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#Post#: 1943--------------------------------------------------
fewer fish?
By: glassnscales Date: January 5, 2015, 6:32 pm
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Im thinking about starting an african cichlid tank and i have
done my research. I understand that the best way to deal with
aggression is to stock the tank with many cichlids but i do not
have the time to do water changes 2-3 times a week. I plan on
getting a small group of each type of cichlid i am looking to
get. Is there any problem with this?
#Post#: 1944--------------------------------------------------
Re: fewer fish?
By: Cichlid_dude75 Date: January 5, 2015, 7:38 pm
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You have to be willing to do the water changes in order to keep
an overstocked tank in good shape for the fish. What size tank
do you have and how often are you willing/able to do water
changes? From there myself or someone else on the forum may be
able to help you with stocking.
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Re: fewer fish?
By: mrk13p Date: January 5, 2015, 9:51 pm
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if you do not have the time, do not overstock. your fish will
get used to the high nitrates but they wont be anywhere close to
optimal health.
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Re: fewer fish?
By: hapguy63 Date: January 6, 2015, 3:48 pm
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African Cichlids from my experience do not work well in small
groups. One will become dominant and with less targets to
spread the aggression around eventually the dominate fish will
begin to harass each fish one by one until it eventually dies
from stress. In lower stocked tanks you are going to be dealing
with more aggression issues than you would in an over stocked
tank. Also if you go into the hobby not having much time to
devote to it then Africans are not the fish for you. Stick to
more hardy peaceful community fish.
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Re: fewer fish?
By: TexMex Date: January 6, 2015, 7:18 pm
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It really determines what size take you are using and how many
fish you are planning on putting in there. Like everyone said
multiple water changes will lead to better health for your fish.
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Re: fewer fish?
By: Cichlid_dude75 Date: January 7, 2015, 11:35 am
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I think we may have scared them off.
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Re: fewer fish?
By: TexMex Date: January 8, 2015, 8:16 am
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I think you are right
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