mbuna

Hi, all! New to the forum and very excited! I've kept various tropical and some more simple marine tanks over the years with mostly success. I've recently started trying to "seriously" keep African cichlids - Miliawi specifically. By serious, I mean that I'm more interested in the quality...

Tried to get the rusties' battles too, but they were camera shy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y1QzK2vGJuo

I am in the process of acquiring another 75 gallon, to move the male hap and peacock growout to my basement near the 135 show tank, and having the 75 in the living room be a prettier mbuna show tank. I have been doing some reading on mbuna stock and i have read alot about getting 4-6 species in...

I'm considering moving my grow out which is in the living room to the basement near the large all male show tank. I have been doing Haps and peacocks for the last year and I'm now considering making the living tank a 75 mbuna tank. Is there a best way to stock? M to F ratio. Types of mbunas, etc?

With the upcoming Dave's Rare Fish group buy, I've managed to waste a significant amount of time today at work, browsing his list. There are a couple of "filler" hap purchases that I'm making to fix up some of my existing groups, but what has really caught my eye is his absolutely ridiculous...

FYI, this is my 55 Mbuna tank with yellow labs, rusties, yellow tail acei, white top hara, melanochromis chipokae and red tail shark. Great color combination and now that they are maturing, some interesting chasing action. Actually have some juvie rusties and yellow labs hiding in the...

I am putting a tank together of mostly Haps/Peacocks and a few Rustys and yellow labs, must have per wife any kids. Its a 125g tank. How can make sure the veggie boys don't get to much protein?

Hey all. My name is Jeff. I am from the new river valley. Near va tech for those of you who are college sports oriented. I am huge into mbunas but biggest into cynotilapia. I also keep a few select tangs. Ive been a member for a little bit but decided to finally introduce myself. I am in the...

Will, thanks for the hara. as you can see in the video, the pair are hanging out together; the male not harassing the female at all. In fact, the female is seeking out the male. It looks like they found a nice hidey-hole in the tank to hang out with. Also notice the rusties with the...

So over the past few weeks I have noticed a shifting of "normal patterns" for the hierarchy in my mbuna tank. I have a small group/colony of Metriaclima zebra Mdoka sp. "Long Pelvic", a semi-aggressive species of mbuna. About three weeks ago I noticed my dominant male huddled in a corner with...

Currently I am feeding my mbuna an alternating combination of omega spirulina flakes, cichlid flakes, nls sinking, and plankton. What do you think of the Dainichi foods? Any other food recomendations?

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forums and new to the hobby. Just recently I discovered the mbuna and I can't get enough of them! Right now I have an embarrassingly small 20gal with 5 Ps. demasoni, Pombo Rocks (supposedly). Can't wait till I can fit something bigger into my budget and get some more...

Started to realize that I'm getting a bunch of fry... Ps. demasoni (spit 2/12/10) - only 5 of the little guys; luckily, have another female about to spit. First spawn for me for the species. Ps. Acei - White-tail F1 (spit 3/7/10) - Wild caught parents. About 30 or so of the little...