I have 5 africans in my 55g and my slender mbuna chases my bumblebee cichlid to his corner all the time. he doesnt bother anyone else, in fact the other ones swim with him. Should i take the bumblebee back? I really like the slender mbuna so i dont think i will take him back. Well my tank is also kinda bare right now, i still gotta pill some rocks up. Where is a ggod place to get rocks for this tank and how much do they cost?
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There are lots of threads detailing what rocks to use for african tanks.
I'll throw out a couple suggestions:
-make sure you don't get any rough abraisive rocks because mbuna and the likes like to rub up against the rocks and can get hurt if they are too rough
-You can try limestone rocks because they will help raise ph to what you want
-you can buy rocks from pet stores or rock yards or go to the river and get some yourself. make sure you boil/bake/bleach the rocks to complete cleanliness.
-i would aviod white rocks because they will wash-out the colors of your fish
-make sure to silicone the rocks together or stack them really well so they don't fall. this might be hard to do if you already have water in the tank. africans are diggers and will dig the sand out from under rocks and cause them to fall. pile rocks on the bottom of the tank and put sand around them. maybe add some lighting crate to the bottom to protect the glass.
-you can use slate and stack it if you'd like, lots of people do this and it looks neat.
i hope that helps,
I'll throw out a couple suggestions:
-make sure you don't get any rough abraisive rocks because mbuna and the likes like to rub up against the rocks and can get hurt if they are too rough
-You can try limestone rocks because they will help raise ph to what you want
-you can buy rocks from pet stores or rock yards or go to the river and get some yourself. make sure you boil/bake/bleach the rocks to complete cleanliness.
-i would aviod white rocks because they will wash-out the colors of your fish
-make sure to silicone the rocks together or stack them really well so they don't fall. this might be hard to do if you already have water in the tank. africans are diggers and will dig the sand out from under rocks and cause them to fall. pile rocks on the bottom of the tank and put sand around them. maybe add some lighting crate to the bottom to protect the glass.
-you can use slate and stack it if you'd like, lots of people do this and it looks neat.
i hope that helps,