Conaquavict Posted April 24, 2005 Report Share Posted April 24, 2005 I have always kept cichlids but never Malawi's. Well now i have my chance and i intend to set up the tank in the pic below to do so. I was going to add the rocks that you see in the picture, then some regular gravel, coral gravel and coral sand, Would this work? advise please. The rocks will be made into cave structures, to add to the background which is 3D, between the 2 there should be adequate nooks and crannies for the fish to feel at home in. If anyone can point me in the direction as to which type of fish to choose, and how many? I would be very thankful. Cheers Mike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Are you hell-bent on lake malawi cichlids, or just africans in general? I'm probably going to be getting rid of some of my tanganyikan cichlids soon, I have 5 leilupi, 4 birchardi and 2 duboisi I'll be looking to sell. How big is the tank and what will be filtering it?? those are the two detemining factors of how many fish you can keep in there. *edit* DOH! I just saw where you live...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Errr... I think you had best look at where Conaquavict is located David Might be a "bit" of a long trip for the little fellas . OOhh.. Sorry... just saw your edit Bill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conaquavict Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 The tank is 260ltrs David, and yes i think i will go for Malawi's. Thanks for the kind offer BTW, wish i could take you up on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted April 25, 2005 Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Depends if you want to breed the fish or set up as a display tank. Display wise mix & match on colours & species & should be fine. If you have males of the same genus or species they will more & likely fight, as do some fish that are the same colour. Stay away from predatory fish like the Nimbochromis genus, they grow to big & eat others. Be careful with mixing zebras, as some get really agro. If you want to throw lake tangys in there....Fronies go well, they get big though, but usually are placid in tanks. A.calvus & A.compressiceps do well to & so do some of the Neolamprologus genus. If you have zebs stay away from tropheus. As for how many fish, well it all depends on filtration, feeding & how they all get along. I have seen nice malawi setups, with heaps of fish, but they are very well filtered & got regular(weekly) water changes. Its all personal preference anyway. Breeding wise there are a few ways to do it. I'm setting up a 6ft,18in,18in today with 20 electric yellows, 11 Gephyrochromis acei white tails, 6 Albino electric yellows, (excess males to be taken out as they grow, all still only 4 to 6cm) 3 white calvus, 4 pearly calvus. This way the fish chosen males & females both have colour. Hope this helps, just have fun with it, buy what fish tickle your fancy. Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conaquavict Posted April 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2005 Many thanks for the feed back frenchy, much appreciated. I only got the tank set up tonight, it is a 70g, so while it is cycling, i will check out the LFS's and see what they have in stock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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