interlude Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Since there isnt anymore room in my townhouse (as per the gf :chair: ) I have set up a 90g at my parents So far so good, I have sand and some rocks setup. Im also using a FX5 for filtration. Thanks to fairdeal, I am picking up his group of polits. What other tankmates would you guys suggest to put in? I will be throwing in about half a dozen petricolas as well as bottom feeders. (maybe a dozen) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
interlude Posted February 7, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Since there isnt anymore room in my townhouse (as per the gf :chair: ) I have set up a 90g at my parents So far so good, I have sand and some rocks setup. Im also using a FX5 for filtration. Thanks to fairdeal, I am picking up his group of polits. What other tankmates would you guys suggest to put in? I will be throwing in about half a dozen petricolas as well as bottom feeders. (maybe a dozen) no suggestions ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_sheebz Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 try some calvus or frontosas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RD. Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 (edited) try some calvus or frontosas .... or not. If the foundation of this tank is going to be polits & petricola, I would suggest keeping the rest of your stock to mbuna. Lots of options, but in a 48x18 tank I would recommend going with mbuna species that won't get too large, and that hopefully won't cross breed with your polits. P. saulosi or yellow labs would make a nice color contrast with your polits, and neither species will get overly large for a tank that size. HTH Edited February 8, 2008 by RD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
African_Fever Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Neil's got a good point - IME calvus won't compete very well all the time with the boisterous and always active mbuna, and front's just get too large for a 90. Ps. saulosi, yellow labs, Mel. cyaneorhabdos, would all make good tankmates with lots of colour to keep things looking good. Hopefully the female polit you're picking up are more red; I've had my females range from brown to red, with some actually looking a lot better and brighter than ever expected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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