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Old 12-15-2008, 04:50 PM   #1
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10 gallon Cichlid tank?


Is it possible to house african cichlids in a 10 gallon tank? If so, what kind and how many?

My daughters 10 gallon tank suffered a catastrophic heater failure killing all but 2 of her fish. I was toying with going in another direction with the tank. Maybe cichlids. Space issues limit us to a 10gal in her room. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks - Joe
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Old 12-15-2008, 04:56 PM   #2
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I wanted to do the same thing with a 40G at one point and I was told it was too small for all but one variety,.. a bright yellow kind that likes to dig - but I can't remember the name of it.

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Old 12-15-2008, 05:03 PM   #3
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Labidochromis?
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Old 12-15-2008, 05:06 PM   #4
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Yep,.. That's it.



I wouldn't put it in a 10G though.

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Old 12-15-2008, 05:16 PM   #5
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Brichardi (sp) may do ok in a 10. or you can look into blue ram or apistogramma dwarf cichlids. Brichardi I believe is the only one of these that is african. Its been a long time since I kept africans. HTH
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A couple rams may be nice?
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Old 12-17-2008, 12:04 PM   #7
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Well, I think I have found cichlids suitable for a 10 gal. Brevis cichlids can be housed in a tank as small as 5 gallons. I will probably get 2 females and 1 male. According to what I have read, you can have as many as 4 in a 10 gallon as long as you put a rock formation in the middle of the tank so one pair cant see the other.
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are those the little shell dwellers?
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Old 12-18-2008, 04:28 PM   #9
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are those the little shell dwellers?
Yes they are.
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Yes they are.
yep those are cute little buggers. I had a friend that bred them.
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Old 12-21-2008, 01:18 AM   #11
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Rams aren't African. But they are small. BUT notoriously hard to keep. A 10g system is just way to suceptible to param fluctuation to consider it unless you are willing to spen 2 hour a day tending to the tank.

Yellow labs or Labichhromis will get too big for a 10g. I mean, if you intend to keep a school of them. And IME, they do best in groups of 5 specimins or larger. And you can't really appriciate the them fully without seeing their social dynamic.

You could keep a mated pair of Jeweled Cichlid in a 10g. Shell spawning cichlids aren't a bad choice. Baut as with the Jeweled's, you are better off gettin a mated pair.
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Old 02-10-2009, 11:04 PM   #12
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Well, it only took almost 2 months, 1 month of research and getting the tank ready. 1 month waiting for the LFS to get them, but I picked up 2 N. Brevis Chiclids today.

Beautiful little fish. They seem more than happy in a 10g tank. Only time will tell.
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i have a 29 gal set up with 5 in it a couple labs and a couple others i cant remember what they are right off but i started with a 10 gal the bigest thing i found is lots of hideing places because they will fight over them. but other than that i havent had any issues.
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It's been 2 weeks and so far everything seems good. I have not seen any fighting at all. They do have a lot of places to hide. Also, I used sand on the bottom so they are constantly digging keeping themselves occupied.
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i have alot of freshwater tanks, i had ike 10 baby convicts in a tank together, i moved em up to a 20 gallon a while ago, but cichlids can live in 10 gallons. by the way my convicts started breeding so now i have two sets of breeders and about 300 babies haha. feedin em brine shrimp
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