Reverse flow under gravel???
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Sunshine Peacock, eh?
Well, that's another Malawi rift lake cichlid - he should probably be returned to the LFS with the Kenyi (or, you could set up a second Malawi tank with sand, rocks, and more fish), or you should return the Convict, Firemouth, and Jack Dempsey and keep the two Malawians.
If you build a Malawi rift lake tank, you've got lots of options - just do online searches for different kinds, make sure you build plenty of caves into your rock structure, and you've got a lot of options in a 90 gallon (someone with more experience can fill in the gaps here better). Google it to get an idea (and look up Yellow Labs, Blue Zebras, Mbuna, etc).
If you keep the 3 SA cichlids, you could probably add another convict and another firemouth, and maybe one other large, aggressive SA/CA cichlid, but that's probably getting a little crowded. Again, others with more experience can give more guidance here.
Well, that's another Malawi rift lake cichlid - he should probably be returned to the LFS with the Kenyi (or, you could set up a second Malawi tank with sand, rocks, and more fish), or you should return the Convict, Firemouth, and Jack Dempsey and keep the two Malawians.
If you build a Malawi rift lake tank, you've got lots of options - just do online searches for different kinds, make sure you build plenty of caves into your rock structure, and you've got a lot of options in a 90 gallon (someone with more experience can fill in the gaps here better). Google it to get an idea (and look up Yellow Labs, Blue Zebras, Mbuna, etc).
If you keep the 3 SA cichlids, you could probably add another convict and another firemouth, and maybe one other large, aggressive SA/CA cichlid, but that's probably getting a little crowded. Again, others with more experience can give more guidance here.
I think the reason is because many fishkeepers enjoy keeping the wild species with all their individual quirks, rather than some hybridized/domesticated species.
Also, even if you raise the conflicting wild strains from fry together, you're going to run into problems eventually - and probably won't be able to get them to breed in such an environment anyway. You're not changing their predispositions just by raising generation after generation together - you'd have to selectively breed for more passive fish, which is probably contrary to natural selection and, that would lead me to believe, doomed to fail.
Also, even if you raise the conflicting wild strains from fry together, you're going to run into problems eventually - and probably won't be able to get them to breed in such an environment anyway. You're not changing their predispositions just by raising generation after generation together - you'd have to selectively breed for more passive fish, which is probably contrary to natural selection and, that would lead me to believe, doomed to fail.