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I’ve got a 40 gallon breeder with 16 varied mbunas about 1” in size, and two 1.5” Oscars (they’re the tank boss) I have plants and lots of caves with a soft wave maker, a fluval 207 filter and a big sponge filter. They all live in harmony and seem so happy but they surely eat like piranhas. I’ve already looked into a 100+ gallon tank for when they get bigger. Eventually separating my Oscar’s for a tank of their own. The hobby has become so therapeutic I love it. It’s very satisfying seeing the fish so happy and healthy as well.

I had no idea that not enough fish could be a problem 😮

The information provided is very accurate.Aquarium hobbyist should always be reminded that in order for them to succeed in their Hobby they have to research research and again research.Thank you for braking it down to little bits of Vitamin sized pieces. I really love your work and are always on the look out for the next production. Hope you have a awesome weekend. Richelle.

Finally a clear answer ! Thank you

Great video. Very down to earth and very knowledgeable. I will be subscribing to your channel. I currently am working on my 75 gallon with 28 juvenile Mbuna in it right now. I cannot wait till it's done.

Hello, you are doing really great videos. have now started watching your videos. I'm from Germany and here it is very different in the attitude of malawis. most say here, at Mbunas it starts only from 300 liters. for 3 males and 8 females. for a kind. But I think your videos really great. keep it up.

If you have a 55 gallon I would recommend 20 Mbuna I’ve had nothing but success

I like the fact that you took the time to explain your reasoning behind having four in a school instead of three. It makes a lot of sense. Most channels would just say "keep three" or "keep four" and not explain why. J'apprécie ce canal

So glad you posted this! I had just upgraded my Mbunas, of which i only have a few, to a larger tank and wondered if I should get more or just wait for them to grow out. Definitely getting more soon to better balance the m:f, and will introduce them as a school after quarantine. Perfect timing. Thank you!

My weekly fix. Happy you're doing better this week.

Hi, I always follow your videos you give great advice i recently purchased 55 gallon show tank and have Demanosi and yellow labs how many can i fit in this tank. It's 36"x20x19 so far i have 9 labs and 4 demanosi

Very helpful videos! I inherited 12 cichlids and not even sure what type I have- I have 6 in a 55 gallon and another 6 in a 30 gallon. I divided them by color because I didn’t know what else to do. The yellows and one albino in the 55 gallon fight non stop- lots of sand spitting and chasing each other around and around - perhaps they need more tank mates!

Thank you Rochelle great video top info as always keep up the good work👍🏻😊

Hi Richelle, you do pick some great subjects. My 125g Mbuna tank is one of my favorites & the one which wakes me up in the morning, littraly. I really do have no idea how many are in there as they breed regularly & a lot of the fry survive, but there are a lot. I have a large wet/dry sump, a sulphur denitrator & do weekly 25% water changes. I regards this as less work than a marine tank, which some of my friends think it is! Thanks again.

Hey Michele. I’m from Brazil and your tips are so valuable. Tnks

Thanks for the tips. I have a 300 litre Cichlid tank ( I don't know gallons, I'm from Australia). I've found different countries have different common names for the fish types. So it might be an idea to have the scientific names your pronouncing appear on the screen as we say them differently as well. Im not complaining, just an idea. Love your videos, great content. Keep up the good work.

Love the info maybe you could throw in the common names for the fish you talk about.

Thank you for sharing. Now I can go buy more cichlid!!!!😎

Good video! One thing I would stress (that you mentioned in the video) is tank maintenance! IMO, that's the critical factor in determining how heavily you can stock a tank. Someone willing to do daily 50% water changes can stock far more heavily than someone only willing to do a 10% change once a month. Note: I wouldn't recommend stocking a tank to the point where you need to do daily water changes.

I think your down to earth and very knowledgeable

I love your videos! I am setting up a 60 gallon Mbuna tank! Thank you for the tips :)

love your channel just starting my Mbuna tank

I have 3 Red Zebra, 2 Livingstone Haps, 2 Snow White Socolofi, and 2 Auratus, Maingao , in a 29 gallon high tank . All smaller than 2 "- I know its a bit small tank,-seems like the perfect combination, but they are mixture of males and females - What is the best food to feed these mixture of fish, how can I get them to grow reasonably quickly. Thanks for the info. You are awesome!

Great video I amazed I am in Toronto wish you were here.

SOOO helpful!!! Thank you!

its always tricky when alot of videos talk about gallon and im in uk were we use litters so i tend to have to then do more research

merci pour vos bons conseils!

Hey Richelle! Yay winter is over! Hope all is well with you

I have a 50 gal with 20 peacock cichlids 75 gal hob and 45 gal canister . 30% water change every week . Works but i want a 125 gal eventually waiting to move . 1 year in June and still have all my fish

i have 17 fish in my 40-gallon of which 13 are Mbuna. i have 4 chindongo, 4 electric yellow, and 4 snow whites. i ended up with 2 chindongo males and they fight every now and then but the funny part is the snow whites always break up the fighting. i never would have thought another fish would interrupt a fight its like they are the police of the tank.

