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I'm casually considering a change to the line-up for my 120g (48"x24"x24") West/Central African community that I'm setting up in the Fall. I previously planned to include two pairs of P. rubrolabiatus, but if someone can suggest to me another cichlid that would fit in this community let me know. Here is the current stocking list:
Decor: heavily filled with pieces of driftwood arranged to create shelters, substrate is Tahitian black moon sand, a few rock arrangements as needed, silk plants and live java moss and java fern
1 Polypterus (delhezi, palmas polli, or if I could ever find it, ansorgii) (bichir)
1 Xenomystus nigri (African brown knife)
1 Mormyrid (undecided as to which species at this point- one of the smaller ones, of course)
2 P. rubrolabiatus
2 undecided cichlids (Pelvicachromis sp. or..?)
4 Pantodon buchholzi (African butterflyfish)
4 (Micro)Ctenopoma ansorgii (ornate ctenopoma)
10+ Phenacogrammus interruptus (Congo tetra)
A Synodontis may weasel its way in at some point, but for now these will be the inhabitants. I am still working with a way to lower the pH and hardness of the water, though if I cannot do it safely I will leave it as is.
So, do you think I should stick with two pairs of P. rubrolabiatus or should I include another cichlid species? This tank is in a semi-public place (it faces out into a research center hallway) and I was hoping to educate passersby about the different fish with sheets that are posted nearby.
My list, FYI, is based on a set-up done by someone I know that made an African community in a larger tank and included several species of bichir while sticking to just one pair of Pelvicachromis pulcher as far as cichlids went.
Decor: heavily filled with pieces of driftwood arranged to create shelters, substrate is Tahitian black moon sand, a few rock arrangements as needed, silk plants and live java moss and java fern
1 Polypterus (delhezi, palmas polli, or if I could ever find it, ansorgii) (bichir)
1 Xenomystus nigri (African brown knife)
1 Mormyrid (undecided as to which species at this point- one of the smaller ones, of course)
2 P. rubrolabiatus
2 undecided cichlids (Pelvicachromis sp. or..?)
4 Pantodon buchholzi (African butterflyfish)
4 (Micro)Ctenopoma ansorgii (ornate ctenopoma)
10+ Phenacogrammus interruptus (Congo tetra)
A Synodontis may weasel its way in at some point, but for now these will be the inhabitants. I am still working with a way to lower the pH and hardness of the water, though if I cannot do it safely I will leave it as is.
So, do you think I should stick with two pairs of P. rubrolabiatus or should I include another cichlid species? This tank is in a semi-public place (it faces out into a research center hallway) and I was hoping to educate passersby about the different fish with sheets that are posted nearby.
My list, FYI, is based on a set-up done by someone I know that made an African community in a larger tank and included several species of bichir while sticking to just one pair of Pelvicachromis pulcher as far as cichlids went.