How many of these beautiful fish do you guys think i could safely house in a 75g? i was think maybe 12 or so, i think that would be okay but if i could house more than that let me know and if 12 is to many let me know also, sorry for all the post just got back from my tulsa trip a a few Mawali's from Aqaurium Oddballs. That store is awesome and the owner really knows his stuff!!!
How many Mawalis in a 75g
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you got a choice, mbuna or haps. mbuna are averaged at 6 inches so about 14 fish can go in, haps are large fish and max you would put in is 5
How many really depends on a couple things. First, as already mentioned, whether you want to do haps/peacocks, or mbuna. Second, the actual species you're thinking of, and third, the amount/kind of filtration you have on your tank. Depending on all that, you could go anywhere from 6-20 or so.
i am thinking more along the lines of Peacocks with a few mbunas. I have an AC 110 on it. I have a few right now and all are around 1.5-2in except for my Demasoni those are under an inch(there are 5 and they will probably go in a different tank to form a breeding colony).
Hap Bortelyi(sp)
2 Regal Peacocks(male and female)
2 Yellow Labs
Snow White Scoffi(sp)
i am thinking about one more pair of peacocks and that probably would do it for me. anyone have any suggestions as to what else to add, be it peacock or otherwise.
Hap Bortelyi(sp)
2 Regal Peacocks(male and female)
2 Yellow Labs
Snow White Scoffi(sp)
i am thinking about one more pair of peacocks and that probably would do it for me. anyone have any suggestions as to what else to add, be it peacock or otherwise.
Skip the socolofi (snow whites). About the only mbuna I would recommend keeping with haps and peacocks, are the yellow labs. They're one of the calmer, more peaceful mbuna, so they're used fairly often in peacock tanks. But pretty much any other mbuna is too aggressive, too hyperactive, and too fast for haps and peacocks, it just doesn't work well.
I would not mix mbuna with the Aulonocara species. 
They are too fragile and will not last too long. As for Haps. This depends on which ones you mix with the mbuna.
I have 2 Placidochromis milomo and 1 Placidochromis johnstoni solo in with my mbuna. No trouble with them. The solo was quite small when introduced and has grown quite nicely and is now bigger than most of the mbuna.
As for numbers of mbuna, you have a choice. I personally don't like too few fish in a tank. Watched a Nature program the other day and ther was a bit on Lake Malawi. The fish density is quite amazing. Showed us a Tyrannochromis mactrostoma female with her fry and how they swim in and out of her mouth. Quite something to watch.
My tank density does not resemble what you see in the lake and I have around 40 fish in a tank a little smaller than the tank you have. It just means a little extra cleaning and regular 20% water changes, weekly.
Have a couple of 3ft tanks which are running at about the same density level, all my fish are wild caughts, and have had 5 females start to carry in the last 24hrs. Am presently carrying around 300 F1's, 8 different species, at the moment. My Ps. galareya long pelvics are spitting out between 45-55 fry at a time.
A tank with too few fish looks empty to me.
They are too fragile and will not last too long. As for Haps. This depends on which ones you mix with the mbuna. I have 2 Placidochromis milomo and 1 Placidochromis johnstoni solo in with my mbuna. No trouble with them. The solo was quite small when introduced and has grown quite nicely and is now bigger than most of the mbuna.
As for numbers of mbuna, you have a choice. I personally don't like too few fish in a tank. Watched a Nature program the other day and ther was a bit on Lake Malawi. The fish density is quite amazing. Showed us a Tyrannochromis mactrostoma female with her fry and how they swim in and out of her mouth. Quite something to watch.
My tank density does not resemble what you see in the lake and I have around 40 fish in a tank a little smaller than the tank you have. It just means a little extra cleaning and regular 20% water changes, weekly.
Have a couple of 3ft tanks which are running at about the same density level, all my fish are wild caughts, and have had 5 females start to carry in the last 24hrs. Am presently carrying around 300 F1's, 8 different species, at the moment. My Ps. galareya long pelvics are spitting out between 45-55 fry at a time.
A tank with too few fish looks empty to me.