New 85 Gallon Tank

[ChiNA MaN]

i got a 85 gallon fish tank to be stocked so if anyone has a whole setup idea that would be sweet ty

 

[ChiNA MaN]

BUMP

 

[wolfwolf]

Lake Malawi. Mbuna. Don't waste time on tetras, cories, rasboras.....

My new 75 gallon mbuna tank makes my other 2 look sick. So much motion and personality.

 

[ChiNA MaN]

I WAS THINKING CICHLIDS ;]

 

[forby3]

i agree with wolfwolf defo cichlids lake malawis

 

[ChiNA MaN]

hmm ok well where i live the LFS is full of malawi cichlids ;]


starting to lean towards cichlids and what kind of substrate and decor

 

[forby3]

nice 1 first tank in my sig is lake malawi just full of yellow labs few yellow tailed acei and some livinstonii just till they get a bit bigger mind

 

[ChiNA MaN]

so how many of which and i like variety in color and wat kind of plec or at all

 

[forby3]

just make sure you over stock malawis and i think its the 1 m to 3 f rule

 

[ChiNA MaN]

why overstock??

 

[forby3]

keep the aggression down in the tank mate

 

[ChiNA MaN]

sorry new to cichlids lol but i thought that would cause more lol

 

[forby3]

no it actually helps reduce read up on cichlids first before getting them i think there is a few pinned sections in here mate

 

[ChiNA MaN]

ty

 

[forby3]

no bother mate