55g Mbuna tank
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55g Mbuna tank
Hi. I am a freshman in high school and I'm new to this site and relatively new to cichlids. I have a 55 gallon aquarium I got in July that cycled in a little over 3 weeks. The pH is a stable 7.8. I currently have 2 zebras (they were all I could afford at the time since I have a limited budget). I plan to stock with 2 more zebras along with 4 labs and 4 more fish of an undecided species. I will try to have some pictures up tomorrow.
I had a lab which I got last Friday but sadly it died of unknown causes on 9-9-09 . I saw that before I went to bed it had been acting weird. It was sitting on rocks, just sitting there. Plus it hadn't eaten much since I got him. I'm going to try to make a trip to my lfs to get some more zebras tomorrow.
I had a lab which I got last Friday but sadly it died of unknown causes on 9-9-09 . I saw that before I went to bed it had been acting weird. It was sitting on rocks, just sitting there. Plus it hadn't eaten much since I got him. I'm going to try to make a trip to my lfs to get some more zebras tomorrow.
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Re: 55g Mbuna tank
Hi and Welcome to the Forum!!! Glad to have you Where abouts in KY are ya?
Setting up a tank is a lot of fun, it can also be frustrating trying to get everything balanced... but we'll be here to help you out. If you can get sexed fish, try for 1 male and 3 females of each species (not always possible depending on the lfs).
Looking forward to the pic's
Setting up a tank is a lot of fun, it can also be frustrating trying to get everything balanced... but we'll be here to help you out. If you can get sexed fish, try for 1 male and 3 females of each species (not always possible depending on the lfs).
Looking forward to the pic's
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Thank you. I live an hour east of Lexington and 2.5 hours west of the ky border of west virginia. My lfs mite be good, but it doesn't sex their fish. Would like if they did tho. My fish have been hiding a lot lately. Do you think this will go away wen I get more fish?
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I like the way the tank is set up
Can't really tell much about the fish from the pictures, looks like a red zebra in the bottom picture not sure about the top picture. Looks like the red zebra has a slightly sunken belly, keep an eye on it to make sure it's eating normally.
Keep the pic's coming!!!
Can't really tell much about the fish from the pictures, looks like a red zebra in the bottom picture not sure about the top picture. Looks like the red zebra has a slightly sunken belly, keep an eye on it to make sure it's eating normally.
Keep the pic's coming!!!
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O, I didn't notice. I'll keep an eye on him/her. the top one is a lab. They both ate some btw. *knock on wood*
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Nice looking tank -- you did a good job decorating it.
It's not uncommon for new fish to be a little shy when they are introduced to a tank. They should adjust soon. If not you'll want to check your water conditions (ammonia, nitrites, etc.) and make sure nothing is out of order in that department.
Are you just new to cichlids or to fishkeeping of any kind?
It's not uncommon for new fish to be a little shy when they are introduced to a tank. They should adjust soon. If not you'll want to check your water conditions (ammonia, nitrites, etc.) and make sure nothing is out of order in that department.
Are you just new to cichlids or to fishkeeping of any kind?
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New to cichlids, I've kept fish before and still have those fish. Now tht I have more they are out in the front more .
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That's good to hear! You'll have to get some pictures when they settle in.
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I will. I'm going to try to get 2 Acei Sunday and another lab if I can.
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I like the tank setup. If you plan on keeping fry mixing labs and zebras together is not a great combination because of hybrids risk. The acei would make a good addition with the zebras and then I would pick another species besides the lab.
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I'm not saving any fry. I already knew about the hybridization, but thank you.
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glad to see you could make it here and way to go team fast and good response
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I'm thinking about gettng a 10g qt tank befor I get any more fish since I've been hearing a lot about dying cichlids on some other sites.
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definetely a good idea
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I would say at this stage you don't have to have one but the more fish you get the more you will want to make sure 1 new fish doesn't effect the whole tank. That being said who can argue with a new tank, lol.
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For the time being I will probably put it under the tank. Maybe eventually I can turn into a nano reef which I have wanted for a long time lol. Of course then I'll have to find a better plact to put it. For it being a qt I have an internal filter in another tank tht had already cycled which will be ok for it being a qt. I'd like to know if it would be ok open top or if I should put something like a book over it cuz I don't want to spend an extra 20 dollars for a hood.
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You can leave it open but there will be serious evaporation so you'll have to top it off regularly.
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You can use a piece of plastic egg crate. I have several of my tanks that only have them as tops. Its sold at stores like Home Depot as light diffuser.
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Do you think they would have it at lowes or walmart? What department would it be in? There not any very close hds around here.
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Lowes probably would I think but I don't have 1 by me so I'm not 100 percent. Its in the lighting area at home depot.
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I've had a harder time finding it at Lowe's, but I think I did find some there.
It's easy to find it at Home Depot. At least at all of the HDs here, it's in the fluorescent/shop light/under cabinet light area. You have to look at the shelves carefully or you might miss it if you don't know what you are looking for. It will be laying flat on the shelf and is easy to miss.
It's easy to find it at Home Depot. At least at all of the HDs here, it's in the fluorescent/shop light/under cabinet light area. You have to look at the shelves carefully or you might miss it if you don't know what you are looking for. It will be laying flat on the shelf and is easy to miss.
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I'll have to look the next time I'm in there.
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Pic
Not much of an update but heres a new pic. I could only get 2 of the 3 zebras in the pic. They seem to be getting along fine *knock on wood*.
Last edited by Aquarium1 on Tue Sep 15, 2009 9:47 pm; edited 1 time in total
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