. | |
| | | BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/17/2010, 3:01 pm | |
| I don't know yet.I mite do that tank with the tetras but I'm not sure yet. | |
| | | unknown Second Lieutenant
Posts : 595 Location : Garland, TX Favorite Fish: : You mean I gotta have a favorite??
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/17/2010, 3:13 pm | |
| Some shell dwellers might do well in there.
Let us know what you decide to go with... | |
| | | Ghoulish_chaos Major
Posts : 766 Location : Lafayette, Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/17/2010, 3:19 pm | |
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| | | BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/17/2010, 3:29 pm | |
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Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/25/2010, 11:59 am | |
| I think I mite go with Mbunas or with some rams in the 30gal corner tank.Please let me know what everyone thinks. | |
| | | alkomist Lieutenant General
Posts : 2966 Location : Fontana CA Favorite Fish: :
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| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/25/2010, 12:54 pm | |
| Rams i hear are "delicate" and hard to keep alive!!! thats wat i hear ppl say! i have a cpl in a 60g mixed with african cichlidz and they do fine!!!! (even though ur not suppoesed to mix SA with africans!) they surprizingly hold their own witht hte cichlids! they are always the conversation starter wen ppl come over and look at the tank! | |
| | | CSnyder00 Moderator
Posts : 1648 Location : Pittsburgh, PA Favorite Fish: : Luwino Reef Zebra Chilumba, Ocellatus, Any bright-colored freshwater cichlid
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/25/2010, 2:27 pm | |
| German Blue Rams are nice, you just have to keep up with your water changes and make sure you don't have big swings in your water parameters and they will do well.
They like slightly acidic water (6.5-6.8) and a nitrate level below 15 or so. Also, keep in mind that they are cichlids and that if you try to put too many of them in a tank, they will have territory battles. So make sure you have lots of cover and try to keep the numbers down to about two pair in a 30 gallon. The best way to keep two pair is to have two "seperate" sides of the tank. In other words, don't let the pairs see each other's side of the tank easily. To get them to breed is easy. Just put a few flat rocks in a corner where there is decent cover and BOOM. Eggs.
They are semi-peaceful when they are not breeding, so most other fish will do well with them. I liked having harlequin rasboras in the tank with them because their red color offset the ram's blue and yellow colors. If you have any other questions let me know. I've had good and bad experiences with them! | |
| | | BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/25/2010, 2:36 pm | |
| Then can I do a pair of rams and some angelfish or not. | |
| | | CSnyder00 Moderator
Posts : 1648 Location : Pittsburgh, PA Favorite Fish: : Luwino Reef Zebra Chilumba, Ocellatus, Any bright-colored freshwater cichlid
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/25/2010, 3:19 pm | |
| You could. I wouldn't unless the angelfish are young and you only have a few. The angelfish will get too big and eventually take over it's part of the tank. They also like to eat eggs and may cause some unsavory conditions if you have more than one pair of rams. But it can be done if you keep an eye out for fights and have a backup plan. | |
| | | CajunGator Moderator
Posts : 5845 Location : New Iberia, Louisiana Favorite Fish: : Cichlids, WC Syn Petricola, Shellies, Festae, Mbu Puffers, Koi Angels, ABN, Piranha, Mermaids
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/25/2010, 10:45 pm | |
| Goulish, he did register, Unknown is his Name LOL | |
| | | Holey Rock of Texas Admin
Posts : 6531 Location : Dallas, TX Favorite Fish: : shellys
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/26/2010, 9:09 am | |
| keep to the small cichlids and you are fine. or you can constantly trade them in for small ones at your local fish store. keep us posted. | |
| | | BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/26/2010, 4:10 pm | |
| I think I'm just going to do some angels for now untill they get to big for the tank then try something else.Thanks! | |
| | | Ghoulish_chaos Major
Posts : 766 Location : Lafayette, Louisiana
| Subject: Re: Corner tank 3/26/2010, 11:11 pm | |
| haha! i realized that he registered a few days later. Sorry | |
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