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African Cichlid2007-11-24 23:09:28

my mom just rescued an oscar that is about almost 9 inches long. we met this lady at walmart who said that she had just moved in to a new apartment and she found the 9" oscar, a 1.5" african cichlid, and a 10" plecostomus all in a 10 gallon tank. she doesn't know how long they had been there, but their water was absolutely filthy! we moved the oscar in to a 30 gallon aquarium, but we don't have anywhere else to put the african cichlid, so my mo put him in with the oscar until we can find him a good, safe home. we put the plecostomus at home in our 75 gallon tank, with 3 small angel fish, a small clown knife, 3 gouramis, and another plecostomus, this one being 2" long. we know that the oscar will eventually eat the african cichlid, but we need to know what the african cichlid is compatible with so that we can move him hopefully before that happens. we just need to know what he can go with, and what he can't go with.

any links, tips, and suggestions will work. thank you so much

Answers:

I have to say that your intentions are noble. I think that you have bitten off more than you can chew. The picture is of a yellow lab, which is usually a fairly mild mannered mbuna cichlid from Lake Malawi. This is what I would do. Move the angels, clown knife and the gouramis to the 30 gallon. Place the oscar in the 75. You should try to give the yellow lab to a pet store. Use the phone book and tell them that you have a yellow lab ciclid that you need to get rid of and ask them if they will take it. Many will. The reason I told you to put the oscar in the 75 is because the clown knife is going to need to get a little bit of size on him, but he does not need to be with the angels for too much longer. The knife will get huge eventually. It should get along with the oscar in the 75 when it gets around 6-7 inches long. The reason I said you should give the yellow lab away is because it should really be only with other mbuna cichlids, and they would need at least a 55 to 75 gallon tank. Please email me if you have any questions.

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