cichlidsmad

hi i was just wondering if you can put kenyi 10cm into my tank?


tank mates are:

borelyi (yellow fin)
peacocks (sunshine)
electric yellows
jewel cichlids

heres pics of them

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TropicalGrimmish

cool cichlids used to have 2 just like that, how big is your tank??

cichlidsmad

umm id say about 180-210 litres

55.48gallons

TropicalGrimmish

that would be a total of 5 cichlids fish in a 55 gal tank, sound ok to me, if & when you put the kenyi in move things around in the tank to distract the others..

cichlidsmad

ok kool thanks ill do that

Angela_96

The jewell is not compatable with the africans you listed. I would also be concerned putting kenyi in w/ peacock cichilds. On the aggression scale kenyi are one of the highest for mbuna. I have a breeding group in my 55 and they pretty much rule the tank.

For a 55g you can put in 12-15 cichilds.

cichlidsmad

at the moment the jewels are the owners of the tank

Amanda

So was mine - then the malawis turned on him & tore him apart.
I had to take him to my LFS and just give him to them to have.

cichlidsmad

o bad luck

i hope mine dont as there a pair. ive got them in now
and everything is good right now but im removing the jewels soon to
breed them

Amanda

Well, that was enough of africans for me. I sold my african cichlids last week. Too aggressive & compatibility problems.

Angela_96

A pair of kenyi's will not be enough to spread the aggression, you will need at least 2 more females. My kenyi's as a pair would terrorize everything in the tank during "spawning" time. It was the only time I had any deaths where the female kenyi would kill the other cichilds.
I now have 2 females w/ one male and things are a lot better.
I have had my kenyi's for over a year now, and they are a beautiful species to have, but not a begainner species.

cichlidsmad

ok thanks

Angela_96

If you lived in the states Id send you a free female. I have 30+ fry right now.

cichlidsmad

o ok kool that would have been nice