stocking suggestions for 55g

[Andrew McFadden]

The clown lab probably isn't a good idea I had two of them. They would fight with the yellow labs till my labs killed them. The yellow fin mbamba is a great looking fish have them too. They breed fast really fast and the males are pretty aggressive to the females. So if your going to have females I'd keep like 5 to 1 male. Look all there profiles up and double check the temperment at WWW.cichlidforum.com on the right column it will say profiles click on it and then it gives a spot to type in their common names. But it sounds good to me bit some of those I don't keep

 

[Jess1ca]

Heres what I would choose out of the mix, if it were me, I'd get either P. Nyererei (Ruti Island) OR Crimson Tide ( also look up "thick skin" or haplochromis sp #44 you may like em!) Mbamba, Hongi, and Afra. But thats just me! If u step up ur filtration and ur up for extra wc's you could overstock what's ur filtration lookin like? You chose some good lookin fish

 

[kjacks]

Yea..where i was readin didnt have much info on them n i should have been n bed instead of lookin at fish but i cant wait to get all my stuff setup..if its slow again today at work ill have plenty of time to finish my research..which so far it looks like thats what ill b doing.. i like the crimson but i prefer the other ..

 

[kjacks]

The clown lab probably isn't a good idea I had two of them. They would fight with the yellow labs till my labs killed them. The yellow fin mbamba is a great looking fish have them too. They breed fast really fast and the males are pretty aggressive to the females. So if your going to have females I'd keep like 5 to 1 male. Look all there profiles up and double check the temperment at WWW.cichlidforum.com on the right column it will say profiles click on it and then it gives a spot to type in their common names. But it sounds good to me bit some of those I don't keep

Thats just my luck...lol i thought they would b different some n stand out ..my hubby didnt like them though.. i liked the snow white socilofi but the site said not to mix it n a community...so i thought those looked similar n would work..

 

[kjacks]

Heres what I would choose out of the mix, if it were me, I'd get either P. Nyererei (Ruti Island) OR Crimson Tide ( also look up "thick skin" or haplochromis sp #44 you may like em!) Mbamba, Hongi, and Afra. But thats just me! If u step up ur filtration and ur up for extra wc's you could overstock what's ur filtration lookin like? You chose some good lookin fish

Thanks i tried...lol i really like the zebra patterns ..i noticed i was pickin mostly the same coloration n tried to change it some..as far as filteration goes i can buy a better filter n thought of addin a air stone or something like it ...but i have a top fin60 & aqua tech 30-60 filter now ..

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Thats just my luck...lol i thought they would b different some n stand out ..my hubby didnt like them though.. i liked the snow white socilofi but the site said not to mix it n a community...so i thought those looked similar n would work..

Witch one are you talking about? The clown

Thanks i tried...lol i really like the zebra patterns ..i noticed i was pickin mostly the same coloration n tried to change it some..as far as filteration goes i can buy a better filter n thought of addin a air stone or something like it ...but i have a top fin60 & aqua tech 30-60 filter now ..

I'd look into getting a canister to go along with the hob that you already have. They can be pretty messy

 

[kjacks]

Witch one are you talking about? The clown

I'd look into getting a canister to go along with the hob that you already have. They can be pretty messy

Yea...

 

[Jess1ca]

Thanks i tried...lol i really like the zebra patterns ..i noticed i was pickin mostly the same coloration n tried to change it some..as far as filteration goes i can buy a better filter n thought of addin a air stone or something like it ...but i have a top fin60 & aqua tech 30-60 filter now ..

My Snow White is a BEAST! They can hang!!! When I bought mine my breeder told me they are tough and they are lol. I run 2 AquaClear 110s and I absolutely love them! So many media options and you can put your cc right in em in a media bag.

 

[kjacks]

Yea thats why the website said it couldnt b mixed in a community tank bc it was highly aggressive...but they are soo pretty..but i luv the snow white..think it would stand out great..

 

[Jess1ca]

Yea thats why the website said it couldnt b mixed in a community tank bc it was highly aggressive...but they are soo pretty..but i luv the snow white..think it would stand out great..

Oh yea but so are the Nyererei & Crimson Tide so if your gonna get one of them you should stock all aggressive fish... Just curious... What did they say Nyererei was??? They definitely aren't Sally's lol. They are the toughest i own, I hope they are categorized as highly aggressive, otherwise they are grossly misleading people lol!!

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Oh yea but so are the Nyererei & Crimson Tide so if your gonna get one of them you should stock all aggressive fish... Just curious... What did they say Nyererei was??? They definitely aren't Sally's lol. They are the toughest i own, I hope they are categorized as highly aggressive, otherwise they are grossly misleading people lol!!

I don't know if I would want to stock those with the others on the list. They are both listed as aggressive where the others are mild aggressive. I think there is a big difference from being mild to aggressive. As in the mild and peaceful group normally aren't to bad together as some mild aggressive are really peacefully. The same goes for the aggressive and extremely aggressive group. Like Jess is saying she thinks they are more highly aggressive then aggressive and should only be stocked with aggressive witch is good advise. As I stated above I wouldn't mix mild and aggressive or its going to have issues imo. That's a big chance to be taking when your talking $20^^^ fish.

 

[kjacks]

They have crimson tide as agressive and nyererei as mildly aggressive

 

[Andrew McFadden]

They have crimson tide as agressive and nyererei as mildly aggressive

Not on cichlid forum profiles its the only one I really use at less I can't find one

 

[kjacks]

I went to cichlid-forum.com all it said on thatpetplace was be cautions ..

 

[Andrew McFadden]

I went to cichlid-forum.com all it said on thatpetplace was be cautions ..

Hey now I'm the dude sooo that means I'm right hahahaha lol. j/k your right I double checked it.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

They have crimson tide as agressive and nyererei as mildly aggressive

Going off of what Jess says about them they are probably aggressive or onthe border line.

 

[kjacks]

Yea..lol i was gonna go by what she suggested she would stock earlier today anyway..lol

 

[Jess1ca]

I'm at work right now but I can take a video tonight and show you how headstrong my boss man is

 

[kjacks]

K..sounds good i just thought mayb i would checkout youtube n see what i could find

 

[kjacks]

Well i looked lastnight at some more fish n i think i might wanna change out a few..i wanna change the mbamba yellow n i think the hongi for the lab. perlmutt mayb.. n i was curious if i can mix the afras together bc i want a few of them like the cobue, n jalo reef ..i see i didnt write the other name down.. oh n i mght change the ruti island to mwanza gulf nyererei instead...also on the stockin tip how many of each should i get..