Now the all male hap/peacock tank is a lot different. It takes a while to get a mix that will work, nothing is guaranteed. I've had this type of tank for about 12 years, any changes made can upset the whole tank.
Stocking, sex ratio mbuna?
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I agree with James, I had an all male tank for approx. 10 yrs, same end result.
I would think sexed groups would be easier once you have ratios work out and avoid really aggressive species.
I would skip all of those species and go with labeotropheus trewavasae. But then i fell in love with them when i used to keep rift lake cichlids many years ago. If im going back to malawis i would choose L. Trewavasae all day long.
Nice looking fish, too.
But my vision is to unite yellow, blue and reddish orange, black sand, white rocks and green java fern
And I will stick to so called more "peaceful" fish, that is why I don't want a male red zebra.
There are some nice dimorphic mbunas, like Pseudotropheus lombardoi, msobo magunga, Tropheops chilumba and so an.
But, as far as I know, they are much more aggressive and territorial all the time, while powder blue and yellow lab males seize their territorries for spawning just temporarily.
I know, fish have characters and every set up is different, there may be incidents no matter how careful the fish have been stocked.
But I assume it is best to start with fish that are known as less aggressive commonly.
Last night I could not fall asleep, thinking of so many options, advantages, disadvantages- and I had one more idea.
If I 'd purchase 5.15 saulosis and 5 female red zebras, chances are high the zebras fight the saulosi females wouldn't they?
And I' d need at least one cave per fish, right?
So so many nice fish...hard not to go mental about thinking)
But my vision is to unite yellow, blue and reddish orange, black sand, white rocks and green java fern
And I will stick to so called more "peaceful" fish, that is why I don't want a male red zebra.
There are some nice dimorphic mbunas, like Pseudotropheus lombardoi, msobo magunga, Tropheops chilumba and so an.
But, as far as I know, they are much more aggressive and territorial all the time, while powder blue and yellow lab males seize their territorries for spawning just temporarily.
I know, fish have characters and every set up is different, there may be incidents no matter how careful the fish have been stocked.
But I assume it is best to start with fish that are known as less aggressive commonly.
Last night I could not fall asleep, thinking of so many options, advantages, disadvantages- and I had one more idea.
If I 'd purchase 5.15 saulosis and 5 female red zebras, chances are high the zebras fight the saulosi females wouldn't they?
And I' d need at least one cave per fish, right?
So so many nice fish...hard not to go mental about thinking
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Nice looking fish, too.
But my vision is to unite yellow, blue and reddish orange, black sand, white rocks and green java fern
And I will stick to so called more "peaceful" fish, that is why I don't want a male red zebra.
There are some nice dimorphic mbunas, like Pseudotropheus lombardoi, msobo magunga, Tropheops chilumba and so an.
But, as far as I know, they are much more aggressive and territorial all the time, while powder blue and yellow lab males seize their territorries for spawning just temporarily.
I know, fish have characters and every set up is different, there may be incidents no matter how careful the fish have been stocked.
But I assume it is best to start with fish that are known as less aggressive commonly.
Last night I could not fall asleep, thinking of so many options, advantages, disadvantages- and I had one more idea.
If I 'd purchase 5.15 saulosis and 5 female red zebras, chances are high the zebras fight the saulosi females wouldn't they?
And I' d need at least one cave per fish, right?
So so many nice fish...hard not to go mental about thinking
The check out trewavasae orange blotch females and marmelade cat males. There is some collection points of this species that has diffrent collors then the normal blue with red/orange fins
Definitely looking nice.
But thinking of a trewavasae o.b, marmelade only tank, they do all have different patterns.
Fish of one species looking all the same or just being different according to their sexes are more appealing to me.
But thinking of a trewavasae o.b, marmelade only tank, they do all have different patterns.
Fish of one species looking all the same or just being different according to their sexes are more appealing to me.
