FrankSlapperinni
Fish Herder
I have been Planning for my 75 gallon Mbuna tank for ages, and yesterday I finally ordered all of the equipment and had my LFS ship in a new 75 gallon tank.
Since the equipment will be coming soon, I have been doing more research, just to touch up on the finer points of the fish I will be keeping, and I've been feeling more and more like having clown loach's for bottom feeders is a bad Idea.
The Mbuna I planned to stock are not overly aggressive ones (Labidochromis hongi , Cynotilapia axelrodi, Pseudotropheus acei, Pseudotropheus Saulosi, Iodotropheus Sprengerae), but I would not want the Loach's to be injured/killed all the same. The other reason I had to worry is that my water is fairly incompatible with most fish (except cichlids), with a pH around 7.9-8.2, and I've read the upper extreme for a clown loach is around 7.5.
So I was wondering if anyone else had any recommendations for me. I know I've seen FreshMikes frontosa tank is stocked with clown Loach's, but Frontosa strike me as more of slow moving indifferent cichlids, unlike Mbuna, I also don't know how high his pH is. I planned on having tons of rocks and hiding places, and I was thinking of ordering semi adult loachs off-line (or through my pet store if possible), so that maybe they could acclimatise better and be able to defend themselves better.
What do you think?
I also realise this should be in Cichlids, but The tank is comming tomorrow and the equipment shortly after (
), so I want to have an answer right away. ![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Since the equipment will be coming soon, I have been doing more research, just to touch up on the finer points of the fish I will be keeping, and I've been feeling more and more like having clown loach's for bottom feeders is a bad Idea.
The Mbuna I planned to stock are not overly aggressive ones (Labidochromis hongi , Cynotilapia axelrodi, Pseudotropheus acei, Pseudotropheus Saulosi, Iodotropheus Sprengerae), but I would not want the Loach's to be injured/killed all the same. The other reason I had to worry is that my water is fairly incompatible with most fish (except cichlids), with a pH around 7.9-8.2, and I've read the upper extreme for a clown loach is around 7.5.
So I was wondering if anyone else had any recommendations for me. I know I've seen FreshMikes frontosa tank is stocked with clown Loach's, but Frontosa strike me as more of slow moving indifferent cichlids, unlike Mbuna, I also don't know how high his pH is. I planned on having tons of rocks and hiding places, and I was thinking of ordering semi adult loachs off-line (or through my pet store if possible), so that maybe they could acclimatise better and be able to defend themselves better.
What do you think?
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I also realise this should be in Cichlids, but The tank is comming tomorrow and the equipment shortly after (
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