ok who can help me with Mbuna Cichlids

[RWinfrey]

i know all about the set up and how to care for the fish. what i am looking for is stocking insight it will be a 90 gallon heavily filtered:xd:

 

[jbrooks515]

I have a 55 gallon all peacock tank and I love it. Been thru a bunch of different cichlids in the past and these guys are by far the best to keep imo

 

[betelgeuse]

Holy crap if you need some Kenya's please pm me... You can definitely come and take some and I can show you the controlled overstock I have going on in my 75 gallon mbuna tank... Been doing cichlids for more than 20 years now

 

[RWinfrey]

you guys have any pics

 

[jbrooks515]

I'll try to upload some after work today. I've been running my cichlid tank about 7 years now and still love it.

 

[betelgeuse]

My 75

 

[betelgeuse]

Side view

 

[RWinfrey]

That looks great

 

[betelgeuse]

Thanks... On the side view the one on the bottom is my kenyi female that has bred several times.... I have a bunch of tiny guys right now if you want any you can have them for free

 

[RWinfrey]

sure and thanks but it will be a little while . i am redoing this for a good friend . so i will be doing a fishless cycle ala dr.tim. ... filtration will be an ehiem classic 2217 and a rena xp4 , the rock work i am using caribsea rock and there cichlid substrate, oh i forgot to mention there will be a 40 watt sterilizer.....

 

[betelgeuse]

I'm sure that whenever you are ready I will have some small cichlids that you are free to take... Just let me know

 

[jbrooks515]

Here's my tank. Hard to get good pics cause they all want to hide in the rocks

 

[tautog83]

like the look of tha tank!. I Used to have peacocks too , bangai yellow or whatever was such a sweet looking male .. Mbuna are all about overcrowding really to control with aggression and are vegeterians for most part

 

[jbrooks515]

Thanx... I used to do mbunas but I like the temperament of peacocks better. There's about 6 more in there that wouldn't come out for pictures lol. I think the sand upgrade was the best thing I ever did for my tank

 

[RWinfrey]

That looks great what kind of sand did you put in there

 

[jbrooks515]

I don't know if it's still made but its mystic white pool filter sand. Had it in there about 4 years and never had the first problem with the sand bed. Nothing gets under it like the gravel so it's super easy to keep the tank clean.

 

[RWinfrey]

Ok i found the sand does it happen to buffer your water ........so i can use a bunch of regular rocks instead of limestone

 

[jbrooks515]

Don't really know for sure but I don't use any normal rocks either. I just use the cichlid stones which are ceramic (I think) and some decorator stumps from my LFS's. My fish always stay colored up and healthy. Never had any issues

 

[betelgeuse]

I've used aragonite sand in some of my tanks... I also use dry base rock and lace rock all of that buffers the ph

 

[RWinfrey]

What about cichlid salt for mbuna's