mitch Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 what would be ok for cleaning the substrate when you have cichlids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 gravel vac Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 good one why didnt i think of that.........I was thinking along the lines of a fish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gannet Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 some synodontis would be fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 synodontis or bristlenoses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 my SD's are a great clean up crew :lol: they zip around getting my oscars gill bits and then go down to the substrate to get all those bits out. other than them all your usual larger (if the cichlids are big) bottom feeders will normally suffice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wok Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 Port hoplos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 i agree with Wok on thr hoplos but also any of the Geophagus species, as they sift the grael for food Ballistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted November 12, 2006 Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 We have a port hoplo in our malawi tank and he's great as a clean up crew, we are wanting to get him/her a friend but worryed about putting smaller ones in there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted November 12, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 12, 2006 i see that they like well planted tanks but as my tank is all sand and rocks, will they still be alright? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 yeah my tank is all sand and rocks aswell, and mine doesnt seem to stress or anything. Spends most of its day sitting on a rock basking in the light and competes for food just as much as the malawi's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucid Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 we are wanting to get him/her a friend but worryed about putting smaller ones in there. They shold be fine, the malawis won't bother them much and the other hoplo will just think he has friends. Just don't get them to small as they might not handle the attention of the malawis i see that they like well planted tanks but as my tank is all sand and rocks, will they still be alright? yes, as joanwilly have said they will be fine, we have about ten of them in a sand and rock only enviroment, and the are fine. Ballistic Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRSkz Posted November 13, 2006 Report Share Posted November 13, 2006 how bout a humbug cat fish? I'm getting one of them myself to pop in with my Mbuna's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 Well i have now added 1 port hoplo and 2 coolie loachs (i think they are mad) to the tank. I did Synodontis multipunctatus (cuckoo cat fish, many - spotted cat fish) because they are from the same lake but the pet shop new nothing about them, so they didnt think you could get them in New Zealand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitch Posted November 15, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 15, 2006 well they tell me they will be alright Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted November 16, 2006 Report Share Posted November 16, 2006 khulis are pretty secretive until night time but if another fish did spot them (during the day or night) they probably would go after them- id imagine the way they swim makes them look very tasty :lol: if theres heaps of spots the other fish cant get into they probably would be ok, theyre quick little fish when they wana be! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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