In the next couple months, I plan to setup my 29 gallon again (moving out of an apartment in which aquariums have been banned). I've had multiple setups in this tank over the years, including a SA community tank and a Malawi style tank with a small school of powder blues. Right now, I'm seriously considering another african tank, but I'm not sure what I want to do.
I'm really liking the Johanni cichlids right now. I think a single male with 3-4 females in the tank would make for a nice color combination with the contrasting male/female colors. In the same hand, I really don't want to deal with all the fry. That got to be a real pain with my last tank, as those fish were breeding like crazy. I couldn't give the fish away fast enough. That brings me to my question.
Is there anyway I could do just a community of different species males in this tank? How many? What species? I already plan to do a DIY background and use a Fluval 404 or two Fluval 204 (or equivalents) for filtration, using only the first tray for mechanical filtration and the rest for biological filtration, be it with bio-balls or ceramic media.
I'm really liking the Johanni cichlids right now. I think a single male with 3-4 females in the tank would make for a nice color combination with the contrasting male/female colors. In the same hand, I really don't want to deal with all the fry. That got to be a real pain with my last tank, as those fish were breeding like crazy. I couldn't give the fish away fast enough. That brings me to my question.
Is there anyway I could do just a community of different species males in this tank? How many? What species? I already plan to do a DIY background and use a Fluval 404 or two Fluval 204 (or equivalents) for filtration, using only the first tray for mechanical filtration and the rest for biological filtration, be it with bio-balls or ceramic media.