baby midas and africans?
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The Midas may survive.... but the Africans may not. Midas get quite a bit bigger then the African cichlids (well most of em anyway) and they are very aggressive..I would not recommend it either. The Midas would most likely take those guys out quickly...even as a baby.:grinyes:
I have a 2 inch Midas in a 125G tank with 14 full grown Mbuna 5-6 inches (african cichlids) a 14 inch Red Devil, 2 Jack Dempseys, a leperinus, a green terror, a 15 inch black shark, a red tail shark, and 3 convicts, and he is just fine. Midas are tough customers, he should be just fine. Some people feel you shouldnt mix CA/SA cichlids with african cichlids, In my personal opinion, this is a very archaic and dated way of thinking and or fishkeeping. Several people on this website myself included have been sucessfully mixing CA/SA and african cichlids for years.
There are few africans that tollerate the lower ph and softer water that sa's thrive in. Most are the malawi's and the western region fish like the jewels. Keeping these fish together seems to work well. Just don't try to add a flowerhorn at any size. Aside from trying to eat what they can fit in their mouth..they seem to kill fish just because they can.
Many CA cichlids do not thrive in soft water with lower pH Infact it is the opposite 
i promise you i am not a beginner. =D i've actually been into fish keeping for quite a while, just i haven't really needed that much help until now. :liar: hahaha. but like ya, i've become quite familiar with the behaviors of my mbuna cichlids, and i think that i can pull it off, but i really just want to know if i'm overstocking my 75gal? because i have heard that midas need lots of room and my africans get pretty territorial...
