I have an establiched aquarium with 2 silvertip shark catfish who are about 2 inches each, a pleco at about 1.5 inches, and a ton of foliage, hiding places, and a strong filter. Its only a 10 gallon for now, but will be up graded to my 90 gal soon as possible (its hard to find a filter for that!). Now, I have adopted from my work a one eyed electric yellow african cichlid who will never get bigger than a few inches. Since my catfish are still so small, what are the chances of everyone getting along? I know when they get to be much bigger, they might eat the cichlid, but it’s temporary. Are there dangers I havent forseen?
Thanks!
Wait until you get a bigger tank before you buy more fish.Why are you having a hard time finding a filter?With a 90 gallon,get one or two canister filters.With fish that large,two would be your best bet.
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No dangers that I can really see. 90 gallons is a ton of space. The only danger I can think, actually comes from yourself and the temptation that comes looking at a 90 gallon tank, that appears to be rather empty with just that population. You’ll get a strong temptation to really add alot more fish, and you don’t have to add many. Keep in mind adult sizes. I have about 10 of those Electric Yellows,and as adults, they should reach between 3-4 inches actually. They are considered to be a mild cichlid, but group them with some other aggressive africans, and they will stand their ground. I have Mbuna and Haps both mixed in my main 180 gallon tank, and there almost isn’t a night my main male Yellow doesn’t get into it with one of my Red Zebras or Elongatus or sometimes now, the Flavus, which are all other Mbuna. The Haps I have are much bigger but don’t seem to be much interested in fighting over the caves.
It really depends on your mix, and in this case, you shouldn’t have bad issues with these fish. It’s only going to come into play if you populate that tank further is all. Credit due to you for getting a bigger tank, wtg.
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The only problem I see is having them in such a confined space as a 10 gallon. You need to get the 90 up and running as soon as possible, specially with a pleco, the common pleco’s will get to be 24 inches. As far as the filters go for the 90 gallon. They might not sell filters for a 90 gallon, but you can get either 2 canister filters made for 50 gallon tanks, or 2 hang on the back power filters made for 50 gallon tanks or even more. You can’t over filter your water, you can also have one of each if you choose, one canister, and one hang on the back filter. When you start getting into the larger tanks you just have to improvise sometimes. Good luck.
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The only problem I see is having them in such a confined space as a 10 gallon. You need to get the 90 up and running as soon as possible, specially with a pleco, the common pleco’s will get to be 24 inches. As far as the filters go for the 90 gallon. They might not sell filters for a 90 gallon, but you can get either 2 canister filters made for 50 gallon tanks, or 2 hang on the back power filters made for 50 gallon tanks or even more. You can’t over filter your water, you can also have one of each if you choose, one canister, and one hang on the back filter. When you start getting into the larger tanks you just have to improvise sometimes. Good luck.
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