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iampwn
03-26-2009, 09:23 AM
ok right now i have the following list, wondering how much if any fish i can add

female yellow lab 2 1/2"
male psuedo daktari 3"
female chipoke 2 1/2"
2 bumblebees 2" and 1 1/2"
2 maingianos 3" 1 1/2"
red zebra 1 1/2"
brachardi 2 1/2"(yes a tang, shes doin fine)
unidentified orange fish 2"(would like to know what it could be. darker orange, can show vertical stripes)
3 clown loaches 1"
synadontis
joe_jaskot
03-26-2009, 12:10 PM
Depends upon how much maintenance you want to do and how much filtration you have. Those fish are going to grow.
iampwn
03-26-2009, 12:41 PM
i have a penguin biowheel 350 and topfin 40. change 25% weekly. how about when they mature, what problems am i facing?
Flareside
03-26-2009, 01:06 PM
sounds like you have the maint aspect covered. Your question about maturing will be difficult to answer but adding other fish to your existing stock can be a huge question mark. In my experiences, I have always experienced some fish that had been singled out. I always had multiple tanks to toss them in if that problem arose
iampwn
03-26-2009, 01:19 PM
yea had to put my male auratus and likoma in a different tank, daktari was getting murdered.

also, any idea what these two are??

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/jacque_jones/0326091207_0001.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/jacque_jones/0326091205_0002.jpg
Flareside
03-26-2009, 01:39 PM
not sure on the first one, second one may be a female saulosi?
fishboy
03-26-2009, 05:07 PM
1st one looks like an mbweca and the 2nd like an msobo deep
fischfan13
03-26-2009, 09:37 PM
A 55g can be stocked with 30+ Mbuna very easily.
Lots of rockwork and heavy filtration...I have done this for years. The one thing that I never liked was ONE of these and TWO of those and ONE of these and so on...
Pick three Mbuna and go with them.
Get to know what you are buying.
Some lfs have people who work there who will tell you that these nice blue fish can go with those nice yellow fish. Buy from people who have been in the hobby and breed. Go onto our site and click onto any of our sponsors and look at their lists of fish.
Ask away and good luck.
DNICE
03-26-2009, 10:12 PM
55g Stocking:

10 yellow labs
10 Pseudo. zebra red O.B.
5 Maingano

Emperor 400, 3 sponge filters
Every 1-2 weeks 40-50% wc

No problems for about a year so far
iampwn
03-26-2009, 10:36 PM
dif pic same fish

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v453/jacque_jones/0326092233_0001.jpg