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Dwarf cichlid compatability

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Hey guys I currently have a well planted 300L comunity tank which houses

5 GBAs (1M-2F)

9+ Panda Cories

3 SAE

6 Widow tetras

6 Angels (4 peruvian altums & 2 Black)

and soon to be aprox 50 Baby mystery blue apple snails.

My question is would a few different dwarf cichlids do ok in this tank?

I thinking more of the angles and whether they would be to bossy.

Was looking more at Kribs, cockatoos and maybe rams. either a pair ok each or about 5 of one species.

has anyone tried this?

My siamese fighters were originally in with the angles and they seemed to get on ok just a few neighbourly arguments.

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    Yep, I'd go for 2 pairs or 5 of one species. Once paired off and breeding they get pretty aggressive and territorial. It looks like you've got heaps of room for fish to get away and lots of good hiding places for some dwarfs so go for it. In good water all you should need to do is add little pots and apistos will breed as soon as they're ready (in my experience (which doesn't say much)).

    Oh, I've got cockatoos and blue rams in the same tank at the moment and they don't really care about each other at all.

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    i've only seen one colouration of apistos here in nz. how many do we have over here? i saw a realy cool blue one on google.

    the tank needs a bit of colour just blacks, yellows, whites and browns lol

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    Kribs will almost definitely spawn. But also, you're angel fish should keep control of the numbers of baby fish...

    Bored? :P:P:D

    Dwarves will be fine in that tank.

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    Are you talking Agassizi's? All Agassizi's I have seen are double reds. I have some 3 day old Macmasteri's that will be for sale in 4 to 5 months, fingers crossed.

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    They are a great fish, heaps of character, but rare here in NZ. The males vary in appearance... Check out photo of the month to see a true representation of this fish. Thanks Joe!

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    As far as I know these are the Dwarfs we have in NZ:

    Apistogramma agassizii 'Double Red'

    Apistogramma cacatuoides

    Apistogramma eunotus

    Apistogramma hongsloi

    Apistogramma macmasteri

    Apistogramma sp. Steel Blue

    Laetacara curviceps

    Microgeophagus altispinosa

    Microgeophagus ramirezi

    Microgeophagus ramirezi 'Electric Blue'

    Microgeophagus ramirezi *German

    Pelvicachromis taeniatus

    Pelvicachromis pulcher

    Shellies

    Here's some pics of my Macmasteri: http://www.fishkeepers.co.nz/forums/vie ... =18&t=4001

    They are very cool fish, and very active and peaceful. I highly reccommend them :P

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