My new 100 gallon mbuna setup

cdfishie123

cdfishie123

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I just changed my old 100 gallon into a mbuna tank. It has 100 lbs of #m colorquartz s-grade smoke and about 150 lbs of rock. it is currently stocked with up to 3" fish

10-15 yellow labs
3 red zebras
1 blue cobalt
1 socolofi
2 maingano
2 kenyii
2 p. acei (holding)
3 aurotus
1 peacock
2 gouramis
auratus, yellow lab, kenyii, and red zebra fry

its running on an old magnum 350 canister filter.

tell me what you think and what i should do to make it better

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That's going to be a aggressive tank my friend i would remove the Gourami as for its out of place but nevertheless it looks sweet with the rocks and sand..
 
Lovely looking tank! I feel afraid about the gourami, but also about the peacock with those kenyi and auratus being there.
 
thanks guys
yea i know bout the gouramis. just had to put them somewhere for a little while. theyre doin awesome though. and yea i am going to buy a penguin or an emperor for it. i am also gonna paint the back black. i want to put some more rocks in but will the tank hold? its glass and at the bottom there's eggcrate. also the stand is topless.
I want to add some more fish, any suggestions? i will trade some of my labs for somethin else. thanks for the complimets
 
About the rocks, if there is an egg crate you can add more rocks without any problems. I have a 55gal on a topless stand, egg crate and 150 lbs of rock; working good for a full year now. I have known about tanks as yours with more than 200 lbs in it.
About fish additions, I think it would be better to increase the #s of some of your current species to 5 or 6 each; to spread aggression among more individuals of the same species.
 
If the bottom glass is tempered (and it most probably is), the tank will hold more than you think, irregardless if the stand is topless or otherwise, so go for it.

I would trade in the auratus and kenyi instead, maybe downsize the labs in half and add more fish to each group (at least 3 females to a male, a few more for red zebra to avoid them interbreeding with labs).

In my experience the hybrid peacocks do fine with milder mbuna (not the crazy aggressive species though, like auratus or kenyi), my firefish did fine in an mbuna tank.
 
I said to increase the #s of some species but not all of them, because as ibr3ak, I think you should trade the auratus and kenyi for their aggressiveness.
 
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