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Posted	40gall planted mbuna
30-07-2006 21:18 by jonie	hi all, I've decided to do a 40gall planted mbuna tank would like to stock it with estherae, white lab, yellow lab, and more different pseudotropheus ANYONE DONE THIS BEFORE?
30-07-2006 21:32 by Lexter	don't Mbuna eat plants?
30-07-2006 21:38 by Danny Boy	yep thats the reason why you dont see planted african cichlid tanks. you may get away with a few amazon swords but not the right plant for the area the fish come from.
30-07-2006 21:52 by jonie	well check this out http://www.ratemyfishtank.com/enlarge.php/imID2289
30-07-2006 21:52 by jonie	he's got the fish i like and he's got loadsa plants and there unharmed
30-07-2006 21:56 by Lexter	nice tank, but he's only got 5 different species, maybe he's got the five who least eat plants i dont know? Also, doesn't look like he has too many fish in there, and also these fancy tanks in that website, nice they are, but how much do they cost???
30-07-2006 22:26 by jonie	yh big holes in their pocket lol nice setup tho i gotta admit mine would be that gould( after a few years anyway )
31-07-2006 01:48 by tony mcculloch	Hello jodie. the tank is very nice but deffiniatly not suited to malawi cichlids, as already mentioned, he only has a few (juvenile) cichlids, wait till his fish become mature and he will soon get fed up with the battle between mbuna and plants LOL. Even if they dont eat them they will not rest till they have pulled or dug them up. Total waist of money and a lot of anguish for who ever attempts it. If you want to have plants then java fern is your best bet, and even then dont hold your breath.
31-07-2006 01:52 by Lexter	tony - i heard that fish dont like the taste of Java Fern. When i had my convicts with some plants they mullered everything BUT the java fern, when they bred, they eventually dug up the java fern but didnt eat it.
31-07-2006 13:29 by PaddyD	There are some plants that will be ok. Java fern as noted and anubias are ok. Also this will grow on rock, so you can tie it on and it wont get destroyed. I also have had some sucess with cryptocoryne sp - in normal pea gravel, not coral sand. The other thing is that although the tank suits the plants it does not allow for the natural behaviour of the malawis and us such is unsuitable for them, and as mentioned they are not adult, like quite a few planted tanks, I don't think this is a permanant set up.
01-08-2006 14:41 by jonie	OK GUYS

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