Going Mixed African.....please Dont Hate Me!

[Stoty]

Yup. That is all i have access to in my area. Only one shop (petsmart) has specific species and they are not what i want - click here to see Mixed africans are cheap (juvis $1.99 - $2.99 each usd). I can identify quite a few, but being that it is a mixed selection i have no idea if they are pure breads. I have a 60 gallon that i am planning on loading with mixed juvis of all sorts. I will try my best to weed out the problems as they occur. Don't worry, no fish born in my tank will leave my tank unless it is dead. I will play by the rules. This is my first mbuna tank. I wish i had more selections but i don't. I cannot afford to order live fish. Way too much money. My main concern is that i don't accidentally add any haps. I will post a vid of a mixed african tank at my lfs. Very beautiful fish. Wish me luck, and please dont hate.

 

[markandhisfish]

hi where are you based? it doesnt have to be expensive to get decent mbuna . there are plenty of hobby breeders about and they are always much cheaper than shops etc .

edit: from the dollar signs obviously you are in the us . in england weve got a site called aquarist classifieds , maybe you have a us equivalent? or another way to go could be to join some us based specialist cichlid forums and browse their for sale sections

 

[Binge]

hi where are you based? it doesnt have to be expensive to get decent mbuna . there are plenty of hobby breeders about and they are always much cheaper than shops etc .

edit: from the dollar signs obviously you are in the us . in england weve got a site called aquarist classifieds , maybe you have a us equivalent? or another way to go could be to join some us based specialist cichlid forums and browse their for sale sections

we have aquabid here.