Tanganyika Tank

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I somehow missed the part about it being in a classroom. For an eye-catching tank, I'd personally lean towards a smaller mbuna or male peacock mix or both.

I truly love my Tang tanks, but unlike my Malawi tanks, they're best enjoyed sitting still and staring at them for long periods of time... more subtle behavior, I guess. In a classroom with lots of movement and not much time for kids to zone-out in front of the tank, Malawi stuff may be more kid-friendly. How old are the students?

If I was to stock that tank with Tangs, I'd go with:

-group of gold occelatus (maybe 4-6 to start out)
-pair of Altolamps calvus or comps
-pair of either cylindricus, leleupi or Julidochromis
-4-6 Cyp micro or leptosoma Utinta (1M/3+F)

Build at least two piles of rocks, separated by sand for the two pairs of rock dwellers with shells in the foreground.

I wouldn't put any feather fins in a tank smaller than 75 gallons. They're vicious.
 
Thanks!!! Thats exactly what I was looking for! Awesome advice! :)

The students are highschool, so 9th thru 12th grade. My dad LOVES Lake Malawi cichlids, but I figured the Tangs would be more interesting and cool to watch.

Could you do the same for me with the stocklist and how to set up the tank for Mbuna or Peacocks? I loved the stocklist, and how to set up the tank for the Tangs. Sounds totally awesome! :D
 
i have a 44 gallon corner hex i did mbuna in i posted a vid of it in the video lounge you should check it out
 
Mokujin22;4767830; said:
I somehow missed the part about it being in a classroom. For an eye-catching tank, I'd personally lean towards a smaller mbuna or male peacock mix or both.

I truly love my Tang tanks, but unlike my Malawi tanks, they're best enjoyed sitting still and staring at them for long periods of time... more subtle behavior, I guess. In a classroom with lots of movement and not much time for kids to zone-out in front of the tank, Malawi stuff may be more kid-friendly. How old are the students?

If I was to stock that tank with Tangs, I'd go with:

-group of gold occelatus (maybe 4-6 to start out)
-pair of Altolamps calvus or comps
-pair of either cylindricus, leleupi or Julidochromis
-4-6 Cyp micro or leptosoma Utinta (1M/3+F)

Build at least two piles of rocks, separated by sand for the two pairs of rock dwellers with shells in the foreground.

I wouldn't put any feather fins in a tank smaller than 75 gallons. They're vicious.
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Great stock list! I think I want to do that now lol. The only thing I would change is to go with more shellies. I would go for the Tangs if it's high school. Very cool to watch and they lend themselves more to tat type of tank IMO. I
 
I asked my dad what he would prefer in there and he picked malawi peacocks, so I guess whats what I will be going with. I am tempted to set up my own tang tank when I get another tank. LoL

Since I'll be doing peacocks, how should I set up the tank? Do they need to be overstocked like mbuna? Should I have as much rock work? How many should I put in there?

Thanks!
 
44g corner hex is a little small for several male peacocks when full grown, IMO. Although, a breeding trio of one species would work great and you can see the male in his beautiful breeding colors.

For peacocks rocks are not a necessity like with Mbuna but if you want them for decor they wouldnt mind it. They really love sand! Mine spend most of the day sifting through the sand and moving it around.
 
a peacock trio will work fine.

If you would rather do mbuna you would be limited to dwarf mbuna.
I have suggested this many times and plan on doing the exact same thing in the exact same time at my moms house, do a pseudotropheus saulosi species tank. The males are a beautiful blue and black and the females are a brilliant golded bright yellow and they stay small (3"ish) so you can add alot of them, just have alot of rock work. I think im going to add a female heavy group of twenty to my moms tank and I think they will be good for life in there.
 
Out of all the mbuna though, the ones that look most interesting to me would be Cynotilapia afra (cobue).

Aren't they a dwarf mbuna as well? If I did a large group of them, what other mbuna could I put in there with them or would I want it to be just that species so it doesn't hybridize?

Was thinking 15 of those, some synos, and maybe a bristlenose or two. Thoughts?
 
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