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Thinking of re-doing my 150 gallon tank

verbal

CCA Members
I am thinking of re-doing my big African Cichlid tank to more of an mbuna focus.

The tank dimensions are 5x2x2.

I was thinking of groups of:

Labidochromis chimulsae
Rusties
Psuedotropheus williamsi(or possibly Pseudotropheus sp. "Acei")
Cynotilapia afra
Copadichromis(probably borleyi)
Zebra Obliquens
Would labeotropheus trevawsae work in the tank or are they too aggressive?

I think most of these fish could be put into a 40 breeder to focus on breeding.
 

fischfan13

Banned
Jesse, a bunch of choices available here.
In no particular order...

The Chimsulae are great looking, especially when colored up. An Acei and Labeotropheus in the same tank might keep them colored down.

A 5' tank would work well with Williamsi and Labeotropheus. If you go with both of these then I would only consider two more groups.

The Williamsi will cruise the entire tank.
The Cyno's will want rock piles to themselves, depending on how many males you have.

What are you looking for?
Is there something on this list that you definitely want?
There are lots of combinations that you can work with.
Is there a Top 4 or 5 that you would want to work with?
 

Tony

Alligator Snapping Turtle/Past Pres
C. borleyi are beautiful fish, but adult males are pretty good at running a tank... especially a 5 footer. Any smaller haps you'd consider or do you already have the borleyi?
 

verbal

CCA Members
I have borleyi, but I may be selling them. Are Red Empress more mellow?

The must have(I already have them) species are:
Labidochromis chimulsae
Labeotropheus trevawse
Zebra Obliquens

However they do not all have to be in the tank. It looks like a 40 breeder with either the Zebra Obliquens and the Labidochromis chimulsae or the Labeotropheus trevawse may be the way to go.
 
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