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its like keeping a corn in a 2ftx1ftx1ft glass box, feeding it a fuzzy once a week and keeping it at 75 degrees. Will it survive? Probably. Will it be happy? Probably not. Don't forget that fish are animals too - they feel pain, and you should always strive to give them the best environment possible. 
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malawis and rams together. not exactly a good idea. Just because they willlive together does't mean they should have to. 'and the firemouths as well. sorry dude but that isn't fair on any of the fish involved.
but hey your clearly not gonna listen anyway
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ive just gave up keeping malawi's & the only one that people would say you can are yellow labs but as people will advise you all malawi's are aggressive compared to tropicals
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most cichlids get big from what ive been told malawi cichlids and tanganikan cichilds can only mix with their own cichilds.
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true statment.but in some shops you will see mixed and you will get told they are ok i think when they are young / small its possible but once they get bigger thats when aggression becomes a factor.
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it's not just the aggression. The fact is that they need high pH and very hard water. Many fish come from much softer less alkaline water and should not be kept in rift valley conditions. the only fish i'd ever mix with Rift valley cichlids (thats the valley which lake malawi, tanganiyka and Lake victoria are in) are synodontis catfish. There's a few other fish you can mix in and I used to have a Mbu puffer in my malawi tank. Thats because Mbus come from Lake Tanganiyka and are too big to get killed by the cichlids.
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although i'd sell the rest and just keep Malawis why have community, when you can keep beautiful rift valley cichlids.... in a rocky tank..... and they will get big and impressive looking and show good breeding colours, and live for years...poss 15 depending on type... so many types of cichlid, try and keep to one area of the world is best....ie one water type...hard/soft, and ph....it helps them thrive...some like plants some like rocks....all cichlids will try for other fish if given a chance they are mostly (if not all) carnivorous.... and some get real BIG and agressive.... a convict(zebra) cichlid will keep half a tank empty of just him and his mate when he feels like it.... good luck in your endeavours....
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Hello just a bit of addy on the malawi's Dont mix ya haplachromis and your mbuna together.If you are keeping them make sure you overstock the tank and beef up the normal filtration to cope with this the idea of this is to control the agresion the same fish doesnt get picked on although it has been known for the tank to turn on single fish .Be careful with your selection too many males and all hell will break loose,there are different species and temperaments some being highly aggressive some being not so.The differnt species need different dietary needs aswell, Ive kept them for years now and im still learning.
Good luck oh and join this forum Lake Malawi Cichlids • Index page and have a lil look at this malawi cichlids
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i used to keep fish quite a few years ago now and i kept kribs in a community tanks with no problems at all...rams seem fine with other fish too , ive also kept firemouth cichlids in a community with no problems aswell
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