Saulosi should work in the 30br. The other tanks I would look at a few of the west Africans like buffalo heads or Anomalochromis thomasi. There's a lot of west Africans that are really cool.
U got any GOOD pics of them...I'm not familiar to them. As far as Africans, I've done Kennyii, Johanni, Auratus, "Red Zebra", Yellow Lab, "Peacocks" and a few other Pseudotropheus I can't remember the names, and then Jewels, and Kribensis
I would not do mbuna in 20L, 20H. Agree saulosi have been known to work in 29G.
With 40BR (36x18) you might be able to do some other mbuna like rusties, afra (zabroides).
I would want 48x18 for johannii, they are aggressive.
The only Johanni I had was alone with the rest of the fish I jjust mentioned, commanded by a female Red Devil I had to put somewhere immediately and as-idiotic-as-a-choice-I-made, research told me Africans are the only fish fast enough to escape her wrath and survive in the same conditions. Right, so anyway, it ended up "hybridizing" with an Auratus. Show me pictures and I'll tell you what sex the Auratus was, but I really forget the color scheme for dimorphism, sadly.
I would stock them 1m:7f because they are aggressive. In a 48x18 or larger. Size isn't everything, LOL.
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Mine was kinda of a punk compared to the Pseudotropheus and even the Labs, Bro....and at 2 yrs, it was like 3.5" ....maybe. Lombardi owned that tank when the Devil was sleeping.
I have 7 mbuna in a 30 gallon, just have lots of cover and concealment. The dominant fish are very out of sight out of mind, when it comes to harassment.
4 yellow labs 1m/3f
2 psudoelongatus m/f
2 female strawberries.
In an wide open tank, it's a cage fight.
That's what I want - 6-8 fish, just 1 male though. How many baby-makers can I keep, my dudes?
