Malawi Tank 850L

[dineshas]

Can any1 tel me the amount of malawi cichlids that could be added in my 850 litre tank ???

 

[KittyKat]

What are the dimensions? Mbuna, haps or peacocks? Which species?

 

[dineshas]

What are the dimensions? Mbuna, haps or peacocks? Which species?

size of the tank is 186cm x 50cm x 105cm . i would prefer mbuna and few peacocks that may get along well with mbuna.

 

[HappyGeorge]

Well if those dimensions are correct, then what you have is a 450 litre tank.

With good filtration you could have 25-30 easily. I have same size tank with approx 12 times filtration and a x12 powerhead and I keep 5 Syno Multis about 18 mbuna and 5 Haps.

 

[dineshas]

Well if those dimensions are correct, then what you have is a 450 litre tank.

With good filtration you could have 25-30 easily. I have same size tank with approx 12 times filtration and a x12 powerhead and I keep 5 Syno Multis about 18 mbuna and 5 Haps.

hey george thanks for ur reply . ive made a mistake in my dimension its 186cm X 50cm X 105cm. so nw can any1 tell me how many mbunas can my tank hold ??

 

[KittyKat]

What are the dimensions? Mbuna, haps or peacocks? Which species?

size of the tank is 186cm x 50cm x 105cm . i would prefer mbuna and few peacocks that may get along well with mbuna.

Well if those dimensions are correct, then what you have is a 450 litre tank.

With good filtration you could have 25-30 easily. I have same size tank with approx 12 times filtration and a x12 powerhead and I keep 5 Syno Multis about 18 mbuna and 5 Haps.

hey george thanks for ur reply . ive made a mistake in my dimension its 186cm X 50cm X 105cm. so nw can any1 tell me how many mbunas can my tank hold ??

25-30 sounds about right if you take 4" Mbuna on average..

 

[dineshas]

hey kat can ive only 25-30 fishes in my tank ?? i wish 2 add around 40 4" mbunas considering my tank is a 900L . i used the calculator in fishforums and found the capacity of my tank .

 

[Squidward]

hey kat can ive only 25-30 fishes in my tank ?? i wish 2 add around 40 4" mbunas considering my tank is a 900L . i used the calculator in fishforums and found the capacity of my tank .

I would say 40 fish in that tank should be fine.
I had 30 odd (depending on births & deaths etc) in my 240L Mbuna setup.
You need good filtration and regular water changes.

 

[KittyKat]

hey kat can ive only 25-30 fishes in my tank ?? i wish 2 add around 40 4" mbunas considering my tank is a 900L . i used the calculator in fishforums and found the capacity of my tank .

Sorry, I didn't realise you corrected the dimensions on both posts: that is over 900 litres. You should be able to have 40 odd Mbuna, assuming you provide plenty of rockwork. The problem with a tank that tall is getting oxygen into the water.. I used to work with a tank that size and the way we got around it was by having a sump (and effectively doubling the surface area), that combined with the turbulence of the overflow did it for us, but 40 fish was really the upper limit and I decided to have 4" as the longest fish.