If I could, I would've pushed the like button several times - very informative, efficient and straight to the point. I'm Swedish and I prefer the straight forward approach. In some cultures people are too fond of the sound of their own voice and no matter how much knowledge they have, I find it unbearable. So thanks!

@philseiberling9933

2 жыл бұрын

Crossway !!! :D. Is that urs ?

Wow. Practical, accurate, useable information that not many mention.

Great video, straight to the point. No BS. Thank you.

Just added some spotted silver dollars to my community cichlid tank. Seem to be going well apart from my rainbow shark chasing and nibbling on them. But this video really helped out thanks alot. Your a champion 👌

Wow was this helpful.

I have Australian rainbow fish in my mbuna tank, the rainbow fish are just as, or even more aggressive than the mbunas.

If you want to mix fish with African Cichlids, the best thing to do is to mix a schooling or shoaling fish with them. I've had success with Tiger Barbs, just as the talker suggested. They are a shoaling fish that tend to hang together, and a large body of such fish tends to intimidate the Cichlids, and they leave them alone. Mixing American and African Cichlids, is usually, a No No. And he's absolutely right about having more fish in the tank. The best thing I ever did, in my African Cichlid aquarium, was to add more fish. When I had only 4 Mbunas, in the same tank, the aggression level was through the roof. But, when I added 5 more Cichlids to that same aquarium, and eventually ended up with 10 of them, the aggression significantly diminished. When there are too many of them, they can't single out just 1 fish. With 10 of them, in the same tank, they still chase each other, but they do not and can not single out just 1, as I already pointed out.

My cichlids are around 3-4 inches long and have had them for a few years now, my corydoras were introduced to them a year or two after having them and maybe 5 years later they are still going. The cichlids really don't pay any mind to them, though they absolutely love my pleco

Besides the fact that you didn’t add clown loaches nice video thanks for making this video.

Thanks alot . Very informative video

My mixed tank has 35 cichlids of mixed type ,pearl gouramis and dwarf gouramis ,parrot fish,skirted tetras,bleeding heart tetras, green barbs,plattys and swordtails and bala sharks.. all been living happy together for over a year

"Not a good idea" In other words the Cichlids will murder them? Great video mate! Greetings from Canada!

Very helpful, thanks alt.

I would love a list of good ones to add with them! The back and forth good idea bad idea made it kinda hard to follow as a new fish tank owner 🙃

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

feel free to email us

I want to add one point that is often overlooked. Adding two african cichlids to less aggressive tankmates who have established social behavior is a LOT more likely to work than adding a less aggressive fish to a tank of cichlids.

Ty so vm!!! I was wondering about the cichalid and the pleco cuz I've often seen the cichalid nipping at the pleco he is a healthy sized tank so I didnt pay it much nevermind lol I was thinking swordfish and the such but I'm taking those goldfish out rite now it helps to explain his apparent anxiety ur advice has been exactly wat I was looking for

thank you for you insights

Thank you!

Iv had the same cichlids with clown loaches blue phantom for 3 years lost no fish

Awesome video

Cichlids in general tend to be less aggressive towards fish that are alien to them.

I have a Malawi eye biter , with an angelfish , 2 geophagus altifrons and a bosmani rainbow fish they get along great I also keep my water moderately hard for my Malawi cichlid ... always better to keep a soft water fish in hard water then a hard water fish in soft water because the hard water fish requires more minerals when the soft water fish uses less minerals in the water . Harder water keeps ph stable to

Cichlids & any barbs go great 👍🏾

Very nice...Thanks...

This guy is just showing off all his fish!! Lol jkjk great video!

I have angels and cichlids in the same tank and they get along well appart from the angels lay eggs they push the cichlids away but no physical contact

@garrettjohnson89

6 жыл бұрын

Miguel Goncalves but would you say it would be safe

In my experience plecos, featherfin catfish, rainbow/red tail sharks, and giant danios work best. Good video

Like the video says, if you put them together when they are young you will have a higher success rate. I've mixed Piranas (5) with convicts (2), oscars (2), red devils (2), pike, catfish, algae eater, alligator gar, texas cichlid and green terrors in a 125g tank with success. The convicts, oscars and red devils all successfully had babies. I moved them out of the tank once they started swimming around though. I have no problems mixing fish and have been quite successful at it. Who cares what others think! Thanks for providing some good ideas on different species to mix in the tank. I do like variety.

Synodontis, plecostomus, rainbow/ red-tailed sharks, or hefty loaches.

