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Mike D, I have the following fish, but like I said the Red Zebra and brutally mean, but only when the light is on...
(1) Yellow Lab (male)
(2) Red Zebras (male and possible some sort of hybrid)
(1) White Scofoli (female)
(1) Compressiceps (not sure on sex)
(1) Blue acesi (not sure on sex)
(3) clown loaches (who knows, they are happy)
(1) placo (regular one)
(2) German Red Peacocks (males)

12 Total in the 75 gallon

11 babies in my 25 gallon
 
okay I count 8 africans... peacocks not as aggressive, d comp will out grow... That leaves you with 5 mbuna... not enough... more or lose the mbuna.... keep the labs though and add peacocks...
 
mike dunagan;1447127; said:
okay I count 8 africans... peacocks not as aggressive, d comp will out grow... That leaves you with 5 mbuna... not enough... more or lose the mbuna.... keep the labs though and add peacocks...
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i agree..with africans the few more will make the peaceful difference..beautiful fish and tank.. are they just chasing one another or do you have a real aggression problem? Africans chase each other but usually never adds up to anything more.
 
I agree with mike and liz. Mbunas have adopted to live in crowded environments in lake malawi. If they are not in a crowded environment their aggression can cause fatalities. You can probably add 5 more mbunas and that may disperse some of the aggression. If that doesn't work add 5 more.
 
Wow, thanks for sharing all your expertise Mike, Red, and Web. I really didn't think that more mbunas could be a possible solution. So I have a couple questions about the possibility of adding more mbuna.

1. Will Peacocks be fine or do they need to be removed?
2. How long does the Compressiceps have before he out grows? (estimation)
3. Will more Mbuna equate to a lot more fry? (worry about the control factor in a 75)
4. If you were adding 5 more, what fish would you buy? (what and why)

I know that there are a lot of questions but feedback is well appreciated?

Thanks,
 
tank looks good. are you doing anything with the pH? that amount of driftwood will lower your pH alot. i put crushed coral on my HOBs to balance it out
 
from my understanding, wood does not lower ph after the tannins are gone....

I would take the peacocks out, unless you want to do an all male peacock tank... which would rock....

I say the comp will out grow with in a year.

If you go with mbuna, I say do atleast one male tropheops... some really cool ones out there... I say lose the zebras as well and move onto others....

Here is a link of a few to pick from... try to stay with the smaller ones so you can get more...

http://www.cichlidforum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=2
 
To answer Red Devil's question they fight hard enough that my lab is vertical at the top and doesn't even move when I rescue him. I can actually reach in and grab him and he won't even move. Physically exhausted and then my scofoli tugs and bites at him so if I leave him in there he'll just die. The first time, I took him out for about a week. Same thing happened and so I took him back out until I rearranged the tank. Now the lights off seem to be the temporary solution.
 
Thanks Mike... I have a good idea of what i want to do. I'm going to go with mbuna and trade the peacocks and eventually my compressiceps. Place some more rock in the background to create more hiding spots. Not quite sure what I'm going to purchase yet. So many fish to choose from I know I'll add some more labs...still looking through all the fish now though.
 
Tis the smart thing to do. (OR you can just buy another tank like I did... and then keep on getting more every few months.)
 
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