wanting to be adding yellow/red( or ish) africans for a 100 gallon tank

elementkid65

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what african cichlids that are red/yellow could i add???

just wanting to add a lighter brighter colour to my blues and brownish colours

p.s not electric yellows coz i already have them in a 40g
 
neolamprologus leilupi - yellow, from lake tanganyika

aulonocara baenschi has vibrant yellow flash (malawi).

various aulonocara (peacock) hybrids are red - you may see tham as 'sunburst peacocks) (malawi).

good specimens of Protomelas taeniolatu are a wonderful vibrant red on blue base (malawi).

some variants of aulonocara jacobfreibergi have red base.

some tropheus moorii (sp. red) have stunning red trim on black, some are predominantly red (tanganyika). e.g http://www.cichlidforum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1910.

note, tropheus, while wonderful fish, are a bit of a specialty and need to be kept ideally in large colonies - they should be the 'main focus' of the tank if kept.

in your tank I would do tangayikanss - a tropheus colony (say 15 or so) - they are fantastic. I would also have some leilupi, for the yellow.

I would also consider 3 - 4 frontosa, for a very, very nice contrast, and some synodontis catfish, for variety. Imagine this tank with pale rocks, pale substrate, black background and some plants. Spectacular !
 
Protomelas taeniolatu look like my fireblues though i think they are red empresses becasue of the exact same color and markings
 
coler , will 3 pretty big sunshine peacocks be ok
with my current stock minus the crimson tides
since the fish i have are reasonably small except the zebras
and will the crimsons be ok with them the peacocks. (crimsons 5cm) peacocks (10cm).
 
gah ! lol sorry I thought for a new tank hence my day dreaming on the tangs.

I don't have time to think now - sorry (called to meeting). Will have a look later.

lol sorry for wasting your time.

edit : first view though is you need to think about getting those clown loaches out.

Will try and get back to you tomorrow morning.
 
I think you can replace the crimson tides with some aulonocara - you will find hybrids with red/reddish colouration.

You should move the clown loaches though.
 
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