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Posted	malawi cichlids
29-10-2006 16:42 by tank busters	thinking of diong malawi set up in a six foot tank any idea how many i could keep in there
29-10-2006 16:49 by Jake Casson	Depends on the species, size, filteration, feeding etc. Stick a huge filter on there and you'll be able to fill it with fish.
29-10-2006 16:49 by scott_91	when i did malawis i did a ratio of 1cm of fish for every 2 litres of water if thats any help e.g 100 litre tank = 50cm of fish
29-10-2006 16:50 by tank busters	i have a fx5 and 404
29-10-2006 16:50 by Jake Casson	http://www.aquarist-classifieds.co.uk/php/detail59_56015.php Buy this, great bits of kit-I have 2.
29-10-2006 16:52 by Jake Casson	Pack them full of biological media then pack that tank wall to wall with malawis once filters are mature.
29-10-2006 16:54 by tank busters	tanks been up and running for 3 mnths all i need to do is sell me green arrowana
29-10-2006 16:55 by tank busters	do i need to use powerheads for water movement
29-10-2006 16:57 by tank busters	r they easy to bread
29-10-2006 16:57 by Jake Casson	Is that the 2' one, shame as I wouldnt mind a smaller one as tank is too small for another year?
29-10-2006 16:58 by Jake Casson	Easy to breed without even doing anything. No real need for more water movement dude
29-10-2006 16:58 by tank busters	yep 2ft green
29-10-2006 17:00 by tank busters	ok cheers
29-10-2006 17:00 by tank busters	might swap my green arro for some malawis
29-10-2006 17:04 by Jake Casson	Would be wise to pack one filter out with biological media (say the bigger fx5) then use the other for more polishing the water. Will have to slowly load them up with extra waste until they have enough bacterier to support a large community. Do this by feeding loads and looking for signs of ammonia/ nitrite/ fish breathing fast.
29-10-2006 17:06 by tank busters	my filters r well mature as i had a big jag in the tank and 2 tilipia and oscars with the arrowana
29-10-2006 17:11 by keith t	and loads of water changes, which i have developed a fetish for
29-10-2006 17:13 by tank busters	is it because u like getting wet lol
29-10-2006 17:13 by Jake Casson	But if there not in there now or once the arow goes then all those extra bacteria will pass away. There are only enough there for whats being produced and most will quickly die once the fish waste is cut back.
29-10-2006 17:14 by keith t
29-10-2006 17:15 by tank busters	i need to get rid of arro before stocking as he would see em as lunch
29-10-2006 17:16 by keith t	r u going for haps, peacocks or mbuna
29-10-2006 17:16 by tank busters	kieth how many water changes do u do on your set up and how big is it
29-10-2006 17:17 by tank busters	cant i mix em
29-10-2006 17:20 by keith t	400ltr set up and im changing 100 ltrs twice a week, Just filled one filter with eheim substrat and one filter with 2x coarse sponge, 2x fine sponge, rowaphos, activated carbon and filter wool. running a vecton 24w uv sterilizer.
29-10-2006 17:21 by keith t	not really as they have differant dietry requirements, though alot of people do mix them
29-10-2006 17:22 by tank busters	whats the best food to give em and should u vary the diet daily
29-10-2006 17:25 by keith t	im feeding, hikari cichlid excel thats is high in spirulina, spirulina flake, cucumber once a week and the odd pea dropped in. Tried tomatoe last night and they didnt go much on it.
29-10-2006 17:27 by tank busters	right
29-10-2006 17:27 by keith t	http://www.malawikeepers.com/ try reading up here, this is full off info, and give you a better insight into malawis
29-10-2006 17:42 by paul stevens	give me the big greenie here..
29-10-2006 17:51 by keith t
29-10-2006 21:18 by telboy	i knew hed be back for that monster mr buster!
29-10-2006 21:22 by paul stevens
30-10-2006 08:23 by RyanR	Get as many as u can, it reduces agression, try not to add dibs and drabs of fish, buy loads and add them in, if u add 5 then another 5 etc etc you'll porb loose some through other fish being aggressive!
30-10-2006 08:59 by PaddyD	Depend totally if you want mbuna or haps...
02-11-2006 09:49 by Anoetic	I have a 120G mixed Hap/Peacock/Mbuna setup and have no problems. My Haps and Peacocks are males only and the Mbuna are some of the quieter species such as Ps saulosi's and white L Caeruleus. Its the best of both worlds as far as colour is concerned. As far as diet, the old argument about not mixing haps and mbuna is irrelevent with the use of NLS foods with suppliments involving spirulina, cucumber, etc.

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