river rock looks great IMHO, and its free.. here's mine, 273lbs of natural river rock. total cost (even with sand substrate) = 7$
Setting up African Cichlid Tank
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Careful stocking required for that tank - you have a couple of decisions to make early on - malawi or tanganyikan for a start.
If malawi, you'd be mad to try anything but mbuna...then you need to decide all male (tricky) or a couple of groups of mixed male female (one male in each group, say 2 females).
A lot of people will say your tank is however basically too small for malawi and I would find it a little bit hard to disagree.
Perfect size for some small tanganyikans and say a compressiceps or a single tretocephalus though.
If malawi, you'd be mad to try anything but mbuna...then you need to decide all male (tricky) or a couple of groups of mixed male female (one male in each group, say 2 females).
A lot of people will say your tank is however basically too small for malawi and I would find it a little bit hard to disagree.
Perfect size for some small tanganyikans and say a compressiceps or a single tretocephalus though.
Would be ok if I only had around 4-5 fish in there? And then when I think they're too big for the tank (which will take a long time for them to grow) I can sell them for a little extra cash.:iagree:
3 feet is too small IMO for malawi...perfect for tangs however
Do you think I should just make tank setup other than a cichlid one? Would that be better for me? Cause I was thinking of doing that.
Nice tankriver rock looks great IMHO, and its free.. here's mine, 273lbs of natural river rock. total cost (even with sand substrate) = 7$
Generally speaking for a malawi setup I would say a standard 55 or 75 is a better size. Both are 48" which I would recommend as a minimum for a community.
You could try a single species with about 3 or 4 females for one male. That however would ensure fry, which not everyone has the room for or the resources to sell. It's really up to you.
no silicone. I used small peices of slate to make sure everything was solid before i left it.pre98zetec: did you silicone (not silicon) the rocks together to prevent them from toppling? just curious.
also, i note some tiger barbs in there...
Are the fry easy to raise?Generally speaking for a malawi setup I would say a standard 55 or 75 is a better size. Both are 48" which I would recommend as a minimum for a community.
You could try a single species with about 3 or 4 females for one male. That however would ensure fry, which not everyone has the room for or the resources to sell. It's really up to you.
