Hi everbody sorry for not giving details its going to be 300 gal, filtration will be 2 eheim pro III 2080 and the fish will be hasp and peacoch with 7" max size, i do have some experience ive kept a 55 for about 12 years mainly firemout,cons,jewel,silver dollars with 50% water change twice a week so im redy for upgrade just want to get it rith the fist time so i come to the experts tanks in advance for the help
Malawy cichlids
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mauricio yearwood;1655347; said:
If its a long tank ALOT lol. Sorry i cant be more specific. I think the numbers would depend on what species your keeping, how aggressive they are, whether there are females for breeding pairs/colonies, if you plan on using overstocking to manage the aggression etc...More info would be helpful such as species, any breeding plans and so forth.
CG
I want only males for color species aulonocara, copadichromis, lethrinops, otopharynx, protomelas, sciaenochromis, tramitichromis, and maybe some julies all will maxout at 7'' or less and are all these species compatable
julies are not haps or peacocks...lol... the lethrinops worries me, so does the protomelas not all stay 7 some get larger...
but all male is the right thought... which copadichromis do you want some of them get bigger than 7 inches as well... can you narrow it down a bit more...
thanks mike
but all male is the right thought... which copadichromis do you want some of them get bigger than 7 inches as well... can you narrow it down a bit more...
thanks mike
I did say maybe julies, so they out and i check the ciclid site so every stays below 7" here are some names OB peacock, aulonocara"german red", aulonocara[rubences], aulonocara baenchi, aulonocara gertrude, aulonocara masoni, aulonocara korneliae, aulonocara stuartgranti, copadichromis sp"mloto florescence, copadichromis verduyni[narangu], lethrinops sp"red cap", lethrinops sp"mbasi creek", otopharynx lithobates
So what I would do is get the tank going, ie if you can't seed it with other tanks get say 6 fish at most. Watch those levels.
Then the next question is do you want to go with younger fish and let the grow up together, or are you will to spend the money on attempting to start with some larger fish, and seeing how the get along?
Either way I likely would at ~12 make sure the tank keeps up well, then 12 more. After than well I honestly would go by looks and water parameters. My large tank now appears packed when they all come up to eat/greet me, but when they are swimming all over it isn't a paroblem. (I have ~40 fish ranging from ~11 inches to 3 inches in that tank). My sump is 55 with enough bio media for say a 800 gallon tank... But well it makes it so I never see any bad levels even if I skip water changes for much longer than I should. (I try to do water changes ~once a week.)
So then the mix it wont really matter for you... For the peacocks make sure to not get similar colors else the other males really wont show. Haps it is OK to have say two of some, but depending on the type the sub dom may show less color. But honestly don't get the same fish twice unless they really do look very different when they are an adult. (Say like rostratus, though they are bigger than the fish you are looking at.)
Then the next question is do you want to go with younger fish and let the grow up together, or are you will to spend the money on attempting to start with some larger fish, and seeing how the get along?
Either way I likely would at ~12 make sure the tank keeps up well, then 12 more. After than well I honestly would go by looks and water parameters. My large tank now appears packed when they all come up to eat/greet me, but when they are swimming all over it isn't a paroblem. (I have ~40 fish ranging from ~11 inches to 3 inches in that tank). My sump is 55 with enough bio media for say a 800 gallon tank... But well it makes it so I never see any bad levels even if I skip water changes for much longer than I should. (I try to do water changes ~once a week.)
So then the mix it wont really matter for you... For the peacocks make sure to not get similar colors else the other males really wont show. Haps it is OK to have say two of some, but depending on the type the sub dom may show less color. But honestly don't get the same fish twice unless they really do look very different when they are an adult. (Say like rostratus, though they are bigger than the fish you are looking at.)