Oohitsae
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I'm officially at the beginnings of starting a 55 gallon African Mbuna tank.
I set it up and started my cycle today so I don't have much going on in it yet, but am looking foreword to it being ready.
I have 6 psuedotropheus salousi fry in a 29g QT right now, they are about 1" and will remain in there until the 55 cycles.
I also ordered a group of 6 electric blue johanni's (melanochromis johanni) yesterday that will be here Wednesday. They are about a 1/2" according to the auction info and will be going into a 20L qt until the 55 cycles as well. Or until they catch up to the Salousi's if they are significantly smaller when they get here.
Could I add anything else? 12 seems like a good amount but I hear a lot of people saying to overstock the tanks in order to keep aggression down so should I add more?
Could I add some sort of bottom feeder like Cory's to the tank if adding more cichlids to the tank isn't a good idea?
I also wanted to mention that I do have a 75g in my garage just waiting for a good reason to be set up and if these guys work out for me I'll eventually transfer them over there but I don't want to set it up until I know for sure that these guys are something I want to continue with.
Any advice on these guys or on aqua scaping?
Right now the tank is bare minus filtration and sand substrate. Considering adding some gravel to it as well. I'll also be adding some different types of rocks to create caves and some cichlid stones over time before I add everyone to it, probably piecing it together from things left over from other tanks.
Would plastic plants be okay?
And what about breeding later on, will one species breed with the other even though there are plenty of their own kind to spawn with?
I think that's all for now.
Any advice would be appreciated! This is my first tank with cichlids besides my apistos and convict juvies
I set it up and started my cycle today so I don't have much going on in it yet, but am looking foreword to it being ready.
I have 6 psuedotropheus salousi fry in a 29g QT right now, they are about 1" and will remain in there until the 55 cycles.
I also ordered a group of 6 electric blue johanni's (melanochromis johanni) yesterday that will be here Wednesday. They are about a 1/2" according to the auction info and will be going into a 20L qt until the 55 cycles as well. Or until they catch up to the Salousi's if they are significantly smaller when they get here.
Could I add anything else? 12 seems like a good amount but I hear a lot of people saying to overstock the tanks in order to keep aggression down so should I add more?
Could I add some sort of bottom feeder like Cory's to the tank if adding more cichlids to the tank isn't a good idea?
I also wanted to mention that I do have a 75g in my garage just waiting for a good reason to be set up and if these guys work out for me I'll eventually transfer them over there but I don't want to set it up until I know for sure that these guys are something I want to continue with.
Any advice on these guys or on aqua scaping?
Right now the tank is bare minus filtration and sand substrate. Considering adding some gravel to it as well. I'll also be adding some different types of rocks to create caves and some cichlid stones over time before I add everyone to it, probably piecing it together from things left over from other tanks.
Would plastic plants be okay?
And what about breeding later on, will one species breed with the other even though there are plenty of their own kind to spawn with?
I think that's all for now.
Any advice would be appreciated! This is my first tank with cichlids besides my apistos and convict juvies