mbuna cich;ids

[lanabell]

I have been looking into gettinga fish tank, between a 55-75 gallon, Iam looking into getting mduna cichlids. The types I want to get are the coblat blue zebra,red zebra, kenyi, lemon yellow, johanni, marmalade cat. I don't know if they are compatable or not, I would apprecaited any helpful suggestion that anyone might have. I have tried looking all over the web, and there wasn't much infomation, that could be of help.

 

[Simplehope]

Hello, I don't know alot about them my daughter likes those and has found that the different types come from different lakes or rivers. And you need to match the temperture, ph and amount of allowable water changes to lake or river your fish came from and naturally include only those fish that also came from the same enviorment.
It seems that a larger group is better natured than a small few terrortal ones. And a hiding place for each one is good.
I would advise you to look at some of the cool tank set ups on the site. Happy fishing.

 

[vantgE]

You'll get alot more info useing scientific names,
Pseudotropheus, demqasoni, Maylandia lombardoi, melanchromis johanni, maylandia estheraethose are compatible but theres more than picking just fish you need to achieve at least 3 females to every male for each species and i don not have any idea of what the marmalade cat is but scroll down the main index to the african cichlids section for more help

and as above you do have to be a little carfull about what you keep with them but this is true for all fish yours are african and there are three lakes malawi, tangykian, and victorian, malawi is the most common and all of yours are mbuna which are rock dwelling species from lake malawi, there are also open water fish from lake malawi which are known as utaka these are likely not to be a good choice for your aquarium because they require much space. Lake tangykians consist of mainly (i thinjk don't know much about the tangyks) of shell dwellers and open water fish, deeper water fish, rockdwelling fish, and sandeaters, as well as shelldwellers. Lake vistoria is substantially less popular and i have no information for you on these good luck though