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October 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| Africans and bottom dwellers
wat are good bottom feeders for a 50 gallon african cichlid tank? | 
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October 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Quote:
Originally Posted by PorcupinePuffer  wat are good bottom feeders for a 50 gallon african cichlid tank? | africans cichlids dont leave much for the need for a bottom dweller...they are scrounges and go through the bottom when there is no more top food available  | |
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October 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| the africans that i keep are constantly moving the substrate around, if they arent eatting it then its getting stirred up so the filters can suck it in. i dont think its a concern. | |
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October 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| ok
wat about a pleco, can i still have one or two of those | |
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October 19th, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| No, they would need drastically different water conditions. | |
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October 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Mentor
| Most everyone I know with Africans use Bristlenose plecos with them with good results.
Brian | |
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October 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| ok does anyone know of any good combinations that would fit in a 50 gallon tank?
i would rather have smaller more peaceful ones, and lots of color | |
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October 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| i looked at that but it was sorta hard because most of them didnt have their common names
but which group would some of you suggest, in your experience,it can be any group, it doesnt hav to be african? | |
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October 20th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| thought you were doing an african setup?
out of my african tank, I think my peacocks & labs are the most mild..but they hold their own also... | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| i think red zebras and frontosa are my favorites. im currently keeping frontosa, yellow lab, purple tail acei, eartheaters, and red zebras. | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by namehater i think red zebras and frontosa are my favorites. im currently keeping frontosa, yellow lab, purple tail acei, eartheaters, and red zebras. | although I agree the frontosa are beauties, not for a 50g tank..they get way too large | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Keeper
| oh im sorry, i forgot about the tank in question. shawnie is right. you could put a a few acei, zebras, and labs in the 50g, would make for an active and very colorful tank. | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| i like the labs too, but thats wat i was tryin to decide on | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
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Originally Posted by Shawnie thought you were doing an african setup?
out of my african tank, I think my peacocks & labs are the most mild..but they hold their own also... | sorry im just tryin to find a good cichlid setup | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| ok im starting a new thread to make this more specific
it is goin to be called South Americans | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| want this one deleted? dont be sorry... its how we all started  | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| no u dont hav to and yea i just start talkin and get off subject | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| ok well close this thread then if you are going in a different direction no need to have more advice when you arent going with africans | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| just curious, why did you stray away from the africans? they are my favorite cichlids | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
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Originally Posted by namehater just curious, why did you stray away from the africans? they are my favorite cichlids | they are one of my favs also  but they are a confusing bunch of critters  | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Helper
| ok please go to my edited thread then South Americans vs Africans
And Thanks for all the help! | |
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October 21st, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| ive closed this thread South Americans heres where the OP is at now | |
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