Good day, please i need a colorful recommendation for my 30 gallon tank.

Thank you, video was very informative, love your channel

very smart lady!

great video on my My favorite cichlids once again

Question 4 you or the group here. I have mbuna that just reached 2" in size from fry days & a recent batch that are now about 1" in size. So I have 13 two inch mbunas in one tank and 20 ( 1" to 1.5" mubnas) in another tank. Would they be OK if I added both groups to same 55 gallon tank? Or will slightly larger bully or kill smaller ones in your experience? When can I add the mom back in same tanks as these groups?

Dirt substrate with sand cap over planted with plants u can have 100+ fish in 75 gallon. Easily. More if u have well balanced 2 year + heavy planted tank.

Much❤and respect Richelle..great information!!!!!

She said 45 gallon tank for the red zebra what about a 40 breeder would that be okay please answer me as I would like to know as I have a 40 breeder and don’t want to upgrade to a 45 if I don’t have too

Richelle is the only youtuber who makes the latin names sound sexy

Love this video and it helped a lot. We have a 30 gallon tank and what to keep 8 or so Mbunas. Would you recommend keeping this tank species specific or could we mix two species, 4 of each?

Michelle i have a 50 gallon

I have a 40g breeder with currently 8 Mbunas. I have one Aquaclear 70g HOB filter and a fluval 307 canister. I have x1 wavemaker. I do notice particularly, 1 mbuna being aggressive to the rest. Mind you, they are all still juveniles. Will I be able to safely add a few more in this tank? Possibly another 4-6 more? TIA

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Very good info! Yes nice again amazing videos! 👍💯

The mbuna in my 100 gallon tank decide how many fish there are. They keep breeding but the population always seems to be around 30.

Good advice with m:f. I read that I should get rid of excess males as they matured. I didn't because I liked everyone of them. In on year I did have one death - sub Dom male Kenyi. I beleive it was due to my intervention. The sub Dom kenyi was becoming dominant and challenging the dominant kenyi and making life difficult for other 38 tank mates. I have 4 M kenyi and 3 female. All mbuna were raised together from juveniles. I rescape weekly but I didn't want the heirchy to change so I left the dominant male area untouched but I sealed off the sub. Dom area and completely changed it. I noticed the red top hongi started to aggressively defend their spots from the sub Dom kenyi and few hours later he was dead. The Dom male and rest of tankmates had enough of him. It was odd they were all afraid of the sub Dom and even the dom was losing his position but once the other fish fought back the dom male went in for the kill

Can I have 6 or 4 on a 29 gallon?? Can you please answer this

No, the minimum for Mbunas is 63 us gallon or 240 liters and 120cm in front of the aquarium

The main rule: 10 liter for every 5 cm fishes and 20 liter for every 10 cm fishes. For bigger cichlids: ( 15-25 cm): 5-8 fishes in 250 liter tank. 40-50 cichlids : 400-600 liters tank.

Great content mate ❤️

Is it good to over stock ur tank 🤔 I have 55 gallon I have one bumble bee cichlid and a lab and a eltric blue

Numbers are for full grown fish, I assume. If they are around 1, 2 inch how much should I put in a grow out tank? As always a very helpful video. Thank you!

How many mbuna can I keep in a 200 g tank

The only thing I do differently is I do 50% every 2 weeks and my fish have been healthy for years generations in.

i have like 15 mbuna in a 40 gallon

Great video! Please do for peacocks too please. Like how many in 75g? And rockscape or less rocks for free swimming. Thanks 😊

Richelle beautiful video, thanks for sharing ... continues so good....like#113

So you are saying 8 to 12 mbunas in 30 gallon tank will be ok but alot of people say 30 gallon aquarium is to small

Love the videos! Watch them all. Wondering if you could give me some stocking Ideas. I bought a 65 Gallon Corner bow front tank. Having trouble finding cichlids that aren't too big for the footprint.

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How many in a 30 Litre tank, Dimensions 50x30x20.

Hello. This is great information. I’m just wondering how many Mbunas should I get for a 40gal Breeder tank and which species would pair up comfortably ? Thank you in advance.

Lovely A. Amazonica you have there.

Thanks for information :)

Personally I started mine with five, two males and three females. Amedly one of the big reasons is. Because the tank boss is so big. This way, I have a second male in case the tank boss doesn't produce offspring.

hi thankyou! but can i have 4 mbuna. (red hongi & demasoni) on one tank with other cichlid ?

Great video!But I would like to know how many different species of mbuna can I add to a 40b tank?

Your the one reason i am changing my community tank into an Mbuna tank ,,,slowly but surely .One question though can you have plants especially Anubias

Im about to set up my first cichlid tank with mbunas. the tank i had in mind is 240L (about 63G). i will have an fx4 filter on it to handle overpopulation, but how many fish should i keep?

