New fish questions

[JAYBIRD1011]

So the lesson here is that impulse buying in aquaria is not a great idea unless you know that fish and what it eats, can be housed with, and what conditions allow it to thrive. It feels good to get that cool beautiful fish. It sucks watching them die. But we must try to not make the same mistakes over and over again. Tread carefully until we gain knowledge.
So, go forth! Gather knowledge. Then be bold!

 

[Caveden]

3 month old update. Mbuna definitely grew larger, about an inch more and way thicker. Told that it would be aggressive, but it doesn’t bother any other fish but made a small cave for itself between some rocks. I don’t think I’ll feed it to my other fish anymore or give it away, it seems to be thriving in my tank without harming other fish.

 

[SourAngelfish]

Glad to see you were able to enjoy the mbuna despite the mishap with the pipes

 

[Caveden]

3 month old update. Mbuna definitely grew larger, about an inch more and way thicker. Told that it would be aggressive, but it doesn’t bother any other fish but made a small cave for itself between some rocks. I don’t think I’ll feed it to my other fish anymore or give it away, it seems to be thriving in my tank without harming other fish.

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I would like to try breeding, never done that before only birthing fish, guppies and mollies (not counted).

to start off easier, how do you tell the sex of mbunas or corydoras?Is my mbuna mature or how do you tell?

what conditions are required?

 

[xenacanth9]

Nice Mbuana. I learned the hard way with pipefish ☹

 

[Caveden]

Nice Mbuana. I learned the hard way with pipefish ☹

Same as well. One of the most difficult to keep fish.

 

[Joshuakahan]

Same as well. One of the most difficult to keep fish.

I had luck with a single mbuna in a community setting. I was tearing down an African tank and found a single fry which turned out I believe to be a yellow lab/acei hybrid. So I tossed it in a community tank I had and it did fine and didn’t bother anyone

 

[Rocksor]

Common cories are easy to breed and get fry, even in hard water. Do cold water changes so the tank temperature doesn't drop more than 5 degrees with water changes, (this simulates the beginning of the rainy season) and feed well.

 

[Caveden]

Common cories are easy to breed and get fry, even in hard water. Do cold water changes so the tank temperature doesn't drop more than 5 degrees with water changes, (this simulates the beginning of the rainy season) and feed well.

How many cories are needed? I have 5 panda cories but none breed.
Is there a way to tell the sex and maturity of mbunas?

 

[Rocksor]

5 should be enough, as long as you have a mix of male and female. If they have never scattered eggs after being feed frozen bloodworms/mysis shrimp/spirulina infused brine shrimp along with temperature dropping water changes over a period of months, then there is a chance that you have all 1 sex.

Never kept mbunas