Thanks borysjaworzno
Appreciate that

That is a male cynotilapia sp. white top hara gallireya reef.

what kind of fish is at 0:53 ?

I think your mix is fine
Holding females are easy to spot, they hide often in the rocks, they don’t come out to eat usually, and they look like they have a mouth full of bubblegum

My temp is 78 F, my pH is 7.8
My GH is 6 degrees of hardness and my buffering capacity, or carbonate hardness (KH) is about 8 or 9 degrees.

hi i will be gettingmy malawis today afetr a long 4 weeks setting up and i just wondered what do oyu think of this mix and also how do you know if a female is holding>? also what temp and ph do you use???
the mix i anticipating are afra, carrelues, rd top hongi, johanni, mtericliiama grenakli or something like that!!

Aquarium keeping is always a work in progress. I can never keep my hands out of my tanks. I’m always adding new rocks and stuff and just can’t leave stuff alone. After a few years, your tanks will take on a personality of their own. they really do…
My tanks are all older tanks.
Yours will get there, over time, they will get there.
Thanks for stopping by, appreciate the comment

Brutus is five years old. Just a youngster for a cichlid
But (hopefully) he will not get any larger.

Thank you very much,
Instead of a day at the spa pampering myself all the time, I like to do tank care. Nothing like a good exfoliating of hands and polishing of nails than moving rocks can sand LOL. My friends all want to know how I keep my nails in such good shape, and I recommend tank keeping to all of them. I’m sure the fish poo has something to do with it LOL.
Thanks for stopping by, appreciate it

Thanks for the comment Rockarea, appreaciate it
Hope you stop by again

My local fish store has the rocks, but they didn’t have enough (I needed a LOT)
so they special ordered the rock for me. Then, when my fish had lots of fry, I grew the fry up and traded them in for credit at the fish store. And I bought, you guessed it, MORE ROCK

Where did you get to buy the rocks?

Nice Tank ,Nice Fishes
greetz
Rock Area

Probaly one of the best mbuna tanks i’ve seen. well done, your fish are very healthy and look very happy.

never a dull moment in a mbuna tank.

Really nice tank. How old is Brutus, he’s huge!

ehy very nice mbuna tank, u can see my wild cynotilapia sp. hara from gallireya reef.. my set up is not as good a s yours..
ciao!

The white ones are male cynotilapia species white top hara gallireya reef.
(yes, that is their full name, say that ten times fast LOL)
And the yellows are yellow labs, or Labidochromis caeruleus.
These are both aggressive fish. They can not go in a regular tropical community tank. If I could pick the more docile of the two, well… MAYBE the yellow labs. It depends on the individual fish sometimes. Some are just more aggressive than others.

what are the white ones called i want to get one of the yellows or the white ones which one is least aggressive and which is best in ur thought

Well thank you.
Appreciate that very much

Well, thank you very much.
Appreciate that

Nice tank its so cool XD

Oh, gosh.. I dunno…
Guessing $300 – $400
I ordered the first 100 pounds from my fish store, then slowly added more over the years
Lace rock usually runs about $3 per pound at my fish store.
But I only paid $2.00 per pound when I bought it in bulk (the first time)

So how much do you think you paid for all that rock?

My local fish store ordered it for me. It is lace rock, from feller stone company.