BoSox Fan7

This is just a plan for the future, but what fish can go with Yellow lab hybrid in say a 40 gallon tank.

Faye Rod

Good question - I am looking at them also for a 55 gallon tank. The fish forum CoBetta recommended says they are omnivores.....does that mean they will eat the other little fishes?

website: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/index.php

steveangela1

Our little lab is a friendly little guy... we actually have him in w/ more aggresive mbunas (red zebra, kenyi, and one less agressive yellow tail acei, mel aurerutus (sp) -very agressive).. He is one of the least aggresvie in the tank.
I would say yellow tailed acei's but they get to be a little oversized for smaller tanks... demansoi (I think I may be sp that wrong) If I had my choice of fish though I would put a few of them in my tank, they are smaller mbunas. And will wow you with color. The red zebras can be bully's according to what i have read, mine are still juvies so i wont' go on how mine are behaving, its hard to judge the other fish out there. Espiecally since my acei thinks he is kung fu master and most acei's are peaceful....

mustangblue01

I have three yellows in my tank. Two are smaller (I believe one female and one subdominant male) and they are passive and fine with the other fish. The larger one, I'm almost certain he is a male - good markings, only bothers the other two yellows; that is, when he isn't hiding.
Over all, I think they are just fine and think that generally are good with other fish. See my next paragraph to an exception to what I just said. In my tank are 6 rosy barbs, 2 cherry barbs, a green spotted puffer, and a blue crayfish.


There largest of the yellow has not acclimated to my tank well. I am going to add a couple more hiding spots, but if that doesn't ease things up I will be removing him from my tank soon. He is almost always showing signs of stress and just isn't happy in my tank. I don't have anyone to take him, so I'll probably have to get a small tank or take him to the fish store. I know there is a good possibility that the cray is causing some of the stress, but the cray really doesn't chase or bother any of my other fish.