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The family Cichlidae Bonaparte (1840), is one of the major groups of teleost fishes, comprising more than 1,600 species. Nearly all of them live their entire life in freshwater. Only a few species frequent brackish water.

African Cichlids constitute a large array of almost 600 species, each with unique behavior and differing dietary and habitat requirements. Lake Tanganyika is a spectacular lake in Africa's rift valley where there are 12 different cichlid tribes living in the lake. Ingredients for this type of environment would include stripped rock, snail shells, pebbles, heavy boulder, plate-like layered rocks. Let us help you select the right product to maintain your ph, alkalinity & hardness.

Suitable Fish can include Chalinochromis brichardi, Cyphotilapia frontosa, Julidochromis dickfeldi, Marlieri, Ornatis, and Regani, just to name a few.

South America has at least 420 species of cichlids. Central America Rocky Lake habitat is a volcanic crater lake (Lake Nicaragua, Managua & Atitlan). These lakes are very deep, steep, rocky sides and hard alkaline water.

These rivers have fish who like to be constantly moving and shoaling cichlids such as Firemouth, Black Belt, Red Devil, Gold, Firehead, Tricolor, Rose-Breasted,Rainbow, Blue-Eyed, Jaguar, and Plecostomus, and Rhamada Catfish.