Mbuna Fry Grow Out Tank (38 gallons) Lake Malawi fish!

These little guys grow fast, so they outgrow their nursery tank (10 gallons) at about 3 weeks of age. So, I needed another tank to help them grow a bit before I toss them back in with the big guys. This tank is 38 gallons. I have orange blotch female Labeotropheus trewavasae, blue yellow and orange top male L. trewavasae, Pseudotropheus demasoni and Pseudotropheus acei. These fish are easy to breed and maintain, at least for me. My tank care is more of a habit than a chore.
I find planning and setting up a fishtank to be the best part of owning a fishtank!
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Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• Luvbeags
• mbuna
• fry
• lake
• malawi
• fish
• tank
• aquarium
• pseudotropheus
• demasoni
• Labeotropheus
• trewavasae
• acei
• setup
• design

[rednight0985]

I don't want to seem like an idiot,but would please mind telling me the difference between a male and female orange blotch? Thanks!

[Luvbeags]

@rednight0985 No question is a silly question. It depends on which species of fish you have. These are labeotropheus trewavasae, and they are easy to tell apart, the males are blue with bright orange fins and the females are orange blotch (orange blotch is simply a color, not a species of fish)

Hope this helps :)

[vanished88]

what type of grating is that you lined the tank with and where can i purchase some?

[Luvbeags]

@vanished88

Lowes

go to the lighting department, it is recessed lighting material, I think LOL

It is called "eggcrate"

Hope this helps :)

[metcalfe87]

Sweet.

[Luvbeags]

@metcalfe87

Thank you very much metcalfe

Appreciate it :)

[rednight0985]

@Luvbeags All this time I thought that an orange blotch was a species :p Thank you so much!

[horse7gurl]

hello

i would like to say how beautiful your tanks are :) and i was wondering, my demasoni (malawi or mbuna) the blue ones, how come they wont grow? i have them in a 10 gallon tank like yours and i have about 20 fish. they are the size of your fry's. i feed them a lot. whats the problem?

[oscarfight]

how u do raise the african cichilds?! i have 2 female african cichilds i think its malawi color. i think. so.. should i buy same type male or any type male african cichilds???

[vanished88]

@Luvbeags Thanks, I will be setting up my Mbuna tank in a few weeks when i move = )

[Luvbeags]

Thank you metcalfe87

:)

Appreciate that