120g Full Tank Shot

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:16 am

Nice rock work! Sweet looking tank.

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Sat Jan 10, 2009 2:05 pm

Thanks!

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Sun Jan 11, 2009 4:42 am

i agree nice rockwork

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:12 pm

kool. can i ask how you went about that tank. i have a tank and some fish but im being told 50 different things buy 100 different people

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:19 pm

Love your set up there Paul, very nice!!!

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:25 pm

Thanks!....Just started stacking rocks really....You will find a lot of right answers on this forum if you stick around. I brought the rocks in washed them good in hot water tehn added them to the tank.

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Tue Mar 24, 2009 11:20 pm

dude that looks like a tank i saw on another forum and everyone was saying it was overstocked. i cant beleive how many fish you have in there. it gives me hope that maybe my ideas for my 135 are gonna be alright after all. do u have a fish list for that one and well HOW do you maintain(keep everyone from rioting) that tank full of beauties?

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:29 am

With Mbuna the idea is to overstock to minimize aggression. Here is what I have in there.

120g
4x Kenyi
8x Ice Blue Zebras (1 albino)
4x Red Zebras
4x Bumble bee
4x Aratus
1x Red Peacock
1x Blue Blotched Peacock/Hap (hybrid)
3x e.Synodontis (featherfin)
1x Strawberry Peacock (hybrid)
3x Yellow Labs
2x Blue Blotched/Red/Orange Blotched Peacock/Hap (hybrids)
1x Sciaenochromis fryeri (Taiwan Reef)
1x Victorian Haplochromis sp. "blue obliquidens"
1x Albino Scofoli
15-25x 1/2 inch fry

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:51 am

The tank looks great MC!

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 12:53 am

Thanks!

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:03 am

cichlid"specialist" at LFS told me just the opposite . dont have lots of fish and dont have a big variety. i dunno by loooking at ur tank i tend to believe you

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 1:07 am

Thanks!

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 3:41 am

eltrut420 wrote:: cichlid"specialist" at LFS told me just the opposite . dont have lots of fish and dont have a big variety. i dunno by loooking at ur tank i tend to believe you

Naw, really with these fish you want to kinda overstock to help with aggression Wink

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 9:31 am

LFS specialist IMO don't know what they are talking about. LFS specialist up here tell people that fish will only grow to the size of the tank. :angspmd:

:drool:

@ MC tank

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:33 pm

eltrut420 wrote:: cichlid"specialist" at LFS told me just the opposite . dont have lots of fish and dont have a big variety. i dunno by loooking at ur tank i tend to believe you

As MC said, overstocking to reduce aggression is a common practice and can be very effective. The only time I have ever kept species tanks for mbuna is in breeding set-ups in 20 long, 29 or 30 gallon tanks, in order to prevent hybridization. Even then, I'd suggest a minimum of 4 to 7 fish, 1 male and the rest females.

Nice lookin' tank MC.

WYite

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 8:45 pm

Well the thread is a couple months old but it has not changed much at all! Thanks!

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:21 pm

well does that include lots of males also. obvioulsy the males are more colorful etc but can i overstock them or does it have to include alot of females for the males. also what exactly is a "dither fish" and what kind do you suggest

Subject: Re: 120g Full Tank Shot Wed Mar 25, 2009 10:58 pm

Dither fish are usually schooling fish used to get skittish fish out and confortable out in the open. They are not necessary in an African tank. Mbuna are not shy what so ever. You could keep an all male tank but you will want less fish and several more species. An all Male tank will be pretty aggressive and you must be sure to have all males. There are plenty of species with beautiful females too.

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