Most impressive cichlids for 3 x 1.5 tank

[yhbae]

What would be the most impressive looking setup for 3ft x 1.5ft tank? I'm thinking Lake Malawi's, with Saulosi's and Lab.C's, but your recomendations are welcome... I feel this tank is slightly too small for most of the Malawi species...

[valerie]

What is the gallons?

A small group of yellow labs and saulosi would make a nice tank setup. The saulosi stay smaller and both species are relatively peaceful.

Good choice:D

Now depending on how many gallons the tank is, you may be able to only have a few or a group.

[Raf]

I would say a trio of one species of Malawi Peacocks along with a group of either yellow labs or saulosis would look nice.

:)

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

peacocks would be awsome or maybe a salvini but in not sure on their over all size they get nice teeth also

[PumaWard]

How about a colony of Neolamprologus leleupi and an Altolamprologus calvus/comprissiceps? Or maybe these guys?

Neolamprologus tretocephalus
http://www.neptuneaquatics.com/images/Neolamprologus%20Tretocephalus.jpg

http://fishprofiles.com/profiles/fw/profile.asp?id=Neolamprologus+tretocephalus Here's a profile for them.


Your tank is a 40g Breeder, right?


You could also do a planted tank with a small group (1m/3f) of some specie of Apistogramma and then have glowlights/neons/cardinals/harlequins to add to your centerpieces.

[yhbae]

Well, this one is supposed to be a 45g, the height is 16 inch.

Given this, how much Saulosi's and Lab.C can I hold? (I'm assuming I will have to buy many juvs for each species and thin them out into desirable M/F ratios).

[yhbae]

Puma, I did look into N. Lelepi's and Calvas - don't they require larger tanks? I read that Lelepi's are super aggressive as well...

[Dragon_Lord_Tia]

but super cool and are cheaper then frontosa hence"poormans frontosa"