african tank

daisycutter

ive just recently setup a new 25 gallon cube tank to replace my rather tatty looking 20 and was wondering if i could use this for a small african setup the only occupant is a small syno cat
suggested species?(if atall)
some books suggest juliddochromis species any thoghts?
(i would use the ciclidforum but im banned for using the c word)

SinisterKisses

I wouldn't put any malawis in there, but you could definitely do some smaller Tangs. Julies, leleupi, brichardi or pulcher, any of the shelldwellers...

daisycutter

im going to try one of the cookie cutter setups sugested by ciclid forums libary and see how that goes

Falina

I don't know a lot about cichlids but the only thing I would say is to avoid any cichlid that is too territorial, or that enjoys caves. I tried cichlids in a tank (35g) with 2 synosontis and it caused all sorts of problems because despite there being a few different places to hide, the synos were all too eager to claim them all, and the ciclids wanted them and so resorted to bullying each other and other fish.