Recent content by Shanimal67

I appreciate the insight. Sincerely. I have successfully cycled several tanks with fish in.....and I am painfully aware of the debate of cycling. I think you are probably right BTW for what it's worth. I should have waited. My water quality has been monitored daily and I think I have done about...

I have a fairly new, not-yet-finished cycling 75 gallon all cichlid tank with Peacocks and Haps. There are 11 fish, so obviously I'm not overstocked. All the fish are between 2-3" juveniles. There is your typical chasing and territorial behavior, but no nipping that I can see (and I watch...

Final installment: all Mbunas gone. Replaced by eight peacocks and four haps and everybody is happier, including me! [emoji16]

Have you tried to buy online? I buy from aquarium fish dot net out of San Diego and so far the fish have been super healthy and nothing but awesome. I'm up in Phoenix BTW.

I figured that if all my cichlids were from Malawi I would stand a better chance. Obviously that isn't entirely true. I have five Mbunas behaving very nicely with four Peacocks. I think it really does come down to finding fish with the right temperament and also doing what you can to curb...

Yeah, thanks. The Mbuna are great if that is the only cichlid type you have. Unfortunately for me I believed I could mix various cichlids. Not so much it seems. Apparently not everything on the internet is true.

Update: learning the hard way that despite what you read or see on YouTube, trying to mix Mbuna, Peacock & Hap cichlids is very tough. The Mbunas are simply too agressive, regardless if they are the smallest fish in the tank. Today they took out the Taiwan Reef fish...big bummer. I'm seriously...

That's awesome! I did end up swapping out two very aggressive Mbunas and one psychotic OB Peacock for one great little Taiwanese Reef cichlid. Everybody seems to be gelling nicely so far. That is ten fish in 75 gallons with plenty of lace rock for them to hide. I think that might be just about...

Hello and thanks!

Hello everybody. My name is Shannon. I have taken back up fishkeeping (African cichlids) after having taken a 20 year break. In the last few weeks, I have learned quite a lot from forums like this one. Mostly I have learned how much I did not know or do correctly the first time around. I am...