African Cichlid Question?

[buckrene]

Hello,
im curious.....can you temp. house juvenile african cichlids in a community tank? A friend got a bunch of "assort. african cichlids" from their lfs. they have babies now and want to get rid of some. im going to try to find out what spp. for sure. i know they have some yellow labs. i currently have a setup with 2 keyholes, a gourami, platys, corys, a pleco, cherry barbs, and rasbora het. thier juveniles are under 1inch, and im going to get another tank setup eventually. looking for some advice... thanks

 

[bullit]

i wouldnt advice it. maybe some yellow labs if you kept aggressive cichilds but as yours is a community i wouldnt, plus theyd want diff water parameters (harder water). also if there out the mixed tank they wouldnt usually be as good quality

 

[11gatorgal11]

Yellow labs are considered the least aggressive species of African Cichlids, but that does not mean they are peaceful. They would still be too aggressive for a community tank. My suggestion would be to not house them in your community tank, they are just too aggressive.