Anthony Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 hey what fish can i put in a 4ft tank with 3 Melanochromis Auratus i belive they need to be kept with other mbuna species about the same size cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 any body got any sugestions?????? cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 Kenyi, sorry don't know the scientific name. Electric yellows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 heres a pictuure of male and female http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y113/a ... atus_1.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluetom Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 I have three young females and one old male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted November 28, 2005 Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 hmmm they might get a bit aggressive since they could breed, but we keep a whole range of fish with out auratus's other mbuna and haplochromis, greshaki, scofoli, giraffe's, dolphins, textilus, estharae, peacocks and a hoplo They should be fine wif most africans that are bigger then them... i found they tend to kill anything smaller unless the tanks has heaps of hiding places and is quite heavily stocked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anthony Posted November 28, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2005 thanks for the help are your estherae orange? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 one of them is... the other is kinda a peachy colour... they also come in orange with black splotchs and peachy with black splotchs... also come in blue aswell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malawi_man Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 yeah just the usuals, e. yellows, and sp. of zebra (pseudotrpheus/maylandia/metriaclima) maybe not hap because some get quite big and some aulonocara sp. as well. also bristlenoses make great cleaners Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted November 29, 2005 Report Share Posted November 29, 2005 When you talk of overstocking a tank to cut down on aggression,what do you call overstocking? How many fish for my tank for example,80x40x40cm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoandWilly Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 Depending on the size i would say about 8-12 (maybe a few more if you have decent filtation) of the smaller african cichlids... e.yellows, auratus, estharae, but make sure they have plenty of caves to hide in and feed these guys more regulary but smaller feeds than you would with the other boring fish out there :lol: (go the africans) :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeeTee Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 I have good filtration,tank gets turned over 7 times an hour.At the moment I have 8 cichlids with 2 being approx 7cm and the rest are smaller. Doesn't look like a lot in there really,but I am happy enough for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogmatix Posted November 30, 2005 Report Share Posted November 30, 2005 or do massive water changes each day, stoopid breeding tanks. i use 240 litres per day :evil: :evil: :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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