Hi their , I have Angel's with my mbuna its weird but it does work for me ! The parameters are smack in the middle and have bin fin for a year . Prob not a good idea but they bin together since babies

Great video keep it up

knowing this mix had the potential to NOT work i tried it anyway and have had great luck all in a 100 gal. i have 4 skirt tetras, a silver dollar, 6 corys, a common pleco in with a livingstonii, dragon blood trio, ngara flametail trio, imperial tigress, red empress and azureus. cichlids did go in fairly young and are all 4+ inches now

@christophercasanas386

4 жыл бұрын

Are they still living fine together?

i have 7 mixed cichlids 2 rainbow sharks 1 bala shark 3 clowns 1 pleco they all get on the biggest rainbow shark runs the tank

Throw a slider into any aggressive tank and you’ll find you know have a community tank. Anytime there is a bigger predator in a tank the rest of the tank behaves.. I have cichlids of all types with Dani’s, Neons, guppies of all types.. rainbow sharks, Bala sharks, I even have rosy reds in there that survived and grew up lol.. they all get along and play nice together or else the big guy up top comes down and eats them. The guppies are more prone to eating their own fry then having them eaten by the cichlids lol.. tetras are out of place though as my tank is set up for the rest with moderate hardness and medium high PH but I love how they all school together and they are really more a feeder fish as my turtles love them..

@Jake-gw6yg

6 жыл бұрын

Fish R Relaxing I’d love to see your tank could you post some pics online and link them?!?!

@bobsaget9675

6 жыл бұрын

Warning: I've have an african cichild that try to over take the turtles...they killed him and caused a right mess of the tank, killing my filter...granted I still have cichlids and others with my turtles as they tend not to care about earing the live fish but they aren't afraid to kill anything that steps out of line...it's a fine balance but it's mostly worked so far.

I've got an auratus cichlid in with 10 zebra danios, it's been 2 weeks, so far so good. All are babies.

I have a yellow lab a solid blue mbuna 4 buenos Aires tetras a 3 inch bichir and a 2 inch jewel cichlid and a bristle nose pleco in a 20 gallon long and its working fine the africans are little agressive with territory sometimes but overall its a complete success

I mixed my Piranhas and Payaras fish with my African cichlids...Now, they are all best friends...

I pretty much have all the fish in the tank that you said are not a good idea except for discus lol :(

@moneymansqweez2174

3 жыл бұрын

Can I put mollies and platys in my peacock cichlid tank . It’s a 55 gallon with 2 hang on the back filters

I’ve had African cichlids together with Angels forever never had a problem

Our red tail and loach got killed in my cichlid tank, so I decided to just stick to cichlids, just a bit of info it can happen, it all depends on the temperament of the individual fish 🐠

What gravel substrate was that ?

Glow light tetra do fine with my cichlids

@xdsmastermia

5 жыл бұрын

Mile Harris really? how?

I have cichlids with crayfish and vampire crabs and they are awesome I'm looking to try and add some shrimps and I also have a common pleco and a clown pleco...looking for a sunrise pleco...

It all depends on cichlid behaviour, bumble bee cichlids will kill most other fish but I’ve had my ghost knife fish in with my African cichlids for over a year and they thrive together

I have angel and ghost knife with cichlids and they are fine, it’s trial and error guys can mix what you want! I’ve been told I can mix fish with what already got but I didn’t listen and did it and it was all okay. The more you have in your tank the better cause it takes the aggression out of the tank

I’ve actually put tetras with cichlids and it some how worked. As weird as it sounds 😂

@billy-uo9mb

6 жыл бұрын

Anksy Banksy i wanna do that !

@dominicflynn93

4 жыл бұрын

Same. They have hard to nip fins so they can last a lot of abuse, and get past the first phase of cichlids- aggression

If you add fish in young age and similar size can normaly work.Fish that are good tank mates for my african cichlids that really worked for me: silver dollars,gouramis but not dwarf,silver sharks,monodactylus sebae,orange finned loaches,algae eaters,tiger barbs,jack dempseys,surinam geophagus.You also need luck and it has to do with how many africans you got in the tank.Aulonocaras-peacocks can tolerate easier other fish but mbunas are more aggressive and territorial!!

I recently brought some cichlids not sure what they are but there yellow and blue I have there all nearly full size I have a red tail in the tank to start with will that be fine

RT sharks get big and aggressive with Africans (as they do with any medium sized fish). I've tried it a few times. The shark can't do much damage but when the cichlid retaliates it can get messy. Big barbs are best imo.

