Many helped me previously as I decided upon my next tank... https://www.cichlid-forum.com/phpBB...sid=5f40a335a2c501590d3b18e85e5877b4&start=15
So just got the new 75g set up. Sand substrate, 125lbs THR. I have room for more and may add more eventually. Filstar-L w/ 350gph. Will add a 2nd soon, though will likely wait for cycle to complete to avoid adding any variables. Following the page on this forum. Fishless cycle which just began tonight. Added 1.5tsp Ammonia got it up to 1ppm. Adding another 1.5tsp to try to get close to 2 and calling it a night. I did seed filter with ceramic rings and sponges from one of my other filters. Not sure how fast that speeds things along...
As far as stocking...Here's kind of where my head is at. Originally I was 100% Mbuna, but slight doubt has crept in on a Hap tank, though still pretty sure I go Mbuna. My current 75g has 4 species, so I'm thinking something similar in this one. 1M:4-5F each. Here's what I'm thinking. Again, outside chance I completely change course and go Hap, but have been pretty set on Mbuna since the beginning.
These 3 are my top 3...
- LABEOTROPHEUS TREWAVASAE (CHILUMBA)
- PSEUDOTROPHEUS SAULOSI
- Metriclima Callainos, Pearl Zebra
For my 4th, a few options I've looked of which I'd pick one....
- Cynotilapia zebroides (Jalo Reef)
- Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt"
- Metriaclima sp. (elongatus usisya)
- Melonochromis auratus
So just got the new 75g set up. Sand substrate, 125lbs THR. I have room for more and may add more eventually. Filstar-L w/ 350gph. Will add a 2nd soon, though will likely wait for cycle to complete to avoid adding any variables. Following the page on this forum. Fishless cycle which just began tonight. Added 1.5tsp Ammonia got it up to 1ppm. Adding another 1.5tsp to try to get close to 2 and calling it a night. I did seed filter with ceramic rings and sponges from one of my other filters. Not sure how fast that speeds things along...
As far as stocking...Here's kind of where my head is at. Originally I was 100% Mbuna, but slight doubt has crept in on a Hap tank, though still pretty sure I go Mbuna. My current 75g has 4 species, so I'm thinking something similar in this one. 1M:4-5F each. Here's what I'm thinking. Again, outside chance I completely change course and go Hap, but have been pretty set on Mbuna since the beginning.
These 3 are my top 3...
- LABEOTROPHEUS TREWAVASAE (CHILUMBA)
- PSEUDOTROPHEUS SAULOSI
- Metriclima Callainos, Pearl Zebra
For my 4th, a few options I've looked of which I'd pick one....
- Cynotilapia zebroides (Jalo Reef)
- Labidochromis sp. "Perlmutt"
- Metriaclima sp. (elongatus usisya)
- Melonochromis auratus