Hello everyone. I set up my first African tank a couple months ago and I have some questions concerning my stock...it is a 60 Gallon (4') with 2X Penguin 350s. I am stocked pretty heavy right now expecting that I may have to cull some males. I have (6) Yellow Labs, (6) Acei, (6) Red Zebras and a synodontis eupterus. Since I cannot sex them, I am wondering if I should leave it be for a while and see how things turn out, or maybe even add a few more so I have better odds of ending up with a good male female ratio after culling the trouble makers? When these fish are adults how many can I reasonably maintain in a 60? Is there any chance they'll all get along and I can keep all 18, or is that a pipe dream? I originally had a few auratus in there - and I don't want to create another war zone.
1st Mbuna Tank
- Thread starter dledinger
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This is the only decent picture I have...a few days after I initially stocked it. The green color in the middle is a reflection of my planted tank across the room.
The labs and acei usually wont be much trouble given hiding lots of nooks to hide in the the red zebras on the other hand may be trouble .the male in all three of these species usually have egg spots "usually" so that can help with id.
Ok, great. Thank you. The acei all have a very faint spot, except one who has three clear defined spots. He's been chasing everyone and showing some signs that he's interested in breeding. The yellow labs are about the same, 5 have no spots at all and one has a single clear and bright spot, but they all seem to act about the same so far. The red zebras all have 3 or more clear and defined egg spots. The zebras are behaving so far, but I think there might be trouble brewing.