Breeding African cichlids?

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  1. JJL

    JJL Purple Tang

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    My friend is setting up a 150 gallon cichlid tank. He is planning to get 14 fish and have them breed.He asked me how to breed them or if he could breed them, but I have no idea. How hard is this to do? Can you do it in a 150 gallon?
     
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  2. JJL

    JJL Purple Tang

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    Bumpity, bump, bump
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  3. Foreverfishy

    Foreverfishy Purple Spiny Lobster

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  4. fishboyt

    fishboyt Bristle Worm

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    I quit trying to breed mine and they bred. ::)
     
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  5. Mr. Bill

    Mr. Bill Native Floridian

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    I had 1 mated pair in a 29g a few years ago- they wouldn't stop breeding. Just gave them clean water, a couple rocks and plastic plants to swim around, and fed them frozen brine, mysis and bloodworms.
     
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