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Could be a hierarchy thing. Tetras establish pecking orders, and the darting might be lower-ranked fish avoiding bullies. Watch for nipped fins.

Thanks, I think I'll hold off for now and just stick with what I've got, appreciate the advice though.

ive got 180lts of water space and planning on adding some caves too

Anyone got any advice on this, been looking for an answer.

hey, been checking out kribensis and i'm really keen on getting a few, got a single cockatoo cichlid atm
my question is simple - can i keep kribensis with my cockatoo cichlid together

cheers

When I add more fish, I'm better off adding ones that are clearly different in their markings, right?

so i'm wondering do they all interbreed or is it just a few species that cross over. i dont want a tank full of hybrids lol

The cobalt blues are looking great, one's really taken charge and grown well.
The saulosi are growing, still all orange/yellow though, no blue ones yet.
Do you remember where you got the Socolofi from, I might give them a shout and see if they can help with the ID.
I'm thinking of moving the ...

ive also found some Kenyi Cichlids, could these be the ones i have?

just had a look at my socolofi and i'm wondering if they might be lombardoi instead, what do you think??

this is a male lombardoi, mine looks like this one too

this is a socolofi, but mine doesn't look like this one now

this is a female lombardoi, and i'm thinking mine might be similar

found ...