Part two of stocking

[Ryuu]

Ok so I totally pitched out the oscar and severum stocking (Look at Im being eaten alive thread) and decided to give my rustys a better home in a mbuna tank. I have come up with the fish that are being included in the tank, im not sure how many will fit though. anyways its a 75g tank, and im putting in rusty cichlids, yellow labs, and electric blue johanii, im just not sure of how many each?

Thank you
Mike =]

[Ryuu]

sorry kind of need an anwser, gotta hit the hay soon

[sailor]

If possible I would replace the electric blue johanii with electric blue mangaino, they look almost identicle as the johanii but are a lot more peaceful. In a 75 gal you could easily have 6 or 7 of each. I would try for a 2 male and 5 female ratio.

[Ryuu]

Ok wow thats a lot, Yeah Ill do that then thank you!

[Lady Hobbs]

Them sailors have some good idea's and far better than the oscar one!

[Ryuu]

Yeah I was so split beetween them both, but then i was like, when I bought the rusty cichlids, I assumed full responsibility for them, so to let them be crammed in a very small tank and be stressed, would be very very very irrensponsible, to the point where I shouldnt have gotten them at all.

[Ryuu]

So I went to the lfs, they had rustys, and yellow lags, but unfortunatly, no electric blue mangano. So im going to need something to replace that... Any suggestions? They had regular electric blue cichlids, some red zebras and such.

[Ryuu]

I found this site any ideas [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[sailor]

You could always put in a couple of different male peacocks.

[kaybee]

Did anything they had appeal to your personal preference, what colors are you interested in?

Were those the only species they had? Any other LFS options in your area?

While they can be dominant and aggressive, red zebras would work if properly stocked. They should be added last to the tank if you select them.

Any idea what the "regular electric blue cichilds" were?

Common names vary from region to region and even LFS to LFS in the same region. "Electric blue" can mean many things. Usually the common name applies to s. fryeri (a type of hap), or m. cyaneorhabdos (which is also known as the maingano, electric blue or electric blue johanni, not to be confused with m. johanni).

For a peaceful mbuna set up you could establish groups of yellow labs, pseudotropheus acei, and the rusties.

[Ryuu]

It was kind of like this, but the fins were pointy, and they were a little rounder, but still the darker almost black blue,

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also, under the electric blue cichlid thing it had "colored" and a larger price for it, im not sure what it ment

[Ryuu]

I had actually found a better picture

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It looked exactly like that

[Ryuu]

Any ideas if this cichlid would fit in with the rest?

[kaybee]

That's a s. fryeri usually sold by the common name 'electric blue' and often mislabeled as 's. ahli' (both fish the links you provided are s. fryeri).

They're probably more suited in a 'hap' set-up though certain males can be aggressive enough to hold their own in a mbuna tank, I suppose. The thing is they have opposing dietary requirements than most mbuna's). S. fryeri also get somewhat larger than most mbuna's (s. fryeri get upwards of 7" or 8"). Something to consider. They are certainly great looking fish, particularly the matured males.

[Ryuu]

Ok, so its probably smarter to have something that has the same requrments, so if I put red zebras in last, they would work right?

[kaybee]

Two red zebra's may work, especially if they're both females; several red zebras (1m +several females) would work even better.

[Ryuu]

ok thank you ill get them then.