Hi all i Have decided to go with a cichlid tank most likely a Malawi setup.
New to these but not new to fish keeping, have had a few tropical tanks and about 6 marine tanks overall, started with a 3ft then ended with a 5x3x3 tank and then moved from Manchester and ended up back in Cornwall
My current tank is empty and used to be a marine tank but decided to go down the fresh water side of things after weighing up work and home commitments, tank size is 110x54x60 (useable space) with a 90x30x20 sump flow rate through sump is going to be about 1800lph via central weir with a possible second return pipe if i find its not enough.
so any way enough of the tank side what fishes should i go with
so been thinking about mixing mbuna and peacocks and possibly haps, along with a few other hard/alkaline water suitable tanks mates like plecs and cat fish and some loach just to keep the algea down. so having rocks (15kg) at the low end of the tank and having 1/2 to 3/4 of the tank for free swimming i think the peacocks and haps should be happy, could be wrong tho
any way thats a bit of a long intro welcome to any feedback you may have experience of these fish would be great, and if you think this wont work or if you feel there is a better way, filtration can always be added to so not a worry there.
thanks for taking the time to have a read
New to these but not new to fish keeping, have had a few tropical tanks and about 6 marine tanks overall, started with a 3ft then ended with a 5x3x3 tank and then moved from Manchester and ended up back in Cornwall
My current tank is empty and used to be a marine tank but decided to go down the fresh water side of things after weighing up work and home commitments, tank size is 110x54x60 (useable space) with a 90x30x20 sump flow rate through sump is going to be about 1800lph via central weir with a possible second return pipe if i find its not enough.
so any way enough of the tank side what fishes should i go with
so been thinking about mixing mbuna and peacocks and possibly haps, along with a few other hard/alkaline water suitable tanks mates like plecs and cat fish and some loach just to keep the algea down. so having rocks (15kg) at the low end of the tank and having 1/2 to 3/4 of the tank for free swimming i think the peacocks and haps should be happy, could be wrong tho
any way thats a bit of a long intro welcome to any feedback you may have experience of these fish would be great, and if you think this wont work or if you feel there is a better way, filtration can always be added to so not a worry there.
thanks for taking the time to have a read