Mbuna Pictures
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Jill-O
All American Girl (all grown up)
CWO4GUNNER
USN/USCG 1974-2004 Weps
Very beautiful. By the way those red and black shark looking bottom feeders I have also seen at VetSmart. Do they do well with Mbuna and are they helpful with discarded food? I never bought any cause Iv heard they are aggressive with regular tropicals, but now that I see them in your Mbuna tank Im interested!
Red tail sharks are hit or miss in a mbuna tank. I've been trying it out and so far he has some torn fins but can take care of himself. He's still really small and I know as he gets bigger he will get more aggressive. As he grows I will have to keep an eye on him. One of the biggest things I'm avoiding is any fish that are bright orange or red. I have heard of them going after red zebras because of the color. I know another member had their OB zebra beat up by a large red tail. So I have avoided this color. I have read a lot about it working out but sometimes it doesn't.
He doesn't really clean up much food. He grabs flakes and east algae off the rocks all day. He also likes veggies. My real clean up crew/fry control are my syno petricola. They are from lake Tanganyika and like the same parameters. My mbuna tried to eat them when I first put them in but spit them out quickly. They have sharp spines.
Honestly I'm not sure how the red tail or synos would stand up to some of the mbuna you have. You do have some really aggressive species.
He doesn't really clean up much food. He grabs flakes and east algae off the rocks all day. He also likes veggies. My real clean up crew/fry control are my syno petricola. They are from lake Tanganyika and like the same parameters. My mbuna tried to eat them when I first put them in but spit them out quickly. They have sharp spines.
Honestly I'm not sure how the red tail or synos would stand up to some of the mbuna you have. You do have some really aggressive species.
CWO4GUNNER
USN/USCG 1974-2004 Weps
Wow thanks, glad I found that out I was about to go treat myself LOL.
There is another strange type of Mbuna that I cant remember the weird name and I cant find in the species list. They are at my local mom & pop LFS and they have different colors and patterns indicative of Mbuna but have bodies shaped like helicopters and naturally lay on the bottom sand on there bellies like a sick sick fish and have rounded mouths or lips. I have never seen these anywhere else and they LFS says they are sand siphoners and are Mbuna.
Know what the deal is with them as far as comparability?
There is another strange type of Mbuna that I cant remember the weird name and I cant find in the species list. They are at my local mom & pop LFS and they have different colors and patterns indicative of Mbuna but have bodies shaped like helicopters and naturally lay on the bottom sand on there bellies like a sick sick fish and have rounded mouths or lips. I have never seen these anywhere else and they LFS says they are sand siphoners and are Mbuna.
Know what the deal is with them as far as comparability?
That doesn't sound like mbuna. Mbuna have enlongated bodies so they can move between the rocks. What you are describing is a deep bodied fish. I'm not sure at all what they are. I think I would need a picture. What color are they? Mbuna are very active and should be swimming around not laying on the bottom.
There are some lake tanganyika sand sifters.
There are some lake tanganyika sand sifters.
