[blondiii_]

I recently added a new trunk and fake plants to my cichlid tank. I feel like it might be a bit much and I just wanted to see if it looks too crowded with decorations? Or if it's an adequate amount. Thanks!

 

[Stu W2]

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder ... I quite like the trunks and artificial plants. I'd remove the pipe fitting and the garbage can guy. IMHO doing so will take the tank to the next level.

Regards,
Stu

 

[DJRansome]

You have some very aggressive mbuna in the tank. You want to fill the tank with rocks so they have dozens of hiding places and territories to claim.

 

[GuitarShark]

+1 to adding rocks. Fake decor is great but it doesn't replace the natural stuff. I would also purchase smaller, finer substrate such as aragonite (crushed coral) because mbuna love to dig. With mbuna, the more rocks and stuff you have though, the happier they are.

 

[blondiii_]

+1 to adding rocks. Fake decor is great but it doesn't replace the natural stuff. I would also purchase smaller, finer substrate such as aragonite (crushed coral) because mbuna love to dig. With mbuna, the more rocks and stuff you have though, the happier they are.

I wanted to try to change the substrate but I was quite sure how to go about it, would it be too stressful to my fish to take them out and change it all?

 

[blondiii_]

Beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder ... I quite like the trunks and artificial plants. I'd remove the pipe fitting and the garbage can guy. IMHO doing so will take the tank to the next level.

Regards,
Stu

Yeah i know those two are ugly haha. But they all really enjoy swimming through the pipe and my boyfriend bought the little oscar the grouch so i figured i had to add it.