Wanted Chiclids

[stevie1972]

hi,just cycled my tank 2 weeks ago and am now ready for some fish,im looking for lake malawi chiclids,would appreciate if someone could post them to n ireland,i have a jewel rio 180 set up ready to go as the lhs checked my water and it is ok,thanx a lot stevie

 

[pauly]

hi,just cycled my tank 2 weeks ago and am now ready for some fish,im looking for lake malawi chiclids,would appreciate if someone could post them to n ireland,i have a jewel rio 180 set up ready to go as the lhs checked my water and it is ok,thanx a lot stevie

I've got some but you'll have to come get em.

 

[scooterchick]

hi,just cycled my tank 2 weeks ago and am now ready for some fish,im looking for lake malawi chiclids,would appreciate if someone could post them to n ireland,i have a jewel rio 180 set up ready to go as the lhs checked my water and it is ok,thanx a lot stevie

How long did you cycle your tank for? What does the LFS mean by 'ok'? Can you get your own test kit? What did you use to cycle your tank?

 

[stevie1972]

my local tropical fish shop tested the water for me and said it was fine to introduce the fish,yes i have my own test kits,just wanted to make sure with a second opinion that the water quality was good enough for the fish to be introduced,im looking to set up an african chiclids tank only,but i was wondering that is there any other species you can introduce with lake malawi chiclids,i have a large external fluval filter plus the internal filter,the advise would be great on these fish,thanx stevie

 

[Matt_northants]

my local tropical fish shop tested the water for me and said it was fine to introduce the fish,yes i have my own test kits,just wanted to make sure with a second opinion that the water quality was good enough for the fish to be introduced,im looking to set up an african chiclids tank only,but i was wondering that is there any other species you can introduce with lake malawi chiclids,i have a large external fluval filter plus the internal filter,the advise would be great on these fish,thanx stevie

IMO your tank is too small for a Malawi set-up, though you might be able to get away with a yellow lab species tank, as these arent as aggresive as other mbuna.

 

[stevie1972]

wasnt going to keep that many,maybe 5 pair thats all what do you think?

 

[rdd1952]

Hi stevie,

The reason people are asking about your water is because they have concerns about how you cycled the tank or whether it is cycled. If you simply put water in and let it run for 2 weeks, then it would not be cycled. "Cycling" is the process of building a bacteria colony to process the fish waste. Unless you introduce an ammonia source for food, then the bacteria will not form.

On a side note I see that your "Group" is "Vaidating". You need to find the email you should have received when you joined and click the link to validate your membership. Until then you will only be able to post in a limited few forums. If you never received the email (it could have gone to a junk mail folder), you can have it resent here. Make sure you can receive emails from gmail.com addresses.

 

[Matt_northants]

wasnt going to keep that many,maybe 5 pair thats all what do you think?

Pairs arent really that good a choice, you'd be better of with a male and 3 females.

 

[cheesy feet]

On a side note-Chiclids is actually cichlids

 

[dthoffsett]

wasnt going to keep that many,maybe 5 pair thats all what do you think?

Pairs arent really that good a choice, you'd be better of with a male and 3 females.

Absolutely right Matt, mbuna (rock-dwelling cichlids of Lake Malawi) are harem breeders where 1 male will breed with any availble females. So they are best kept in groups of a single male to multiple females.

I also agree that a 180 is a little small for them, however if you stick with the less agressive species such as labidochromis caeruleus, pseudotropheus saulosi, & iodotropheus sprengerae you "should" be ok. I'd also limit the total number of adults to no more than 15.