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Yellow labs and acei will get along fine together. Note though, that acei can grow up to 7" and a few acei in a 55g will get crowded eventually. Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

Kenyi are pretty aggressive. We had to separate our male because he chased all of the other mbuna into one corner of the tank. Also, with mbuna, never introduce one fish at a time to the tank, unless you reaquascape. A single fish at a time is just asking for that fish to become a target...

While holding my kenyi had a bit of yellow. I think this was to keep her man off. He kept chasing and flashing her days after breeding. I have other females that he pursued after she went yellow. Come to think of it before she was ready to lay she had a bit of yellow too.

Happy to say babies are eating and starting to venture up (swim) and skinny momma is starting to get her appetite back! This is very exciting to watch.

I have a LFS that will give me store credit for them if I can get them to survive long enough to be 1". We shall see. I have 4 running tanks and might keep them to watch them grow. ?

So small but nice looking little guys. They have their bars already! I blended up some good cichlid pellets for fry food. Any more pointers?

She was in the community tank the whole duration of holding. I let her go 20 days and then caught her tonight and made her spit. I have the 30fry in a tank of their own and momma is in a 10gallon recovery. I hope i am going about it right. These are my first babies! ?

Today is day 19. She is still holding! I will post pics when she spits. :)

Finally have a holding Kenyi. I Was doing a big water change and rock rearrange turning the heater off half the day and that did it for her.

Great job decorating. A lot of people like the natural look ... But I love pirates. I have that same ship.

The day care (house) i went to after school had fish tanks. I stared at them all the time. Freshwater. In one tank 250g was 2 oscars and a silver arowana. Years later i got my 100gallon out front of someones house getting rid of it. I had Oscars and a pleco for a few years. Now i...

Black air tubing and new ultra sun bulb.

Hmm. Im thinking electric blue peacock. Female? What do you all think? Blue lips

Well I'll go with the 30 then. They should be happy there. This hobby is getting very addicting. I'm already wanting another tank. I'm thinking a 30 long for the Brichardi

Well obviously you have painted a chaotic picture of ultimate fail. Would the Brichardi do well in a 30 gallon or would they need a 55? I have a 30g african setup (sand and rocks) almost cycled and no fish yet. Seems a better fit for the little beauties?

So I hear lots of things and I never know who "knows best". I found a new LFS and this person has been fish keeping cichlids for 20+ years before opening. I know of the controversy regarding mixing lakes in one tank but he was certain my Brichardi would most likely breed successfully in 1...

I just added pool filter sand to my tank and It is wonderful. My african cichlids love to dig in it. It's cheap and heavy enough to stay out of the siphon. You do need to rinse it well. I had minimal cloudiness with mine. Someone suggested YouTube for advice on techniques about adding...

Hey guys I just got this fancy pair. I've never had them before. Beautiful, elegant fins and I'm keen on their yellow eyeliner! Likes? Dislikes? Anyone have any adult or fry photos? I hear they are great care takers of offspring.

I have a 5 foot 100 gallon tank. My LFS is getting a new shipment tomorrow so I'll be back. My Acei is a little bigger than the male I just put in. I guess we will see who ends up the dominant. I know my tank can hold more fish I'm just trying to add in little groups so my levels don't...

Thanks for the input I'm still new at this but I do have 7 other Mbuna in the tank but only the 2 Kenyi type. To the best of my knowledge with help from forums and LFS guys 2 Acei (M) An albino socolofi (F) A red zebra (F) Yellow lab (M) 2 OB (1M,1F) I have 2 female peacocks around...

I'm pretty excited to find a new LFS that has 4"+ and lots of freshwater options.

Yeah I'm really liking the black background too. I did a charcoal grey on my 30 gallon but I like the black better. Those Mbuna sure do love the sand. It's wonderful watching how happy they are. My 1" red zebra has been digging and piling up the sand for 2 days now.

They look great!

I'll need a better/faster camera to catch these guys.