Starting A Mbuna Tank

[kpris]

I have a question about starting a mbuna tank.
I've read so far that it's best to overstock slightly to lessen the aggression towards any one particular fish but i've also read that when starting a tank you should introduce at most 3-4 fish at one time. So how exactly do i do that seeing as if i add 3 fish to begin with they'll set up their territories and what not during that 2 weeks or so that i wait to add my next clumpet of fish?
Also if that's how you're meant to do it, and just rearrange the rocks every time, then do i start adding the smallest, least aggressive fish first and then the most aggressive ones?
Also am i supposed to consider how much they'll grow when overstocking? Seeing as i don't forsee buying another tank any time in the near future?
And i haven't even thought about exactly how many of each species yet... i'll be posting that up later i think

 

[fry_lover]

if i were doing a mbuna tank from scratch, i'd do a real good and thorough fishless cycle, then add all the fish i want at once, not easy to arrange or practical, but thats what i would do.

 

[kpris]

XP yea that will be kind hard to arrange... I was actually thinking of buying off the internet because they pretty much have all the fish i'm interested in and will ship for a flat rate no matter how little or large your order is. Very appealing seeing as i have yet to find a pet store around that stocks more than one type of cichlid at one time...

 

[dthoffsett]

if i were doing a mbuna tank from scratch, i'd do a real good and thorough fishless cycle, then add all the fish i want at once, not easy to arrange or practical, but thats what i would do.

That's exactly what I did, I have a 75gal and fully stocked it with juveniles once my fishless cycle was done.

However, if you want to add them in stages, I'd add once species at a time starting with the least aggressive. If you start out with all juveniles you usually don't have to move rocks around unless you go with really aggressive species.

 

[kpris]

Well seeing as i plan to buy them off the Internet i might as well save on shipping and get them all at once. I plan to get them all as juveniles anyway around 4cm big.
thanks for the help