compatibility questions

here is a website that gives you compatible tropical fish. Just put the name of the fish you are seeking tank mates for, and a list of compatible fish will be displayed.

www.timstropicals.com/Compatibility/NameResults.asp

Tilapia buttikoferi is not compatible with almost every other fish in the world. very aggressive fish.

buttikoferi also grow very large

yea dont mix cichlids americans w/ americans africans w/ africans

I believe the Buffalohead (Steatocranus casuarius) is from Africa (though not from the Rift Lakes), and not from the Amazon (unless there's another fish with the same common name).

what you've been told is correct

And not just any type of Malawi cichlid will work either. Other peacocks or smaller haps will work, as well as less-aggressive mbuna. The red zebra might be too aggressive for it. The trouble here is, if you only keep a few of these fish together your gonna run into problems. For a 55 gallon I reccommend around 10 fish of moderate aggression (depending on thier adult size of course). You shouldnt really overstock a 55, but it can be done. Visit http://www.malawimayhem.com and have a look through thier species profiles section. There your friend will find pictures of malawis and he can see what interests him. There is also a 'tank recipes' article in the "articles" section where you can see what species will be compatible with peacocks (Aulonocara) in that tank size.


-Diana