New 200L Mbuna tank

[OscarRomeoFiveTwo]

Just set up my new 200LMbuma tank. All ready for some fish

And Can anyone help to ID these juvenile Mbuna?

 

[Colin_T]

If the tank in the picture is your new tank, you need more hiding places for the cichlids or only have a few fish in there.

The blue ones with the yellow tail look like Pseudotropheus acei (quite a nice peaceful fish). Males have yellow egg spots on the anal (bottom) fin.

The yellow ones look like yellow zebras (Maylandia estherae). these are an angry fish.

The blue striped fish looks like a female Maylandia lombardoi (formerly Pseudotropheus lombardi). The males are yellow with stripes. The stripes fade a bit as they get older. This species is extremely territorial and aggressive.

All the fish in the pictures appear young and skinny. It's a good idea to deworm any fish you get while they are in quarantine.

The fish are all African Rift Lake cichlids that need water with a pH around 7.6 and a GH around 300ppm.

@Wills might be able to confirm the fish

 

[Wills]

Thanks Colin

I agree the blue and yellow ones are Acei but think the yellow ones are Yellow Labs rather than Red Zebras. The striped one I’m not sure of but looks more like a tanganyikan than a Malawi?

I agree with Colin that you will need much more stuff preferably rocks in the tank. Mbuna means rock fish so these species spend their lives in and out of rocks.

200 litres is going to be a bit tight for a mixed mbuna tank too - I’d have probably recommended a single group of Saulosi as your footprint isn’t the best right now.

 

[OscarRomeoFiveTwo]

Thanks some useful information..I have added and am adding more rock couple of pics from today.