African ciclid help

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
Malawi is the lake they came from. There are three groups of cichlids in the lake; Haps, peacocks, and mbuna.

And yes you should stick with just the mbuna
 
sweet, so the 3 are ok together? what about jewls?? i just need to get rid of the kenyis, and i managed to get a pretty good pic of the blue one

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Ditto

Wow, you have to be really fast around here with the responses.
 
awesome, thx for the link too. what are jewls? kinda got my heart set on a pair of them, juvenile ofcourse, would they be ok too??
 
what if i put the jewls in while all fish are juvis, and also could someone plz tell me the sex of that blue fish i have a pic up for, im thinking female but i dunno
 
wow you guys have been posting like crazy lol. i would get rid of the two kenyis, and the red zebra-simply the red zebra will outgrow the tank-i have 4 in my 180 and they are really fast growers and reach a pretty big size. i wouldnt mix any jewels in with mbuna (mbuna is a word that means "rock dwelling" and it is referred to lake malawi (the lake in africa where they originate from) in a 29 gallon- you have really no room for error in a small tank.

i would suggest you not to buy anymore fish until you can upgrade your tank size-then use the 29 as a grow out for any babies you buy before putting them in with the bigger, older ones.. its just what i would do. i know you want to buy more fish, but a 29 gallon is simply too small for anything but a pair, or a group of dwarf cichlids (malawi does have some dwarf species, and like mike said-lake tanganyika has some great shellies that would be beautiful in there-without any mbuna mixed in)

if your selection is small, keep in mind there are always online breeders and sellers who have big varieties-i buy all of my fish from an online breeder in kentucky-just a few hours away from me... with great success.
 
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