Janoch Posted May 6, 2016 Report Share Posted May 6, 2016 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! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoopkamol Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Lots of rocks. Stacked to make caves. More hiding spots given ...the more you will see of the fish, that's how my mbuna is. Mbuna tanks tend to need a bit of an over stocking to spread out aggression to more fish. Just need to up filtration to accomplish this. Could add a 3rd species I would think.. albino scoffoli are a very nice white fish looks great with electric yellows. Just my opinion but you will love mbuna. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piedpiper Posted May 7, 2016 Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 Lots of rocks are a must and it's a good idea when you're stacking them to secure them. You'd be surprised the size of rocks that Mbuna can topple. I use the foam used for sealing around rocks for ponds and waterfalls. Also lots of flow is needed so your power head is a good idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janoch Posted May 7, 2016 Author Report Share Posted May 7, 2016 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 😜 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites
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