Starting My Mbuna Tank Tommorow :d :d

[Glenbo1981]

Hi I'm starting my Mbuna tank tommorow

I have a 100gallon 4ftx2ftx2ft (running to externals) tank which has been running for a few years with new world cichlids which i'm in the process of offloading/trading for malawis tomorrow.

I'm planning on replacing my black gravel with Argonite and making a 'reef' out of pebbles with some wood and anuibus.

I was given a few yellow labs and I was planning on stocking around 30 Mbuna all in all.

Shall i do ten types of Mbuna? 10 groups of 3? or do they need to be in bigger groups? I really love Yellow labs.

Another type I really like is not a Mbuna but a hap...they have that white body with the brown splotches...are these compatible with regular Mbuna?

I am a complete Malawi n00b...can anybody recommend any sites that are informative about Mbuna? so i know what to pick tomorrow?

I am planning on getting ten fish tommorow then ten fish at 2 other times to complete my stocking.

 

[mixmaster jay]

can't wait for piccies lol

 

[Glenbo1981]

You know i'll post millions

Gonna miss my Sevs but deffo time for a change!

 

[mixmaster jay]

yep you are as bad as me for pics lol well not quite hehe
yeah asame about the sevs i love them gorgeous fish

 

[Glenbo1981]

Yeh I havent got a clue what i'm going to buy

I'm deffo gonna get some more Yellow labs then i'm going to look through the Mbuna tanks and get someone to help me pick out what i want.

I know i'm going to get a Mbuna that is a solid blue colour,another that is white another that is black with stripes,the white one with the camoflage lookign brown splotches and i want to get soem that is light blue with red fins.

So probably going to get groups of 5 of each so 6 different types.

Then going to get a few more Bristlenoses.

Can anybody give me some 'common' suggestions on what i have said so i have a rough idea what to look out for? knowing the LFS i'll go looking for a mbuna and end up with a 3ft monster fish or something crazy.

 

[Glenbo1981]

Heres some pics that i have seen of fish that i want

BTW why should i not buy a Auratus? are they mega aggressive?

 

[mixmaster jay]

thats a nice selection there mate, ive only got labidochromis hongi and i think they are going to be forsale soon

 

[Glenbo1981]

I just saw those on a site...nice looking fish, will deffo look out for those tomorrow.

I'm looking at getting a trade in of about £40 for my new worlds and P@H has Mbuna buy one get one free so i should be able to get around 10 fish tomoz.

Excited!!!!!

 

[mixmaster jay]

cool thats not bad mate if you weren't so far away you could of had mine cheap
i went there today to get some rat foot lol and i ended up coming home with 9 polyboxes lol they only recycle them i could of had 30 odd but they wouldn't fit in the car lol

 

[Glenbo1981]

They are a interesting shop (P@H) lol...easy to get bargains if you know what i'm saying

 

[mixmaster jay]

well they was just having a delivery (by jmc aquatics round the corner from me they are s***e bad qualty) so i said i could do with some of these as im moving soon they just turned round and said how many lol opened thier van up and laoded the car up lol errrm thankyou lol

 

[apistogramma_lover]

Hi imo 30 fish in tank that size is not enough they should be kept in a big group as long as you got good filtration to keep the water clean. personaly in a 4x2x2 i would have 50-60 they love sand and alot of rocks.