interesting.. I find my mbuna and cichlid community tank dynamics to be very interesting. I kept just a male kennyi with two females; four red zebras- 2 males, one OB, and a female; 4 yellow labs-unsure of sex but maybe one male and 3 females; one orange male peacock; My evil boss was my largest female Kennyi; and I just added a larger blue dolphin, a small female peacock, and a large kribensis and the dynamics have shifted positively thus far. I plan to add plants to mine as well❤️ I bought the first fish as babies and have only had them for a few months, so no fry yet😊
As far as I have read, 'stunted' Vallis is the only true aquatic plant that survives in Lake Malawi, big tough floating plants might work. Giant Vallis will thrive in London water if, as you suggest, a sandy substrate is included, without CO2, so you might establish a decent plantation, but biogenic decalcification requires quite intense light, so you might end up with a lovely algae bloom. Sorry I haven't been very helpful. Hornwort, collected from an outdoor pond might work, but it will coat with calcium and become brittle if it survives, it is very good at taking the carbon out of the bicarbonates.
The start of your video shows a light blue mbuna with orange fins what is it and where did you get it thanks Dave and by the way awesome aquarium and fish
IDK if Im right or wrong but that small sized mbuna tank is giving me hope to keep one, cause I don't have huge space in my room for a 4 or 5 feet tank
Idk if maybe my lens gives it a smaller feel, but it's a 120l tank and I'd say that is the very minimum for a Mbuna tank. And even then, you need to stick to smaller Mbuna species rather than larger types such as Peacocks etc. Defo do plenty of research because a small tank would definitely be a nightmare with Mbuna. 👍
interesting.. I find my mbuna and cichlid community tank dynamics to be very interesting. I kept just a male kennyi with two females; four red zebras- 2 males, one OB, and a female; 4 yellow labs-unsure of sex but maybe one male and 3 females; one orange male peacock; My evil boss was my largest female Kennyi; and I just added a larger blue dolphin, a small female peacock, and a large kribensis and the dynamics have shifted positively thus far. I plan to add plants to mine as well❤️ I bought the first fish as babies and have only had them for a few months, so no fry yet😊
I love valis with Malawis
As far as I have read, 'stunted' Vallis is the only true aquatic plant that survives in Lake Malawi, big tough floating plants might work. Giant Vallis will thrive in London water if, as you suggest, a sandy substrate is included, without CO2, so you might establish a decent plantation, but biogenic decalcification requires quite intense light, so you might end up with a lovely algae bloom. Sorry I haven't been very helpful. Hornwort, collected from an outdoor pond might work, but it will coat with calcium and become brittle if it survives, it is very good at taking the carbon out of the bicarbonates.
The start of your video shows a light blue mbuna with orange fins what is it and where did you get it thanks Dave and by the way awesome aquarium and fish
epiphites are your best bet with mbuna. seen some big echinodorus in with mbuna aswell but planted securely. but nice tank now.
IDK if Im right or wrong but that small sized mbuna tank is giving me hope to keep one, cause I don't have huge space in my room for a 4 or 5 feet tank
Idk if maybe my lens gives it a smaller feel, but it's a 120l tank and I'd say that is the very minimum for a Mbuna tank. And even then, you need to stick to smaller Mbuna species rather than larger types such as Peacocks etc. Defo do plenty of research because a small tank would definitely be a nightmare with Mbuna. 👍