10 Aquarium Tips: Successful African Cichlid Keeping

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Ten tips that can help establish and maintain a successful African Cichlid tank. Taken from some hard won experience.
A big shout out to the following YouTube channels that have been very helpful to me: KG Tropicals, Pond Guru, Jay Wilson, Lou9294, Cichlid Madman, Mbuna Marcus, Steve Poland, Robert Lee, IFG, HalfMan HalfCichlid, robOzwrld and those I know I missed (sorry).
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Filters:
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