Would I Be Able To Overstock?

[guppy_man]

just set my 39gallon malawi tank up, i havent bin able to buy rocks yet, so the tank is quite bare atm, it only has ( i think ) crushed coral as substrate, not sure though .
anyway, i wanted to go for a range of different malawi's, ive been thinking, heres what i came up with ....

2x Labidochromis caeruleus, male, female
3x Pseudotropheus saulosi, 2 female 1 male
1x Pseudotropheus kingsizei
1x Labidochromis perlmutt
2x rusties male , female

so what do you think about that, will it work? or is it totally wrong, im still learning about malawi's

can you help me out?

 

[jayjay]

I'd say go for more labs and rusties.

 

[guppy_man]

how many more labs and rusties?

add another 2 labs and another rustie? or more labs?

 

[jayjay]

I'd do 1m 3f on the labs and rusties. Then maybe the salousi or one of the others.

 

[adambrum]

you should aim for 3 species of 4 with 1m-3f ratio or go for an all male tank which can be hard work aggression wise but a stunning end result.

 

[guppy_man]

ok thanks
i have 3 questions

should i buy a few fish at a time and add more fish later on, or buy as many fish as i can afford?

do you know anywhere online that sell these types of mbuna?

if so can you plz post the link?

thanks again

 

[adambrum]

ok thanks
i have 3 questions

should i buy a few fish at a time and add more fish later on, or buy as many fish as i can afford?

do you know anywhere online that sell these types of mbuna?

if so can you plz post the link?

thanks again

Q1. If your tank is matured fully then add them all at once if not then within a couple of weeks.

Q2. I can only recommend 1 mail order because i have only used 1 which is african aquatic but they are wild caught adults which are expensive. I can recommend maidenhead aquatics it hereford for a shop which is worth atrip


Q3. african aquatic