Today I took my green terror and convict cichlids and sold them to the local fish store. I had them in a 46 gallon bow front in my living room, I initially planned on upgrading to a 100-125 gallon tank and running a American cichlid setup. But they tend to grow huge and be very aggressive (the ones I wanted to keep) and lack the color I can get going with a Mbuna setup.
I have never kept Mbuna so I'm here asking for your help, I have a stocklist I have come up with, I want a lot of color and variety while but not a blood bath (easier said then done as we all know with cichlids)
So here is my initial and probably over zealous stocklist:
First in the 46 I will grow out
-10 saulosi
-5 red zebra (metiaclima estherae)
Then I will to a 125 gallon tank and add
-5 cobalt zebra (metiaclima callanios)
-8 chalosi (pseudotropheus elongatus)
-3 albino socolofi
-6 yellow labs (labidochromis caeruleus)
This totals to 37 fish in a 125 gallon tank
The tank will be have plenty of rock with a 3d background so tons of territories and hiding places and will be well filtered by an fx5 and a 405
So let me know what you guys think, am I crazy?
If I can pull this off the colors will be amazing.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this and give me your opinion
-cheers, Brian
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I have never kept Mbuna so I'm here asking for your help, I have a stocklist I have come up with, I want a lot of color and variety while but not a blood bath (easier said then done as we all know with cichlids)
So here is my initial and probably over zealous stocklist:
First in the 46 I will grow out
-10 saulosi
-5 red zebra (metiaclima estherae)
Then I will to a 125 gallon tank and add
-5 cobalt zebra (metiaclima callanios)
-8 chalosi (pseudotropheus elongatus)
-3 albino socolofi
-6 yellow labs (labidochromis caeruleus)
This totals to 37 fish in a 125 gallon tank
The tank will be have plenty of rock with a 3d background so tons of territories and hiding places and will be well filtered by an fx5 and a 405
So let me know what you guys think, am I crazy?
If I can pull this off the colors will be amazing.
Thanks for taking the time to read all this and give me your opinion
-cheers, Brian
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