Doesnt Look Like A Match Made In Heaven

[markandhisfish]

il pm you a link to the site i got the flash from above idea from as its another forum so i cant name it here

 

[simonas]

shame mark as you seemed so keen on these two!

seen the thread in the african cichlid section - is that for another tank or are you saying goodbye to the oscars?

long story lol . undecided at the moment . im in 1 of those dont know what i want states. a big part of the hobby im getting really into now is aquatic photography . im about to set up an overhead flash setup specificly for fish photography and to be honest theres only so much you can do with just 2 fish in a tank photography wise. plus the missus would be more interested in the tank if it was all breathtaking colour and loads of activity . and shes said if i wanted to do an mbuna tank shes willing to give me a fat wad of cash to set it up . that combined with the more exciting aquatic photography possibilities i must admit im finding extremely hard to resist. also im getting towards thinkng that just being fully stocked with 2 fish is a kind of a waste of a big tank . but nothing is set in stone yet im just doing some research .

you sound like me!! lol

I kept my two larger oscars in an oddball community and had no issues at all only with a synspilum and a pike I added, all other non cichlids were fine with them

why don;t you go for some oddballs with them once these two have grown up a bit

 

[markandhisfish]

i think if i do change anything mate its gonna be mbuna . always loved those colours. see this is why ineed multiple big tanks

 

[simonas]

its funny cos if you saw a couple of my posts last night I was saying the same about african lake cichlids!!! definately an itch I want to scratch

 

[markandhisfish]

its an itch ive wanted to scratch for a long long time .

 

[kaivalagi]

You need ointment for all this itching

 

[markandhisfish]

or about 3 or 4 big tanks

 

[minxfishy]

Dont give up on them yet, I dont think Mbuna will do 'it' for you, just my personal opinion, but apart from being colourful they're not interactive like NW cichlids are.

 

[bonzo]

+1 Theyre as boring as hell. Not interactive at all

 

[markandhisfish]

tbh mags im as good as decided . pretty much all ive ever kept is new worlds i think i need a change of direction , im just not enjoying watching my tank these days . i feed it clean it etc but thats it . i dont enjoy it any more . i keep looking at the tank thinking what a waste of a 100g tank when youre fully stocked with 2 fish. ive always fancied african cichlids in general , particularly mbuna , so im gonna have some fun with my tank and fill it with colour and activity .

+1 Theyre as boring as hell. Not interactive at all

been there done that , i need a change

 

[minxfishy]

ronnie and reggie

 

[bonzo]

I can understand how you feel about wasting a tank on 2 fish.

 

[markandhisfish]

yeah i need more variety

 

[kaivalagi]

Definitely sounds like you need 2 tanks...one as you have for clever interactive wet pets and another for a big colourful mbuna collection...or get one massive tank and have a big colourful CA collection (like Lee Nuttall has: http/www.youtube.com/user/lee1973n)

edit: I see you have a thread for mbuna stock choices already, good luck with it all...see you in here when you decide to go NW again

 

[markandhisfish]

yeah thats a beast of a tank aint it .