sorry this is the all male stock last im talkin about

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newmalawifan84

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mbuna

Cynotilapia sp. "hara"

Labidochromis sp. "Hongi" or (SRT)

Metriaclima callainos
Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi North"

Pseudotropheus socolofi (Albino)

Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" (Ngara)

HAP

Copadichromis borleyi (Kadango)

Copadichromis trewavasae

Placidochromis electra (Mandalawi)

Protomelas marginatus

Protomelas sp. "Steveni Taiwan" (Albino)

Tramitichromis brevis

peacock

Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (Undu Reef)
 
what is this thread about? an up coming project or something?
 
yeah im getting a 125gallon tank and if i do a all male this would be the stock list

mbuna
Tropheops sp. "Aurora"

Cynotilapia sp. "hara"

Labidochromis sp. "Hongi" or (SRT)

Metriaclima callainos

Pseudotropheus sp. "Williamsi North"

Pseudotropheus socolofi (Albino)

Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei" (Ngara)

HAP

Copadichromis borleyi (Kadango)

Copadichromis trewavasae

Placidochromis electra (Mandalawi)

Protomelas marginatus

Protomelas sp. "Steveni Taiwan" (Albino)

Tramitichromis brevis

peacock

Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (Undu Reef)​
what d u think...can this work...are these gonna be hard to find fish???
 
i believe all those fish are pretty easy to find. im not a fan of mixing fish so i cant answer if it will work. i know plenty of people who have male tanks but they have been keeping fish for years, mbuna are highly territorial and haps and peacocks are pretty aggressive as well. make sure to have plenty of hiding places in the rock work and make sure to have plenty of filtration. i would invest in some good filters before the fish.
 
yes i will invest in filters first and only the best ..happy to see that the fish wont be hard to find!!!!! ecoli73 im guessing the mbuna u think are to aggressive is the Tropheops and the callainos??? what can i replace theme with??
 
sincerely a 125 will be to small for such a stock list long run IMHO. The Aulonocara jacobfreibergi (Undu Reef) by itself will be pretty testy. I hear things about how removing females drops aggression. I've only ever really seen this in pairing fish like Julidochromis. Otherwise if you keep proper ratios of male to female over the long run the tanks fair better. A fish like a demasoni for example(though not on your list) will be a terror when not in a school of females. I have one male in a tank right now and he keeps trying to fight my relatively peaceful but dominant Julidochromis and loosing getting injuries all the while.

I have two very specific recommendations for that stock list, and they work well together. Firstly you should try to insure your dominant fish is a peaceful fish. I've often found Julidochromis marlieri (singular, as a mated pair might kill your whole tank :nilly:) are pretty good as they don't ever pick fights but always end them if you know what I mean. A good "don"(yes that is a godfather reference) will really help and can bring the over all aggression and the slow aggression attrition that will kill off lesser fish down to almost nothing. The other recommendation and one that is a necessity if you end up with a rouge don who likes terrorizing the tank is to drop in some dither fish. I use monos for similar tanks of males as I think they look amazing and have never lost one to harassment. Others have recommended tiger barbs, giant danios, rainbows, whatever matches best with your fish aggression levels(rainbows don't fair well with super aggressive) and fish size(barbs become food if you keep them with larger cichlids) Min of 3 in a school, 5 is optimal. The only way I was able to keep my fish alive at school with my ctenochromis horei was through the presence of a trio of monos. The dither fish are oblivious to the social structure of the other fish and will swim through all the different territories that form and really mix things up. Synodontis are also great for this but not nearly as effective. Mixing synos and monos is perfect.
 
out of my list who do u see being the dominant fish and what fish do u see giving a problem in this list?? do u see the Synodontis alone being use as a ditcher fish only reason i ask is i really wanna try and keep this as true and natrule to lake malawi as much as i can , i know Synodontis arent really from that lake but close
 
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