Malawi Stocking Idea

[JohnRossDele]

Hi all, will this work

5 electric yellow labs, 5 bumblebee cichlids, 5 red top ice blue cichlids, 8 Metriaclima Zebras

Electric yellow lab = Labidochromis caeruleus
Bumblebee cichlid = Pseudotropheus crabro
Red Top Ice Blue = Pseudotropheus greshakei
Metriaclima Zebra = Metriaclima Zebra

all of them in a 240litre Juwel Rio, with a typical malawi rock aquacape, 25*C, coral sand & plenty of territorial boundaries

 

[dthoffsett]

Afraid not johnross. P.crabro are very aggressive when kept in groups and should be in a 6ft species tank, they can however be kept as a single specimen with very few problems.

If you went with 1 crabro and the others you listed, you'd be fully stocked.

 

[JohnRossDele]

Ok, then this stocking should be fine

5 electric yellow labs, 5 red top ice blue cichlids, 8 Metriaclima Zebras