55 Gal Mbuna Help with fish choices to complete tank

**SW Florida Kid** · 06-23-2010, 05:43 PM

I currently have:

3 red zebra
3 yellow labs
3 acei

I want to get 6 more for a total of 15 fish. they are all juveniles. What is your recommendation on what I should add to the tank?

**cichlids209** · 06-23-2010, 06:03 PM

Originally Posted by SW Florida Kid

I currently have:

3 red zebra
3 yellow labs
3 acei

I want to get 6 more for a total of 15 fish. they are all juveniles. What is your recommendation on what I should add to the tank?

i think its a great combo already and adding 2 more of each would be great imo just make sure you have a good m/f ratio and should be a awesome tank with a ton of activity and color

**Lab_Rat** · 06-23-2010, 10:07 PM

Originally Posted by dane

i think its a great combo already and adding 2 more of each would be great imo just make sure you have a good m/f ratio and should be a awesome tank with a ton of activity and color

Agree with Dane, but if you're wanting a different species in the mix you could increase each of the species by 1 and add 4 Metriaclima callainos.

**ybmarmot** · 06-24-2010, 08:21 PM

Some Albino Zebras or Snow Whites or Cobalt Blues would get along and add some more color to the tank.

Electric Yellow Albino Zebra..jpg

**190MPH** · 06-27-2010, 02:24 PM

Originally Posted by dane

i think its a great combo already and adding 2 more of each would be great imo just make sure you have a good m/f ratio and should be a awesome tank with a ton of activity and color

I agree with just adding more of each. 3 species is enough for a 55. The only ones I'd worry about m/f ratio with are the Zebras. I also would not distribute any fry because there is a good risk of cross breeding between the labs and zebras.