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Hi all. I usually hang in the Malawi section, but occasionally venture over here just to see what the other lake is doing...
I've got a 2-parter, the first of which is a bit noobish, and the 2nd of which is less so.
1. I've found a great deal on 6 Multies + 30ish shells. Owner thinks they're 2m:4f. Will the males go ballistic if put together in a 10g? I've got a spare one and would like to set up a little colony.
2. If a 10g would work, could I still use this tank as my nursery/grow-out for my mbuna? Demasoni and Yellow Labs. Only until they're about 1".
Or... I know we're not big advocates for mixing lakes here, but could I put the Multi colony in my 40g breeder with my demasoni/YL (still juvies, though 1 dem is holding) and just save the 10 for mbuna growout? I have tons of open substrate going on right now in the 40g, and could easily rearrange my rockwork to set up 2 shell territories on either end of the tank, if necessary.
Thoughts? I know that none of this is probably "ideal," but for $20 for the fish/shells, I'd have a really hard time passing it up...
I've got a 2-parter, the first of which is a bit noobish, and the 2nd of which is less so.
1. I've found a great deal on 6 Multies + 30ish shells. Owner thinks they're 2m:4f. Will the males go ballistic if put together in a 10g? I've got a spare one and would like to set up a little colony.
2. If a 10g would work, could I still use this tank as my nursery/grow-out for my mbuna? Demasoni and Yellow Labs. Only until they're about 1".
Or... I know we're not big advocates for mixing lakes here, but could I put the Multi colony in my 40g breeder with my demasoni/YL (still juvies, though 1 dem is holding) and just save the 10 for mbuna growout? I have tons of open substrate going on right now in the 40g, and could easily rearrange my rockwork to set up 2 shell territories on either end of the tank, if necessary.
Thoughts? I know that none of this is probably "ideal," but for $20 for the fish/shells, I'd have a really hard time passing it up...