Hi Richelle. It's nice to see you. How are you? Awesome video a s always. Thumbs up. Have a great day.

I've been in the cichlid hobby for about 2 months now in Ottawa. I've been following your videos and guidelines. I currently have four yellow lab (2 M + 2 F), four blue cobalt (3M + 1 F) and four red zebra (3M + 1F). So far there has been no issues with the males, but have noticed one of the blue cobalts becoming aggressive and establishing himself as a tank boss. Should I be concerned with a high number of males (8M + 4F) overall?

do you have video guideline for peacocks? like how many we can keep on a tank?

Can I mix mbunas and Peacocks in a 3 foot 57 gallon tank?

I'm doing my first african chiclid tank. I have a 4 ft 200 litre tank. What should my stocking numbers be for mbuna?

Question if you could help I currently have a 40gal breeder with 1 demasoni and 1 msobo did I mess up already on stocking what should I do too stock?

Very helpful! I would like to ask a question. I have a 120 Liters aquarium (31,7006 Gallons) with approximataley 15 mbunas. I had more, but I have intense problems with aggression, to the point that I lost some fishes and right now I have 4 in hospital aquarium! And I have an extra 1 isolated due to over aggression. I bought a new pump and I am thinking about populate the aquarium with maybe 30 to 40 mbunas. Do you think it could soube my problem? By the way, I can't have a bigger aquarium now. I have a 60 gallon aquarium with oscar. this aquarium was previously with mbunas and I had the same problem. I love those fish but I really don't know how to deal with this.

If i am getting 8 Mbuna can they all be different types or do in need to get many of the same kind?

I wasn't around in my home.. I came back and see my lichis are dead and everybodys feeding on them.. There are 2 peacocks 2 dolphins and 2 similar cichlids on whom I have doubts.. Do you think it's them??

Hi there! My fish tank is small (high 35 cm x length 35 cm x wide 21 cm). How many chiclids i should keep on my tank? tq

Hi i need to know about mbuna. I have mbuna since 4 months. Can i kept zebra convict with them or not ? Please advise.

Thanks for your fantastic channel ! One tip : don't talk about "gallons", of not alone about these middle-age gallons - 90% of the world uses "liters" and has no idea what a "gallon" means ...

How many mbunas can i keep in a 75 gal?

Hi Richelle... I have a 120 gallon tank. I’m thinking to upgrade the number of fishes around 40 to 50. All herbivores or omnivorous. I’m going for mbunas, aulonocara, and hap. All of them lightly territorial or peaceful. Like cynotilapia zebroides (cobue); pseudotropheus cyaneorhabdos; metriaclima estherae (red); metriaclima callainos; cynotilapia sp. Chinyankwazi; otopharynx tetrastigma; protomelas taeniolatus (super red); aulonocara OB peacock hybrid. Should I had schools of 4 (2M + 2F)? I already have 7 fishes. 4 mbunas and 3 aulonocara. Thank you

Thanks for providing knowledge at click of a button ...

I got a kenyi male from my local pet store. He currently lives with 3 pictus in a 55 gallon what other cichlids would make good tank mates for him and how many more to make the tank interesting and not to aggressive?

What are good fish to put in with like 8 demonosi? Spell it wrong lol but you know which ones I mean

Est ce que tu en vend des Mbuna ? Jai 200gal avec 8 Mbuna 4 male 4 femelle 4 zèbré bleu foncé et bleu pale et 4 jaune avec des taches jaunes sur les nageoires mais jaimerais bcp me procuerer dautres et jaimerais bcp si vous pouviez maider a men procurer svp jhabite a chateauguay Qc merci bonne soirée

Hi richell I have 1 female and 4 male is it going to be fine? And 1 male with one female in another aquarium?

I’m from the uk have 120 litre tank not sure what tha is in us gallons ? Don’t have the room for a bigger tank yet I like deamonsi how many of them do you reckon I can have in my size tank? I don’t have any fish yet going thru a fishless cycle but in 2 weeks time wantin to get some fish please help cheers 👍🏻

I have 4 auratus cichlids in a 20 gallon tank is that ok?

Do the guidelines you mentioned apply to them as adults or just juvenile? Awesome channel! Thanks for getting this info out. How about a lot of different species in one 55 gallon?

What About 20 Gallons

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Can I keep a single mabuna because I don't like fighting, he would be seeing a three spot gourami through a divider.

How many mbunas can i leave in 30 gallon tank madam

Hello, good video and thanks for the response you sent me by messenger, greetings from Chihuahua, Mexico

I had mbunas in a tank and they started killing eachother off one at a time they are in a 55 gallon tank and im going to put them into a 90 gallon tank would i be able to buy new ones so my tank isnt as bare or will the fish i have kill newly introduced fish

How to identify male and female in mbunas?

Can you get information about scar fish's