great cichlid ideas for a 10 gal?

[lostnconfused]

well, what I meant by species was cichlids in general...sorry for the confusion..and like I said I'm not planning on getting all of those, I just wanted to know if they all get along, so I could chose which ones I wanted to get.
I wasn't gonna breed any of em, thats another thing I needed to know. How many of each kind to get? I read that peacocks are aggressive to there own species...

 

[cichlidcave]

yes those species should be ok, peacocks can be aggressive to their own species but not real aggressive... when it comes to lake malawi peacocks are by far the mildest, the lemon jakes can get quite mean but the ones u have listed arent real bad.

if you wanna breed them here is a chart on mixing them.

Many people think you cant mix peacocks due to cross-breeding well you can as long as u dont get more then 1 pair in the same tank from the same group


Group 1:
-A. kandeense
-A . maylandi
-A. saulosi
-A. sp. "Chitande type Kande"
-A. sp. "Chitande type Masinje"
-A. sp. "Chitande type Mozambique"
-A. sp. "Chitande type Nkhomo"
-A. sp. "Chitande type North"
-A. sp. "Yellow Collar"

Group 2:
-A. aquilonium
-A. auditor
-A. brevinidus
-A. cf. "macrochir"
-A. gertrudae
-A. guentheri
-A. rostratum
-A. sp. "nyassae mumbo"
-A. stonemani

Group 3:
-A. jacobfreibergi
-A. jacobfreibergi "Boadzulu Is."
-A. jacobfreibergi "Cape Maclear"
-A. jacobfreibergi "Hongi Island"
-A. jacobfreibergi "Mamela"
-A. jacobfreibergi "Mbowe Island"
-A. jacobfreibergi "Otter Point"
-A. jacobfreibergi "Reginae"
-A. lwanda
-A. sp. "Jalo"
-A. sp. "Walteri"

Group 4:
-A. baenschi
-A. hansbaenschi
-A. hueseri
-A. korneliae
-A. sp. "Mbenji"
-A. sp. "Stuartgranti Maleri"
-A. steveni
-A. stuartgranti

My personal view is, if you are breeding and want to be sucessful at it stick with one group only per tank

 

[straitjacket]

The problem with keeping peacocks together is that they are not pair-bonding cichlids. They are harem breeders. Males will chase non-breeding condition females from their territory to make room for those that are in breeding condition.
Female Alonocara sp. are difficult to impossible to tell from one another. It's not generally suggested thet you keep more than 1 group of breeding peacocks in a tank unless there is a marked difference between the female species.
Females are also not very attractive which is why many people opt for all-male peacock tanks. Display only. The lack of females also minimizes breeding related aggression amongst the males. Good looking tank and a peaceful one at that? It's win win if you don't care for breeding.
The 55gl tank should be the tank you use to house any Malawians. 30gls may be alright for very small or less aggressive species such as certain Cynotilapia sp. or small and very peaceful peacocks but a 55gl is simply much more accomidating, making room for territorial behavior and making such behavior less troublesome.