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My personal experience keeping African cichlids as a newbie.

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Jack Dempsey
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In my stock, I have 15 melanochromis auratus(not sure if they're chipokae), 15 demasoni, 2 Malawi Haps, 1 Venustus and some other peacocks and haps(around 8-10 peacocks), a rainbow shark and a featherfin synodontis. I'd say the most I've seen is chasing eachother, but never any serious injuries, mostly just chasing eachother. Also they've just started breeding. The auratus are breeding, and no sign of any overly aggression. I keep both males and females. The mbuna have their favourite rockscapes at the bottom of the tank, the haps and peacocks have their favourite open water. I have both foods for carnivores and herbivores, I made sure to balance the diet. At first I was very nervous when I was buying auratus cuz I had heard of their reputation. Also I'm just really happy, this is my first time my cichlids are breeding while my new world cichlids are still growing well. Nothing much, just sharing personal experience 👍
 
What are the dimensions of your tank? See how it goes over the next year when more of the fish are spawning. Peace in year one is not unusual.
 
Auratus and Demasoni are some of the most aggressive Mbuna the fact that aggression has been limited is great news to hear. Keep doing what you are doing and perhaps have a 20 long or 40 breeder on hand in case all hell breaks loose and you have a few jerks that lose their minds.
 
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