Fry Lover did I see Frontosas in you tank or were they ones who look like fronts but are not. I hope that makes some sense. I have 2 male Fronts that I need to relocate to another tank would they be OK with Malawis.

Hi Bethan

I dont have Fronts, they are Tang Cichlids that look like Fronts.

I always read about people advising not to mix Frontosa and Malawi, but Malawi enthusiasts are often saying you cant mix this and that. I am not saying to ignore the advice, just be cautious and read up etc

It's dietary requirements you should really look into as well as agression levels and tank size etc

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i bought some small fontosa and they got killed but my pal got a big one 8in long 5 in high and he runs the tank

Some more pictures of the lads, taken tonight

It's been 4-weeks since the big re-organise, all is going well, lots of breeding. One of the pictures of a "holding" Red Zebra, mouth full of fry, the one where she is hiding in the slate.

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Thank you Fry Lover did a bit more reading and they are not compatible when it comes to dietary requirements even though they would have gone into a Malawi tank that is 6x2x2. This tank is my growing on tank so the cichlids are all different species and sizes. Bethan

I have a large 8" Burundi Front in with my Malawis and hes fine. The dietary requirements are different but I feed him different food to the Malawi through piece of pipe.
When hes in his cave, I drop NLS pellets or prawns down one end of the pipe and he grabs them when they come out the other.

excellent set up, nice looking fish.

generally frontosa`s are ok with mbuna`s if u have them in small group so the aggresion is distributed between the group and not the other fish. i had no probs with that and they looked really cool

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few more pics taken today, nowt particularly special, didn't get any great shots today with the camera on any fish, but perhaps still worth a look?

Juvenile Juidochromis lurking about!



My big male Red Zebra, i had the flash on by mistake, but like the pic



Neolamprologus Tretocephalus, centre of picture



Red Zebra, centre of picture



Feeding time, some pics from above, the "pond/koi" look

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looking good alex!

The Neolamprologus Tretocephalus's look so much like frontosas!