Sun Cats with african cichlids???

[juanitoman]

would it be fine to keep 2 sun cats in a 100gal with some medium sized African OB peacocks??
ive kept a sun cat for about 2 1/2yr with an 12" oscar & 9" 4-line pim,
but im wondering if i two would do fine with medium sized(6" max) african cichlids????

[MatsP]

Sun cats should grow to at least 12" - our Cat-eLog says 18". So no, it's not OK in a 100g tank, and I suspect your OB peacocks would become lunch at some point if the fish is kept in good enough conditions to reach its full potential size.

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Mats

[juanitoman]

im not gonna keep them in the 100gal permanently. i want to upgrage to maybe atleast a 200 in a year or 2.
sun cats are real slow growers i know that. only about an 1 1/2 - 2" a year. im just want to know if its fine to keep them together??

[MatsP]

Life has a tendency to throw the odd wobbly at times, so I prefer the method of "get the tank first, then the fish"...

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Mats

[juanitoman]

well then what kind of asian or south american cats could i keep with malawi cichlids??..................

[Bas Pels]

South america has wrong water - so they would not combine. Asia - much of the same

Lake Malawi has - as far as I know - 1 species of synodontis, S nyassae, which is rare and expensive. However, Lake tanganjica has a few more species, which come from similar water and are used to riftlake cichlids

So I'd suggest these

[MatsP]

Also, most of Texas has hard/alkaline water, which suits fish from the Rift Lakes in Africa and the fish of Central America better than the soft/acidic water loving fish from South America and most of Asia.

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Mats