Lake Victoria Cichlid Care

[Plecc]

Hi,

Does anyone know the care requirements of these two fish?

. Pundamilia Nyererei Makobe
. Pundamilia Senga Point

Any info would be very helpful.

 

[njstockley]

Their care is really quite simple - very similar to Mbuna but omnivores rather than vegi and comparatively less agressive (but they are still cichlids!) - they're also from an African rift lake so would be best suited to higher pH etc etc. Also need some rock work in there and 1 male to every 3 females. The males of each are genuinel beautiful but females are comparitively dull. There is a bit of a gap online when it comes to Victorian Cichlid care but can share some interesting sites if you wanted.

What kind of set up are you thinking of?

 

[Plecc]

thanks for the reply,

The website links would be great! I have been really struggling to turn up any good info on these two.

As for the setup, I'm not really sure.
I have a 3x1x1.5ft tank 120L i think and good filtration (1000L/h ish). I would like the decor to be just sand and rock.
My tap water is Hardness - 250PPM with pH8.5.
Oh and i will most likely be running an algae scrubber.

I would really like to try and breed Firemouth Cichlids, but I think this tank is a bit too small for them, what do you think?

 

[njstockley]

I've never kept Pundamilia but think that 3ft would be a bit on the small side. 4ft would be much better. Males can be nasty. Seriously Fish is always a good starting point for research although I would always look for more opinions and sources to see if it backs up / contradicts what it says there. There are only a couple of specialist Victorian Cichlid sites that I've found.

Wouldn't know about Firemouths sorry. They've never appealed to me - maybe ask in the New World section. A tang setup would be quite an interesting alternative, and there are some members who've set them up recently and they look great.

 

[Plecc]

I have taken a serious look at some of the tang's available and their requirements.
And i must say they are very appealing and well suited to my standard water stats!
Can you recommend anywhere I can browse through images of different Tanganyikan cichlids?

For some reason the online suppliers and my local breeders don't stock many at all, any idea why this is?

 

[jkarlson]

http/www.davesfish.com/index.php


It's a US online fish store, but he clearly labels all the Tangs and Malawi and such. Actually used it to find the Tangs I wanted as well.

 

[Plecc]

Thats great!

Thank you very much both of you.