Question can you keep shell dwellers with bosimoni rainbowfish

I had two Pakistani loaches on my 500 liter tank. They were still small, but they were so devilish that I had to sell them away. The would go and pick all the other fishes gills. Even my big Angel fishes were bothered about those loaches. Besides, I have successfully mixed many of the fishes you said is not good idea.

Man loaches,pleacos,and all types of chiclets

Lost 2 small schools of tetras to my new young red jewel cichlids, before I came to watch this...

What is that snake fish called

Hey do you guys ship your black ghost knifes? I'm investing in one when the new tank comes in.

@MajesticAquariumsTV

7 жыл бұрын

yes any where in Australia

Best mate for a yellow lab cichlid in a 30 gallon tank, large hasn't had a mate in a while

@11thshadow24

5 жыл бұрын

get another yallow lab. if urs have black on the tip of its fin get one without and viceversa...

See...I've had betas and african ciclids in the same tanks for years now, shocked they are goners

I put 5 silver shark in my 350 gallon aquarium and my BABIES ripped his eyes out fins off gills off everything sometimes these beautiful devils can be surprising.

I got a African with a dovii and a oscar..they all hold there on..but the African is the most aggressive n he's the smallest

My cichlids would tear them apart

I've had chicklids and Platys together

@Lamborlobator

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

we have a red tail shark, 2 clown loaches, and 18 assorted mbunas in a 30 gallon...upgrading to a 75 gallon in a few weeks....so far, so good.

@Methodical2

5 жыл бұрын

I need to look at adding some sharks. I do like variety.

Hi, how about albino bichir?

How about the electric blue jack Dempsey?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

7 жыл бұрын

you can try

@skinsandscales1290

7 жыл бұрын

tpfastback i have done it with great results

I'm sorry did you say anything about blennies?

Can u do a video on what fish u can keep with discus

@chrisonebxl

7 жыл бұрын

i keep mine with geophagus Tapajos , corys panda , oto's cats at 29°C ( i made a small vid , on my tank !)

@chrisonebxl

7 жыл бұрын

ooh i forgot my pair of GBR !

I got majority Africans however I got four Jaguars and a blood parrot mixed in with mine I've been trying hard to get Oscars to work but as of right now it's a no-go

A friend of mine though Gourami and Cichlids would look great together. The visual appeal only lasted about ten minutes before it got ugly. Six new cichlids were added to a tank with twenty Gourami. Only eight survived by the end of the day and had to be separated. Don’t mix Gourami and Cichlids.

@cyanblue5888

3 жыл бұрын

I mixed a angelfish with a Melanochromis Auratus and went out for a hour when I got back my angelfish was DEAD

@ironfae

3 жыл бұрын

@@cyanblue5888 Man that sucks. Angels are so pretty but some cichlids are just mean. I usually don’t add new cichlids unless it’s a group. They tend to b less aggressive when there are many other fish around. Bigger tanks are always good too. I usually stick to five gallons per cichlid in tanks 30 gallons or more.

@Constantine_Cvl8

2 жыл бұрын

@@cyanblue5888 yep, that's the auratus for ya.

cichlids for the most part won't bother crayfish or plecos just saying. I keep those about 10 cichlid, 2 crayfish, 1 pleco, all get along. adding clown soon, doubt they will fight

I have a african cichlid tank all are quite small about 2-3 inches and I was wondering if there is any oddball fish which could go in there like maybe 1 spiky eel or one African knifefish

@MajesticAquariumsTV

2 жыл бұрын

Lots to f options there. Visit your lfs

Hi Paul, bought 3 more cichlids from Majestic and now its 12 large cichlids in mine 305 ltrs tank running on 2 Fluval Canister one being 205 and 1 405 with total filteration 1660 ltrs per hour. How many Cichlids could I stock on this?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

6 жыл бұрын

about 25-30

good video yes I noticed more species and a decent size tank you can get away with Africans and South Americans I got majority Africans however I do have a parrot cichlid some convicts and a manganese cichlid in my tank and they get along just fine

My gold fish have checked Oscars blood Parrotts and even a peakcock bass..they seem to rescpect the gold fish..sin say big mouth lol

Question im trying to think outside the box lol could i some how mix chiclids with , shrimp, and glow fish

@MajesticAquariumsTV

Жыл бұрын

They are likely to eat them

Hey I was wondering if someone can help me out I’ve had my tank set up for a while I have 5 cherry barbs, 3 snails,6 electric blue rams and 1 Agassiz's Cichlid and it’s been working out pretty well I know yellow labs are normally aggressive because my dad used to breed them but I wanted to add 1 I believe it’s a male a bit smaller then my rams and I noticed it’s trying to attack the other fish and snails should I be concerned and give him back to a local fish store or should I just keep an eye on him?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

yellow lab is a very bad idea

I mix it with betta, and it's fine.

