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tavsan
03-23-2008, 4:54 PM
I'm quite new with aquariums. I have a quite smaller one in compare of most of yours. I have a 30 gallon tank with five malawian cichlids. I know most of you will disagree with me with this number of cichlids with that size of tank. But I love them and I do not want to give them back. They are very happy together.
I have one yellow labs, one dolphin, one ahli, one living stone.
I don't know the name of one of them. Can you please help me?

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reptileguy2727
03-23-2008, 6:14 PM
The livinstonii is going to be way too big for a 30. If you like them so much why make them suffer? Get them in to a bigger tank, yours or someone else's. The ahli will also get too big. You could replace them with mbunas.

That fish looks like a flowerhorn or a trimac.

wataugachicken
03-23-2008, 8:39 PM
with that big red eye, reptileguy is right. central american cichlid, definitely not african, and definitely should not be mixed with africans. it's going to get BIG, nasty, and kill your other fish buddies. it also had different dietary and water requirements. as an adult, think 75+gallons for one.