What if....? Converting tank to African Cichlids

[Womble1234]

Ive got juvenile peacocks in with a venustus and zebras, no problems

 

[Andrew McFadden]

The rocks are W A Y too big! I'm not going to be able to make enough caves with them. *sigh* looks like I have to buy some.

They are some big ones

 

[Andrew McFadden]

That's what it was before I got it. A failed attempt at saltwater lol.

How many and what all type of tanks do you have?

 

[Sake]

Not sure if this will help you or not, but if you have an angle grinder, you can buy a diamond blade for it pretty cheap, that will slice through any rock ya got. Diamond blades here in the states are as low as 20 bucks. You could even hollow out some of them rocks with it and create caves out of the rock it's self instead of stacking them to make caves.

 

[Malawi Freak]

I feed very little blood worms and some flake one day then skip a day then I feed sinking cichlid pellets and a little flake, sometimes I give them worms from outside and I give them peas one day. I only feed very little and skip days cause they eat the turtle food aswell when I try to feed it.

That's a lot of protein in their diet.

 

[Malawi Freak]

Not sure if this will help you or not, but if you have an angle grinder, you can buy a diamond blade for it pretty cheap, that will slice through any rock ya got. Diamond blades here in the states are as low as 20 bucks. You could even hollow out some of them rocks with it and create caves out of the rock it's self instead of stacking them to make caves.

A $2 ceramic tile blade will cut through also. Usually they come with the angle grinder.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

That's a lot of protein in their diet.

Ya but I cant get them to eat any vegetables they pick at peas and that's it.

 

[Sake]

A $2 ceramic tile blade will cut through also. Usually they come with the angle grinder.

diamond blade is a ceramic tile blade I'm a tile setter i should know

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Not sure if this will help you or not, but if you have an angle grinder, you can buy a diamond blade for it pretty cheap, that will slice through any rock ya got. Diamond blades here in the states are as low as 20 bucks. You could even hollow out some of them rocks with it and create caves out of the rock it's self instead of stacking them to make caves.

I do! (Well my husband does lol) I'm not sure what blades he's got but I can always buy more.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

How many and what all type of tanks do you have?

Let's see, I have the 70g, 40g goldfish, 26g divided Betta tank, 17g community, 10g community, 8g community, 8g riparium, 7g cube with Betta and 2.5g with Betta. All are planted even the goldfish tank.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

Let's see, I have the 70g, 40g goldfish, 26g divided Betta tank, 17g community, 10g community, 8g community, 8g riparium, 7g cube with Betta and 2.5g with Betta. All are planted even the goldfish tank.

I have no idea where I could put that many besides my wife would kill me

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I have no idea where I could put that many besides my wife would kill me

I've started stacking them lol! I have a really ugly utility shelf in my lounge room. One day I'll have a house with a fish room so they aren't scattered all over the house. I have a VERY understanding husband. He does think I'm crazy though. Hahaha!

 

[spoonman]

On the subject of mixing different fish with Mbuna and Peacocks, I thought I would post videos of my 140 and 240 gallon mixed tanks.

140 gallon Cichlid tank - YouTube

240 gallon cichlid tank - YouTube

 

[Mumma.of.two]

On the subject of mixing different fish with Mbuna and Peacocks, I thought I would post videos of my 140 and 240 gallon mixed tanks.

140 gallon Cichlid tank - YouTube

240 gallon cichlid tank - YouTube

Wow!! Very mixed! I like the scape in the 140g tank.

 

[spoonman]

Thank you. The mix was not planned. I ended up rescuing alot of fish from different people and just kind of ended up with the mish mash of fish. If I have had any aggresion in either tank it was between the same kind of fish. Like yellow lab and yellow lab.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Thank you. The mix was not planned. I ended up rescuing alot of fish from different people and just kind of ended up with the mish mash of fish. If I have had any aggresion in either tank it was between the same kind of fish. Like yellow lab and yellow lab.

It's good its working out for you. you have some very nice fish btw!

 

[Mumma.of.two]

I went shopping!
The rock from my garden isn't lava rock. It's heaps heavier than the stuff I just got. I'm going to split the ones from the garden and use them on the bottom caves then stack the lighter lava rock on top. I got two hollow logs to create even more hiding places.

 

[Andrew McFadden]

I went shopping!
The rock from my garden isn't lava rock. It's heaps heavier than the stuff I just got. I'm going to split the ones from the garden and use them on the bottom caves then stack the lighter lava rock on top. I got two hollow logs to create even more hiding places.

Nice I think they will blend well with the others.
Also I thought I may tell you I wouldn't fill the tank to much with rocks haps are open water fish peacocks are free swimmers and the mbuna like the rocks. They need there space or it won't go over well for someone or someone's

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Nice I think they will blend well with the others.
Also I thought I may tell you I wouldn't fill the tank to much with rocks haps are open water fish peacocks are free swimmers and the mbuna like the rocks. They need there space or it won't go over well for someone or someone's

Thanks
I did read all that already.



I started placing rocks in earlier. They aren't going any more to the left than what they already are. Not much further forward and another layer or two on top on the right. The two in the very middle aren't staying there (I don't think). Just wanted to visualize where they should stop. So the rocks should take up about 1/3 of the tank. Maybe a little more.

 

[Mumma.of.two]

Oh and I'm going to hide that ugly pot cave somewhere for my bnp to hide in.