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Postby dethmunkee on Sun Sep 23, 2001 6:52 pm

is there any african cichlids that eat other smaller fish? possible a mbuna cichild?
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Postby oscar2001 on Mon Sep 24, 2001 12:24 am

Well Im still a learner with africans but my mate Kevin says most all predatory cichlids..all peacocks, haplochromis, copalachromis, nimbochromis, even yellow labs


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Postby jrskbm on Thu Nov 01, 2001 3:35 am

in the wild, most africans are vegetarians. however, in aquariums they usually become accustomed to a meaty diet, and will most likely eat other smaller fish. you need to be careful though, some species (t. duboisi for example) can get "malawi bloat" and could die from too much meat in their diet.
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