river rock looks great IMHO, and its free.. here's mine, 273lbs of natural river rock. total cost (even with sand substrate) = 7$
Setting up African Cichlid Tank
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Careful stocking required for that tank - you have a couple of decisions to make early on - malawi or tanganyikan for a start.
If malawi, you'd be mad to try anything but mbuna...then you need to decide all male (tricky) or a couple of groups of mixed male female (one male in each group, say 2 females).
A lot of people will say your tank is however basically too small for malawi and I would find it a little bit hard to disagree.
Perfect size for some small tanganyikans and say a compressiceps or a single tretocephalus though.
If malawi, you'd be mad to try anything but mbuna...then you need to decide all male (tricky) or a couple of groups of mixed male female (one male in each group, say 2 females).
A lot of people will say your tank is however basically too small for malawi and I would find it a little bit hard to disagree.
Perfect size for some small tanganyikans and say a compressiceps or a single tretocephalus though.
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3 feet is too small IMO for malawi...perfect for tangs however
Would be ok if I only had around 4-5 fish in there? And then when I think they're too big for the tank (which will take a long time for them to grow) I can sell them for a little extra cash.
Do you think I should just make tank setup other than a cichlid one? Would that be better for me? Cause I was thinking of doing that.
river rock looks great IMHO, and its free.. here's mine, 273lbs of natural river rock. total cost (even with sand substrate) = 7$
Nice tank
Generally speaking for a malawi setup I would say a standard 55 or 75 is a better size. Both are 48" which I would recommend as a minimum for a community.
You could try a single species with about 3 or 4 females for one male. That however would ensure fry, which not everyone has the room for or the resources to sell. It's really up to you.
no silicone. I used small peices of slate to make sure everything was solid before i left it.pre98zetec: did you silicone (not silicon) the rocks together to prevent them from toppling? just curious.
also, i note some tiger barbs in there...
Generally speaking for a malawi setup I would say a standard 55 or 75 is a better size. Both are 48" which I would recommend as a minimum for a community.
You could try a single species with about 3 or 4 females for one male. That however would ensure fry, which not everyone has the room for or the resources to sell. It's really up to you.
Are the fry easy to raise?
