yellow lab & cobalt zebra

[vantgE]

Whats your tank size? current fish stock? filtration? and decor?

 

[veen]

50 gal tank. aquaclear 70 hang on filter. 4 yellow lab juvies, 2 blue zebra juvies. some fake plants. some fake caves. a few real rocks with caves in them. a heater and a fan. i feed them spirulina flakes and freeze-dried blood worms (worms only occasionally).

 

[julibob]

My malawis are young as well, and when I bought them the LFS said that the regular pellets would be to big for them and recommended Hikari Cichlid Baby Pellets which they are absolutely fine with. As they grow I will increase the size.

Julia

 

[veen]

thanks, i will look for some of those.

 

[Soaup]

Aqua clear 70? I believe that might be too small not only that but ive never heard of an aqua clear 70. Might be a typo but an aqua clear 150 is good for 30 gallons tops. I have a 500 on a 55 gallon tank.

 

[veen]

this is the exact one i have.

http/marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=HG10615

 

[Soaup]

Thats odd, its like the number basis that i was so used to mini-150-200-300-500 is completely gone. How old is the filter, Im curious as to why i cant find my filter forsale on your link.

 

[veen]

hm, the filter itself is a little over a month. the tank i've had for about the same. i bought a tiny one for my 2.5 gal saltwater tank about 2 mos ago maybe. i think it was the ac 20. the smallest one they had in my lfs.

 

[Soaup]

hm, the filter itself is a little over a month. the tank i've had for about the same. i bought a tiny one for my 2.5 gal saltwater tank about 2 mos ago maybe. i think it was the ac 20. the smallest one they had in my lfs.

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Ok thanks, they probably changed their number system around.. I havent bought a filter in over 2 years but i have 2 200's 1 150 and 1 500.. Yeah

 

[vantgE]

Try to get 12 to 16 mbuna fish,
These other mbuna species that you should add should be in a male to female ratio of 1 to 3 or singularily, the yellows will be fine without this, but either get rid of a cobalt or get some more so you have 3 females and a male. Specifically see what your stores have in stock now, most will work but avoid other abidochromis species, and agresive ones such as Melanchromis auratus, Maylandia lombardoi, Maylandia crabo...
The tank should be setup with lot's of caves, rocks work the natural look but clay pots or anything else is good fill up the tank alot with decor sounds like your on theright track here

Your filtration should be alright if you keep up with maintenance these are messy fish and they should be heavily stocked so a little more extra wouldn't hurt.

Also never feed bloodworms to your mbuna

Make sure you read the pinned mbuna article in this section

 

[veen]

Try to get 12 to 16 mbuna fish,
These other mbuna species that you should add should be in a male to female ratio of 1 to 3 or singularily, the yellows will be fine without this, but either get rid of a cobalt or get some more so you have 3 females and a male. Specifically see what your stores have in stock now, most will work but avoid other abidochromis species, and agresive ones such as Melanchromis auratus, Maylandia lombardoi, Maylandia crabo...
The tank should be setup with lot's of caves, rocks work the natural look but clay pots or anything else is good fill up the tank alot with decor sounds like your on theright track here

Your filtration should be alright if you keep up with maintenance these are messy fish and they should be heavily stocked so a little more extra wouldn't hurt.

Also never feed bloodworms to your mbuna

Make sure you read the pinned mbuna article in this section

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ok, i can give back one of the cobalts to the lfs i got it from. i'll add more yellows slowly. right now they are doing ok. i will also add more rocks with caves.

as far as the bloodworms, aren't they actually mosquito larvae and not actually worms? i did read the pinned mbuna feeding post that's why i figured the bloodworms were ok, as they are an insect larvae (or so the bottle says). here's a link that says this too: http/petco.com/product_info.asp?sku=4679...94&dept_id=%2D2

 

[vantgE]

Yes they are mosquito larvae but you can't feed em, it's much to fatty, the labidochhromis caerules will benefit from some meatier supplement in their diet but daphnia, gammarus, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, and krill are the best choices.

 

[veen]

ok, i can get some daphnia and/or krill for them. i have mysis but it's solely for my saltwater fish. i also have brine but someone mentioned earlier and i've heard this before, that brine isn't nutritious enough to be fed very often.

 

[Kajuki18]

My yellow lab used to do that all the time but once i added some more yellow labs he was doing fine.

 

[freddyk]

someone mentioned earlier and i've heard this before, that brine isn't nutritious enough to be fed very often.

I hear a lot about how this or that live or frozen food is not very nutritious, but this isn't true at all. Prepared foods are still recommended as a staple diet because they've been created with everything the fish needs to live. Live and frozen foods like brine shrimp can be very healthy supplements, but the scope of their nutritional value is more limited, the reason they wouldn't work as a staple. But to say it is 'unhealthy' is misleading.