compatabilty ??

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i was wondering if i could put my clown loaches in my cichlid tank all the cichlids are smaller right now. I also have a lot of places for all of them to go and have a underground tunnel. Thats under my sand. Which goes under all of the tank and they can hide in there and go in different spots under the sand.

 

[Fish Buddy]

WOW I wish that was my tank, sounds amazing! Clown loaches can grow fairly big and they like to school. What size of tank is it and what kind of cichlids?

 

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its a 55 gal tank and will be african cichilds.

 

[Morrgan]

Rift Valley cichlids? Bad idea, I'm afraid. The Rift Valley cichlids need hard water with a high pH while the clown loaches need soft with a sligthly acidic pH.

 

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are those the Malawian Cichlids? Heres the site to the ones i was gonna add more of http/www.liveaquaria.com/product/scateg....=21&pCatId=1825

 

[Morrgan]

Yup, both Malawian and Tanganyikan cichlids are referred to as Rift Valley cichlids.

 

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cause they where in a tank together when i first got him so i thought i could. What cichlids could i put him with?

 

[Morrgan]

Well, they really shouldn't have been together in the first place. It would be a good idea to have your water tested to see which fish can go in it.

Malawi cichlids can be kept with other Malawi cichlids, as far as I know. I'm no expert on those though. You might want to ask that question in the African Cichlids forum.