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Originally Posted by slodave
Hugh,
African Chiclids require special salts/minerals that mimic their habitat. As far as I know, you can't add them to a regular freshwater tank. Your tank is not really setup for their habitat either.
I usually let nature take its course and let the big fish eat the fry (I'd only see two or three), but this last time, too many survived. I'm not too keen on having them in my tank as they get older. The four I already have are siblings (I think), I don't care to dilute the gene pool any further.
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You can add water conditioner for chichlids but in about 7 years I never have. They do like harder water so if your water is exceptionally soft you would want to add condiditioner.
Guppies and other fish will be breakfast for chichlids. I have had plecos and clown loaches in with them and they seemed fine.
To set your tank up for Chichlids you need to stack rock top to bottom on your tank to provide hiding places for the fish. They need to define territories and thats what the rock provides.