@Selimigopap

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

Can you mix yellow labs with kribensis

@MajesticAquariumsTV

5 жыл бұрын

pH isn't ideal but I have seen it done

I only have one orange chiclid and a red tailed shark. It that fine?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

7 жыл бұрын

those fish are best in a busy tank

i have 25 kenyi cichlids which are quite small together since birth, Will it get along if i upgrade them to a bigger tank once they are fully grown? will they fight with each other?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

7 жыл бұрын

likely

I have two African cichlids in a 10 gallon tank. Had them for a few days. What other fish could possibly fit in the tank with them?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

3 жыл бұрын

Need a bigger tank

I mixed my angelfish with my cichlids and their fine

can i keep them with a florida gar?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

3 жыл бұрын

Not for long

how much are eletric yellow cichlids as babies ?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

6 жыл бұрын

please email us for prices

01:57 the Black Ghost Knifefish in the back, is that a good idea?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

No

Hi what would you say about the blue electric rams and German rams

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

Bad idea

Can we mix African cichlids with giant gourami

@MajesticAquariumsTV

6 жыл бұрын

often you can

may get some sharks to put with them and i put an upside down catfish in with mine and they nipped him for a while but he got through it and now he runs the tank

If I have any fish that is aggressive I put my gold fish in with the ass fish and the gold fish will check them..lol my gold fish are pretty damn cool

I have a bristlenose pleco and Featherfin catfish with my cichlids. I worry they dont get enough food as the cichlids are voracious eaters. What can i do to make sure they get food without overfeeding the tank?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

6 ай бұрын

Feed NLS and watch the belly kzread.info/dash/bejne/doOG0Mh7c9TAdMY.htmlsi=NgHY2uH3E8uvdOTY

Is it ok to mix dwarf parrot fish with African cichlids?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

2 жыл бұрын

You can give it a go

What are the colourful fish in with the corydoras?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

at what time stamp?

@avijade5211

4 жыл бұрын

1:28 :)

Do Mollys mix well?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

Not often

Would a South American polini be okay to go with South Africa cichlids like the electric yellows the blue stripped and peacocks?????

@MajesticAquariumsTV

7 жыл бұрын

normally yes

I have parrot Cichlids for 5 years now, I want to put them together with peacocks.... can I?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

Often ok

Can you put star fish with cichlids??

@MajesticAquariumsTV

3 жыл бұрын

Not real ones

Hey buddy.... I have 70litre(24inch×12x15) tank...and 3 1inch cichlids ...planning to place 2 small parrot , 1 betta ,2/4 guppies...will it be a good idea?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

Unlikely

I have 2 bala sharks a rainbow shark a red tail and a convict cichlid with my Africans and everybody is happy

@bobsaget9675

6 жыл бұрын

Bobby Ruiz sooo, since you have a red tail, I assume you have a pond to put it in once it inevitably out grows your tank...unless you have an enormous tank?

ghost knife with cichlids ?

@MajesticAquariumsTV

4 жыл бұрын

Nope

Might get a lot of hate for this but I have 1 Malawi with oscars jack dempsy ghost knife silver sharks angels etc they all get along very well been with each other for2 years now😏😏

@NotSure876

5 жыл бұрын

If it works, cool, I’ve seen worse combos, I have mbuna, tropheus and a Fahaka

@Kevo20

5 жыл бұрын

Nice one mate, I think a lot of the time it’s trial and error, if it works brilliant!!

@NotSure876

5 жыл бұрын

GhostTrain Exactly, there are rarely absolutes with this hobby

@gregjohnston6987

4 жыл бұрын

We have an Oscar and blood parrots in a tank full of African Cichlids. Oscar is older than the rest therefore much larger. He's kind of the game warden/boss. When the others get territorial, Oscar puts them in their place. No bites. He just swims towards them, and they calm down. It works.

Synodontis or another hefty catfish can work.

@FAKE-NAME

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen petricola's and pictus in with cichlids and they seemed to be doing well.