Mixing african and american cichlids, and cichlid water parameters
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Kosher Salt is another wallet friendly remedy to use. . . no need to pay a ton for it at the pet shops. . . Just another great suggestion from Josh.
--Jimmy
Hi Filthy Sanchez and welcome to Mixer's Anonymous. . . you've taken the first of 12 steps. . .
Water parameters are very important for some of the more sensitive SA cichlids such as balzani, fernandezyepezi, daemon, lilith, discus, and ect... However, you can mix CA cichlids pretty much with everthing because they can survive in most water. Just my two cents.
i've always thought the whole water parameter thing was a bunch of crap. every cichlid i've had has been in plain dechlorinated tap water and has done fine.
i don't see a problem with mixing them either. i did it once with no problems until my salvinis paired off, they took out the ca/sa and the africans with equal fury
i don't see a problem with mixing them either. i did it once with no problems until my salvinis paired off, they took out the ca/sa and the africans with equal fury
I recently made a thread about this in my tank. I have a 37 that I'm using to outgrow an Electric Blue African,GT, and Senegal Bichir. The Electric Blue is the boss and he will chase the GT but the GT dips on him too hard for him to nip his fins. The GT has permission to swim freely most of the time but when he gets in the temple that the Electric Blue sleeps in and resides most of the time he gets chased into the cave. The GT doesnt seem to fear him though because he always comes right back out a second later like it's just a game to him.
here's Hendrix
and Marley, the GT
I've decided to keep them together and not trade the EB in after questioning if I should after taking into consideration no injuries have occured and all fish in the tank are healthy and nearly stress free.
here's Hendrix
and Marley, the GT
I've decided to keep them together and not trade the EB in after questioning if I should after taking into consideration no injuries have occured and all fish in the tank are healthy and nearly stress free.
I too am a mixer. I've found that as long as I don't taylor my tank to a specific region and avoid feeding my Africans high fat meat based foods, everything works out just fine.
