40g breeder mbuna stock help
- Thread starter PEANUTBUTTER
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You could try a pleco like a bristlenose, or an armored Raphael cat. They usually work well with cichlids, but with breeding convicts, all bets are off. So I would give it a shot only if you have another tank you can plop them in if the convicts seem to want them dead.
Also my tank still seems to have some salinity left so should it be completely zero or is it okay to have a tiny bit?
I would do ps. Saulosi. They stay small, aren't overly aggressive and you get 2 different colors with the males and females. As long as you don't end up with a really aggressive male you could probably do 3m/9f. I wouldn't pick demasoni if you're just getting into mbuna.
I wouldn't do cories with mbuna. Even peaceful mbuna are more aggressive than normal community fish.
I would vote away from putting either of the pleco or bichir in with mbuna. Mbuna tend to pick at any larger fish such as the bichir, and i never have had luck with plecos in mbuna tanks either, due to the same reason. If your set on mbuna i would recommend a smaller species of synodontis, or some of the more aggressive loach species. As far as a hob to recommend, go with the aquaclear 110 as someone prior stated
