What would you do next for my malawi tank?!

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African Cichlids should never be kept in a tank that small. My fry are kept in a 10 gallon tank for 7-14 days & at 2 weeks of age are moved into larger grow out tanks (20-29gallon)tanks. A tank that small is better for small community fish. African cichlids are fairly aggressive & territorial & need more room.:)
 
lol hey crisper great name you have there!

How come u think to remove the plec - cos he's gonna get bitten or something more complicated?

Thanks for reply also:)
 
Hey thunderridge, thanks for your reply too, I know they're not in a big tank, but many I've spoken to say by doing this they'll stay smaller & less aggressive, tho probably they won't colour up too well either....I just really wanna figure out whats what & pull out most of them, keeping 2 male blue zebs & 6 female, then 1 male of the yellow labs & 2 females. I never meant to have this many, originally I went to buy 10 from a local guy, I got there & they'd found more like 30 lol so I didn't want to turn them down!

If anyone's local to the south coast UK, then they're free to pop round, remove the correct proportion of fish, and take the rest with them?!

Or if you have a nice 4ft bow-fronted aquarium with stand that pleases my fiancee's eye, then feel free to drop it over mine & we'll have some happier cichlids;);)
 
If you want the fish to be healthy and live a proper lifespan the best thing to do is remove all of the mbuna, the synos, and the plec. All are way too big for a 2' tank. The species of mbuna you mentioned I wouldn't keep in less than a 4' tank. I can't think of a single malawi cichlid that would do well in a 15g tank. If you like african cichlids, a really good alternative would be Lamprologus multifasciatus, a small shell dweller. You could have a nice colony in there (just multies, you'd need to get rid of all the fish you currently have) and their behavior and breeding is a lot of fun to observe.
 
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