20 agl. mabuna

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im going to start a 20 gal. mabuna sp? tank. lake malawi sp? chichlids sp? give me some fish ideas im going to have pebble gravel, lots of rocks pilled on top of each other or slate on top of each other i would like some yellow labs frontosa sp? idk give me some ideas ppl. :screwy:
 
Well in a 20gal you cant do too much but as far as the frontosa goes yellow labs and frontosas are two different fish and to keep a frontosas you need a good 125 gal tank plus depending on how many, they get alot bigger then some of the more common African cichlids. Mbunas you have to general keep with themselves becuase they tend to be extremely agressive. I wouldnt put yellow labs in that tank unless you using temp. you need to get a 55gal minimum for them also .
 
yellow labs and fronts will both need much more than 20 gal.
IMO the best cichlids to keep in a 20 is a few rams
 
you might grow them out in a 20 gallon but long term yellow labs will need at least 55 gallons.frontosa 100 would be the minimum size tank i would try.
 
I agree...a 20gal is MUCH too small for a mbuna tank. Hell, I use my 20gal long as a growout tank for my tiny little babies, they would never stay in there long term...god, I can't even imagine it. You'll have to look into something more suitable for a small tank. If you're stuck on africans, you can get some Lake Tang shellies or multis, otherwise you have a few American options like rams or apistos.
 
I liked the pair of Neolamprologus "daffodil" that I used to have. A 20L could work for a pair of those. They could give you a bunch of feeders too as they breed.
 
That something I was wondering would there be anything wrong with keeping say a single afra or other smaller mbuna in a 20g tank long term?Like a scale model of my 75g single oscar tank.I know lots of people with smaller tanks who wonder about something diff than a few neons
 
Well...why would you want to keep just one mbuna? That would be very boring...they don't do much unless they have other mbuna to socialize and interact with.
 
Not true I have a johanni in isolation right now in a 20g,hes busily digging up the tank always swims over to see what Im doing in the fishroom.Just thinking it would be a different way to go esp in areas like mine with hard alkaline water
 
You cant really get away with a 20 gallon Mbuna tank. You could choose one mbuna to place in there or look into some smaller Tanganyika species.
 
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