African Cichlid Aquarium

[narnyslip]

How long did those plants last? Not long i bet!!

[travelin6661]

damn fine job on your tank. fuckin beautiful.

[sasukeuchihath]

Hey what's the name of the song that you used for this? It's awesome! Would you mind sending me the name of it?

[tmhypheng]

@sasukeuchihath DJ Madson's "The God Who Wasn't There"

[JSinINDY]

Great video, and the color of your fish is outstanding. love your kinya :)

ive put up a video of my tank but i can never get the quality of video do you have a special camara? thx. Joel

[KamaKaze118]

Hey I have a question I am still a BEGINNER at fish tanks and I love the African cilchlid but I'm scared that I'm going to screw it up if I start a tank with them I have a 55 gallon ready to go but I don't know id it will be to hard for a beginner to do an African Cilchlid tank do you think that I should just do regular freash water or do you think a beginner could maintain one of these tanks and I live in new York so I have no problems getting supplies

[JSinINDY]

@KamaKaze118 hey, i actually started with a 55 gallon African ciclid thank and i felt that it was a great place to start. good luck

[alexiobeez]

how many watts used for light?

[jcpenneyful]

where can you buy the lace rock at? like what website online

[tmhypheng]

@jcpenneyful I purchased mine at a LFS in Manhattan.

[Vitaliy711]

What kind of lighting are you using?

looks very nice.

[Vitaliy711]

What kind of lighting are you using?

looks very nice.

[supajuxt]

how many pounds of lace rock is that, i have a 55 gal and looking to stock it with lace rock. but not sure how many pounds to order

[tmhypheng]

@supajuxt probably about 35-45 lbs.

[DerFerry]

Good looking tank.

I would probably add some more rocks. If your lombardoi and Melanochromis is getting larger you will need more rocks in there.The Melanochromis at 3:00 min is getting beautiful. Good work.

[provancha70]

Love the setup, just uploaded mine, please take a peek. What song are you using in the background? Mbunas are always awesome to watch.

[tmhypheng]

It's DJ Madson "The God Who Wasn't There"

[vadimnba]

how big is the tank?

[tmhypheng]

55G

[vadimnba]

what kind of sand is that?

[tmhypheng]

CaribSea aragonite sand

[vadimnba]

What do you feed them?

[tmhypheng]

only veggie flakes and pellets as a staple. you should not feed Mbuna high protein foods. spirulina is a good starter. i also mix it up with broccoli and the occasional algae wafer.

[mycyk83]

I have had a large planted tank with many of the mbuna species shown in this video with plants including java fern, anubias and amazon swords with great success and very little nibbling at the plants at all. The tank has been set up for 3 years now and most of the 11 species of fish I have are now full grown. My plants have all taken root in the sand subtrate I chose. Cichlids and plants can have some issues but for the most part it is totally workable and gradually becoming old information

[9winDuDown9]

Those fish are going to ruin those plants.

[tmhypheng]

They never have and Mbuna are known to leave java species and anubias alone as most of the time they're grown on rock and wood, not in the substrate where African cichlids dig. But thanks for your comment.

[9winDuDown9]

I tried the plant thing and the africans would sit there and bite and tug and shake while ripping up my plants it was a total disaster, but mine are bigger, I seen your fish there are a few that will get a lot bigger and could and will be tyrants lol, I wasted 150 on my planted tank. Cichlids have different personalities don't believe everything your read cause some fish that are suppose to be agressive turn out to be the nicest fish in the tank...

[tmhypheng]

totally agree about the personalities... my auratus is as sweet as they come. so far so good on the plants. i've heard from numerous sources that these species are distasteful to the Mbuna.

[warmvise]

as good as tanks get... amazing job!