Ok did some more research and went out looking to see what was avaliable and found a lot of yellow labs. When i was reading some info on them and they seem to be a fairly good beginner cichlid. Would 4 in a 29g be good, different places say different things and is the male to female ratio that I've seen with some, the same.
Yellow Labs
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Yellow labs are a good beginner fish, they are at the low end of the aggression scale and get along with most other mbuna. However a 29 gal. is really too small, a 55 gal is usually considered the minimum for mbuna.
As far as male to female ratios 1 male to 3+ females is best. With out 3 or more females the male will chase sub dominant males and females to death.
Yellow labs have been kept in smaller tanks and if it was going to be a species only tank I think a 40 gal breeder would work for a breeding group of 8-10. But in the end if you wanted to keep other cichlids you would need to upgrade to a 55 gal or larger.
LCM
As far as male to female ratios 1 male to 3+ females is best. With out 3 or more females the male will chase sub dominant males and females to death.
Yellow labs have been kept in smaller tanks and if it was going to be a species only tank I think a 40 gal breeder would work for a breeding group of 8-10. But in the end if you wanted to keep other cichlids you would need to upgrade to a 55 gal or larger.
LCM
Thats my exact set up. One dominant male, 5 females, 1 sub male, and approx 10 juvies at any 1 time). These are my first african cichlids as well. All I can say is have lots of rock work/hiding places, especially if you don't like to see aggression.
The tank is of course not ideal, but certainly doable. You want 1 male to 3 or 4 females; basically if you see that one female is being harassed to death, add a female. You don't ideally want any more than 4 or 5 fish in there and the less the better.
Pile up the rock work, right up to the water level, and have lots and lots of caves, passages etc.
Pile up the rock work, right up to the water level, and have lots and lots of caves, passages etc.