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When I had Africans in my 55g there was about 4. They would always fight because they each had a spot in the tank. That's why I wanted to go a little heavier so there won't be any ganging up.


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In my experience, africans do best a little overstocked. You NEED to in order to keep the aggression down. 4 in a 55 is a nono, so its good that you ramped it up. In my opinion, 20 fish is a great number for a 125, maybe five more, depending on the bioload youre willing to put up with.

But thats just my input.

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22 6 Inch fish in a 125 doesn't seem like a huge bioload problem to you?

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Remove convicts first - they are too territorial and will keep 30g for themselves; 20 africans will still make quite a lot of crowd but it takes time to reach 6"..but keep in mind that they have offspring lots and lots of times :) i would go with 15-18 fishes (3 species, 1male/4-5females) and see how would that work..

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You guys both have valid points. I keep an all male tank. Theyre prettier, no hundreds of fry or weird unsellable hybrids. 20+ fish is definitely a lot of maintenence but it really keeps them from singling each other out. I think15 to 18 could be fine too when theyre adults.
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I never had African fry. Are they super protective like the South American? Wasn't thinking babies. I figured it would be overcrowded so they wouldn't breed


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Im honestly not sure. But from what i hear, they are definitely capable of breeding in crowded conditions. I know they are protective, i dont know how so seeing as I avoid having females. In my opinion, the less females the better, unless you only want 3/4 species in your tank. Males will tend to be aggressive towards each other if there is competition or even if another fish looks similar to them. This can be sort of tricky with mbuna since a handful of popular ones look really alike.

Good luck trying to find that balance between aggression and bioload. I think youre on the right track. Trust your instincts. African tanks always take a little moving and tweaking before they become settled (:

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Thanks. I switched to African because I have a baby coming, and wanted a stress free tank lol. Time will tell I guess. Think I have till spring before they are big (hope)


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