125 gallon stock ideas?

[PEANUTBUTTER]

Its a standard 6ft 125

Roughly how much can i squeeze in if i do 50%water change every week ?

Always whats your guy's opinion in mixing mbuna with haps and peacocks?

Also do plan to get like 2 senegal birchirs at least maybe some synodontis? Opinions?

 

[james99]

Haps and peacocks normally lead miserable lives without mbuna, the only mbuna that work most of the time are yellow labs and ps. acei.

 

[markstrimaran]

I have about 15 mbuna, peacock mix with one 8" pleco. Set up with 130 gallons of water, with weekly 55 gallon water changes.
Nitrates range from 15ppm "tap" to 25ppm before water change.
I have a 30 watt algea scrubber also.

I also have about 20 mbuna, peacock mix with 3 small synodontis. Set up with 150 gallons, weekly 55 gallon water changes.
Nitrates range 15ppm to less than 20ppm, very steady. This tank is well planted with algea, which the mbuna, keep well trimmed. Most of the time.

Both tanks have minimal substrate, and 5x flow rates with heavy mechanical filtration.
Both are very well fed, no one goes hungry, ever.

 

[PEANUTBUTTER]

Welp ended up with a 220 instead cause better deal lol

 

[markstrimaran]

Well your still going to need a 125 as a sump.

 

[DJRansome]

Maybe make it a bichir tank and skip the Africans?

 

[Bertie07]

Do a predator tank with bichirs, or a 220 full of yellow labs