CICHLIDS AND BARBS??

[snoce]

I WANT TO CONVERT MY ENTIRE PLANTED TANK OVER TO ROCK AND CICHLIDS I HAVE ALL BARBS AND 1 R.T SHARK...THE SMALL BARBS I WILL GIVE BACK TO THE STORE BUT CAN MY SPANNER BARB(ABOUT 4 IN OR SO)AND MY RED TAIL SHARK STAY IN A TANK WITH SOME CICHLIDS AND ALL ROCK WITH NO PLANTS

 

[Orion]

Depends which cichlids have got your interest. Also it is not nessicary to remove all the plants out of your tank. While some will most deffintaly destroy them, others will welcome the additional cover and teritory that they can provide.

 

[snoce]

WELL I WOULD CONSIDER AND CICHLIDS THAT WOULD GO WIT A SPANNER AND R.T SHARK...I REALLY HAVE NO INTEREST IN ANY CERTAIN TYPE ALL TYPES ARE WELCOME

 

[Cichlid-Man]

I've seen barbs kept as dither fish for Malawi tanks, and clown loaches for bottem feeders. So i would assume you'd be ok with most of the african cichlids, provided they fit into your tank/setup.

You should be able to get away with keeping them with the smaller SA/CA dwarfs like apistos, rams, etc. Since they can fit into a lot of "community" type settings.

 

[wayne]

You can keep them will all kinds of cichlids, but W Africans and medium S and C americans would be the best fit. Any others is a bit risky.
They're too big/burly for rams and most apistos - think firemouths, kribs and so on.

 

[snoce]

so a spanner barb and a red tail shark will be good in with kribs...what boutelectric blues or yellos....

 

[wayne]

Maybe, probably yes.

 

[phOOey]

i think a rts would be ok with yellow labs, as yellow labs are'nt really that aggressive. but when you get to the real aggressive africans i think the rts would get killed.