are kribs okay to put with....

[Collin1104]

i just want to get one krib to put with my 3 mbunas... its a 30g.. will that work?

[cocoa_pleco]

nope, mbuna should be kept mbuna only

[sailor]

Your mbunas are too aggresive to mix with kribs. Plus different water conditions.

[jbeining75]

The mbunas will rip that krib apart.... Far too aggressive of a fish for anything but an african tank...

[Collin1104]

doh!! oh well.. thanks though.. just for the record, im still lost when it comes to the classifications and species of cichlids and all that stuff so theres a good chance i dont have mbunas.. ive got the yellow lab, yellow auratus and "electric blue cichlid".. let me know! sorry for being such a noob! thanks for your patience

[sailor]

Collin here is a great link to help you with cichlid identification

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/

This should help you a lot.
Some of the species they have male, female and juvie pics.

I hope this helps

[jbeining75]

Melanochromis auratus "yellow" = Malawi
Yellow Lab = Malawi
Electric Blue = Malawi

[Collin1104]

thank you sailor, that helps a lot.. i found the yellow lab in two seconds lol too bad hes a mbuna.. btw how do you pronounce mbuna? is the m silent?

[jbeining75]

thank you sailor, that helps a lot.. i found the yellow lab in two seconds lol too bad hes a mbuna.. btw how do you pronounce mbuna? is the m silent?

ma-boon-a ..... really it all depends on the language though you say po-tat-o i say pot-tot-o you say to-mate-o I say to-mot-o..... lol

[sailor]

Straight from one of the best authorities on the planet Ad Konings It is pronounced umboona

[jbeining75]

see told ya lol.....

[Collin1104]

haha ive been calling them boonas!! thanks!

[cocoa_pleco]

its pronounced um-boo-na, but for the last 10 years ive called them ma-bun-a. its really the um-boo-na but ma-bu-na is still stuck in my head

i used to call cichlids shishlids. lol

[smcurry83]

You can also use cichlidrecipe.com. The last 10 or so pages are all species classification and information.