Africans for 33 gal 3'

[Marius]

mike what does male heavy mean

heres a photo of the tank today (photo bucket is cactus atm)

Male heavy means that usually P. Saulosi juvies will turn out to be 50-60% males, hence why you should buy 20 juvies and remove the extra males. You should end up with 2 males 10-12 females. That should be a really "busy" setup with a lot of color.

 

[HarlanAshmore]

im gunna put eheim bio media from my discus tank on this one then put goldfish in to keep the cycle when the cichlids are ready to go in turn on the heater and take out the goldfish

 

[Eric A]

You may aswell put the heater up now and just get feeder gudeons in it. I may be wrong but doesn't the benificial bacteria die off with different temperatures?

 

[Coler]

im thinkin i might get some Pseudotropheus saulosi and eventually a pair of Synodontis multipunctatus

I would say just get the one multipunctatus, or get none. I think you'll have plenty bioload in that tank with the mbuna and one if any multi. Also, if you keep two in that size tank one will pick on the other, not let it feed etc.

 

[HarlanAshmore]

the bottom of the tank cracked last night im not too fussed im gunna silicone a piece of rubber from clark rubber the size of the footprint on the bottom

 

[Eric A]

Why did it crack? The heavy rocks? Trust me, get some bogwood, it is lighter and looks better. Just re-scaped my african tank, never knew how much bogwood was lying in there!

 

[HarlanAshmore]

yep rocks i realy liked how it looked

 

[Eric A]

Yeah, get some of that rubber on the bottom to prevent another crack.

 

[navygirl76]

id put eggcrate underneath the sand to to distribute the weight of the rock-that way you dont have some rock putting alot of pressure on certain areas of the glass-it will just shatter again.

 

[Marius]

id put eggcrate underneath the sand to to distribute the weight of the rock-that way you dont have some rock putting alot of pressure on certain areas of the glass-it will just shatter again.

Yup, that's what I used too. Eggcrate first, put the sand over it and made the rock formation.