how many yellow labs in a 90?

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im gona fill my 90 with yellow labs wel mostly femals and maybe 2 males?

i wana breed as much of them as i can! :naughty:

what would be a good number for this size tank?, for breeding purposes that is
 
well you'd want 2-3 females per male. so right there your looking at 6-8 fish, you could easily fit 15-18 labs in a 90. I would get atleast 1 more male, but thast just me. It would also depend on the filtration you have running and how crowded you wnat the tank.

GL with the breeding :thumbsup:
 
your 90 could probably hold around 25-30yellow labs. Give them enough hiding places and they should do fine. Go overboard on the filtration and you should be fine. I have got 20 mbuna in my 75g all around 3in and they are doing great.
 
if i have that many will they breed as much?
rember i want as much fry as possible
so the more i have the more fry ill get? or would they not breed much if ther wer lots of them?

at the moment i got 3 in there now and they all hide! are they ever gona come out? lol
 
According to old lore, 1 inch of fish per gallon. So you can have 90 1" Labs. Or 1 90" Lab. LOL
 
2-3 males with a separate rockpile for each male.10-15 females.
Having a clearly defined rockpile makes it less likley one male will take over the tank.Labs arent that aggressive for mbuna but its a good plan for any of the mbuna.Have a few separate small tanks for the females to spit fry in and let them recover a few weeks before returning them to the main tank
 
so if i had three rock piles one for each male , there wouldnt be many hideing places for the 15 or so females, would that matter?

spose id be able to see them more than i do now lol

so yea is it ok if they dont all have there own spot?
 
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