Pictures of Mbuna Setups

[Honda12]

Here are a some good examples. All from http://www.malawicichlidhomepage.com/index.html

 

[juliusjammer]

I love the rock setups, tons of caves

 

[rkc772]

nice tanks! does frontosa's like lighter colored gravel? or sand? which one do they prefer?

 

[UK2004]

Thanks for those pics and the link, that site is amazing, has some really nice tanks on it and some great fish pics!

 

[number17Fan]

Are all those rocks real? Do you think the bottom of the tanks are re-inforced? How about the backs, love the rock walls.

 

[web2844]

thats a pretty nice setup, just wish the fish would cooperate for the picture hahaha

 

[stingray4540]

Are all those rocks real? Do you think the bottom of the tanks are re-inforced? How about the backs, love the rock walls.

the ones with "rock" backgrounds are most likely made of foam.
otherwise the rocks look real. Most people put an eggcrate on the bottom of there tank to distribute the weight better. eggcrate can be found in the dropcieling section of homedepot, etc. and is a 2' by 4' sheet of little sqares.

 

[fish head )'>]

the ones with "rock" backgrounds are most likely made of foam.
otherwise the rocks look real. Most people put an eggcrate on the bottom of there tank to distribute the weight better. eggcrate can be found in the dropcieling section of homedepot, etc. and is a 2' by 4' sheet of little sqares.

WORD!

 

[SphericalCube]

I've got a lot more plants and a few more rocks but that's a relative idea of how my mbuna tanks are set up. I find it's best to use the rocks to break up territories as much as possible and set up rocks in an almost cubicle like fashion to keep aggresion down and pack as many fish in as you can. . . . mbuna's look best when slightly crowded.

JMHO
--Jimmy

 

[El Duche]

Here is my 55 gallon Mbuna