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jgentry BAPS Posts: 1,492	Why I like Africans Nov 6, 2012 20:39:27 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jgentry on Nov 6, 2012 20:39:27 GMT -6 Big tanks are key. They need lots of space much like CA cichlids.

davidtcb1 Officer Posts: 2,001	Why I like Africans Nov 6, 2012 20:47:11 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by davidtcb1 on Nov 6, 2012 20:47:11 GMT -6 75s? 90s? 150s?

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Why I like Africans Nov 7, 2012 7:46:22 GMT -6

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My opinion, but only kept a few, one can go in a 55. Two you need a 220. I have some in now that seem to be getting along, but few appreciate them and I sit on them for a long time.

Like other Africans, I would do 1 male and multiple females. I haven't tried an all male tank with them, JD will have to give his thoughts. I have sold him quite a few of the cool ones, but he came day I picked them up from airport, so I didn't have a chance to play with them.

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jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	Why I like Africans Nov 7, 2012 7:47:25 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on Nov 7, 2012 7:47:25 GMT -6 They do have some cool looks to them.
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jgentry BAPS Posts: 1,492	Why I like Africans Nov 7, 2012 16:04:42 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jgentry on Nov 7, 2012 16:04:42 GMT -6 Speaking of that. Any chance of another old world order soon?

jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	Why I like Africans Nov 7, 2012 16:37:23 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on Nov 7, 2012 16:37:23 GMT -6 after thanksgiving
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jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	Why I like Africans Nov 8, 2012 6:42:02 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on Nov 8, 2012 6:42:02 GMT -6 Take that back, maybe next week
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jon carman Administrator http://www.riftfish.com Posts: 4,195	Why I like Africans Nov 17, 2012 8:34:34 GMT -6 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by jon carman on Nov 17, 2012 8:34:34 GMT -6 Cool study www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16796139/ns/technology_and_science-science/t/fish-capable-human-like-logic/
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Why I like Africans Nov 17, 2012 11:12:57 GMT -6

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From Wikipedia:

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cichlid#section_4

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gondwanan

Cichlidae in the order Perciformes. Cichlids are members of a group known as the Labroidei along with the wrasses (Labridae), damselfish (Pomacentridae), and surfperches (Embiotocidae).

With the exception of the species from Cuba and Hispaniola, cichlids have not reached any oceanic island and have a predominantly Gondwanan distribution, showing the precise sister relationships predicted by vicariance: Africa-South America and India-Madagascar. [36]

The dispersal hypothesis, in contrast, requires cichlids to have negotiated thousands of kilometers of open ocean between India and Madagascar without colonizing any other island or, for that matter, crossing the Mozambique Channel to Africa. Although the vast majority of Malagasy cichlids are entirely restricted to freshwater, Ptychochromis grandidieri and Paretroplus polyactis are commonly found in coastal brackish water and they are apparently salt tolerant, [37][38] as is also the case for Etroplus maculatus and E. suratensis from India

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