Janoch

That's great advise, glad I don't have to be overly concerned about ph. I've looked into socolfi as well as the rustys, lots to consider. basically I should be stocking the more docile yellow labs and yellow tails first though? What's a good way to introduce my initial stock once my cycle is complete ( don't want to overload my nitrogen cycle and end up with ammonia spikes adding too many at once) Ive got a 33g community tank with some prestila tetra zebra danios and a couple of angels I could rehome maybe the danios (if I can catch them) into the 75 to increase benefitial bacteria then remove them. What I'm getting at is that I'm not sure how well even the more docile yellow labs would act in smaller numbers during an initial stock without having an ammonia spike.

Thanks for the advise guys, I guess I'm so used to ensuring that I DONT overstock being that I've only really kept peaceful community fish never really had to worry about aggression. (Except for when my angels decide it's time to breed but I had always dealt with that by isolating them) got plenty of filtration though, the corner flow setup has a 25 gallon sump that I can LOAD with all kinds of media, and exchanges the water at an exceptional rate. Will look into your suggestion of adding a 3rd species, thx, what brand of foam specifically would I be looking for aqua scalping? I like the idea and would definitially look into sealing some smaller stones together for placing on larger stones that are firmly on the egg crate to make some nice hideouts. Any tips on easy ways to maintain a higher ph? Or suggestions as to where In Calgary I should go to pick out my new pals 😜

Hello, I've been into tropical community tanks for about 3 years now and am anxious to start up a nice display tank out of a 75 gallon corner flow, I was thinking a stock of 10 electric yellows and 8 yellow tail acei but I'm open to suggestions as I'm in no rush for the stock and want to ensure Perfect parameters and aquascaping prior to any new fish purchases. That being said that stock was a suggestion on another forum as a "cookie cutter stock" for people that are new with mbunas, any other suggestions I could look into would be greatly appreciated! I've already fitted the bottom of the aquarium with egg crate and a few stones from the elbow river, used the boil method and vinegar test as well as scrubbed the stones maticulously prior to putting in the tank. Yesterday I picked up a 25kg bag of quikcrete premium play sand as per recommendation, washed and added it as well as rigged up a coralife 36" dual t5ho fitted with an actinic and 10000k daylight bulb and a 250 watt fluval heater supposedly capable of maintining temps as high as 88f in a 75g. Today I'll be cleaning out an established 10g tank of mine and adding the substrate to the sump as well as the biomedia to jump start my cycle, will go fish less and will add pure ammonia, again open to suggestion. I've purchased some (Dafco) fuzzy polyethylene particle filters to also use as biomedia ( talked to the manufacturers to ensure they're not treated with anything) am I missing anything? Is there anything else I can add to this setup to help maintain a proper ph? This tank already has pretty decent water movement, however I also have a power head I could install to keep a current near the bottom... Any thoughts or suggestions would be awesome, I will post a few pics later on today. Thanks!

Hello! Glad to find a local community forum! I'm 31 yo guy from Calgary and I've been in the hobby for about 3 years now. Started off with a little 1.5g with a betta for my daughters room... That worked up to a 10g, then a 33g planted community tank for the living room and am now in the process of setting up a 75g corner flow that I'm planning on stocking with Africans. Im very interested and excited to hear some local opinions and advice for this venture!