Want more information on some of the fish featured in this video? Check out these species profiles! Mbuna: Red Zebra Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/fysn81uzgxw/w-d-xo.html Pseudotropheus acei: th-cam.com/video/e1e7_0ylHvw/w-d-xo.html Pseudotropheus saulosi: th-cam.com/video/bw00qEP23UU/w-d-xo.html Rusty Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/J3KtIZY7OBg/w-d-xo.html Peacocks/Haps: Eureka Red Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/efq1ZZkzcOo/w-d-xo.html Star Sapphire Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/HPV1YYVVZuc/w-d-xo.html If you want to learn more about how to setup an mbuna tank check this video out: th-cam.com/video/0W4-vspA5RU/w-d-xo.html Our new shirts can be found at: www.primetimeaquatics.com/merch For the latest in the fish room check us out on Instagram primetime_aquatics Join this channel to get access to perks: th-cam.com/channels/YVN7EN0ALL6CE4U7NpMUTA.htmljoin
I have kept a pretty decent variety of cichlids in general. Mbuna will always be my favorites. I downgraded from 35 or so tanks to just 1 main system with a 110 and 40B in wall setup. I run a 40B sump on it. It was recently converted from Reef to Mbuna. I don’t regret it.
Thanks! Great video! I gravitate towards nano tanks but if I ever found room for a bigger tank, I’d like to try these. Love the all the colors! Happy Monday!
Great video. I'm. New to the Hobby (9 months) and love your work. Now have 3 heavily planted community tanks, but soo want to get cichlids, and yes, Mbunas'!!
What a great timing. Just setting up a 62g tank and was searching for ”mbuna or haps”. Im going for the mbuna’s now. Thanks for sharing your knowledge in an easy way. Much appreciated!
"Recognizing their owner" is so true. When I enter the fish room they all rush to the glass and follow me around. When someone else goes down there the fish lose their minds trying to hide. I love the interaction. I separated out Mbuna from Peas and Haps a while back. My Mbuna got real nasty when they put on size. So I went with only Peas/Haps. Maybe it would have worked in a bigger tank. I only had a 60 gallon at that time. They're both beautiful.
Great video! Loved it. I'm happy with my mbuna tank right now. Most of the fish are under 2" so a lot of growing to do, but so far I couldn't be happier with them.
If I were to go Lake Malawi cichlids I would probably go Mbuna. They look cooler to me and I like the way they interact with the hardscape. I love fish, but I need to have a scape too to keep my interest in a tank. I’d also like to keep shelldwellers at some point, but those are Lake Tanganyika. Great video guys. Thank you!
Here's my take. I have to say Mbunas have the edge. Peacocks are incredible. Their pointy fins are amazingly graceful and their colors are quite beautiful. I give the Mbunas the upper hand because of their incredible variety of solid color which is lacking amongst Peacocks. Also, they have personalities which are fascinating to see. They relate to each other and the ones on top of the tank hierarchy let the less dominant ones know they are the boss.....and it's understood. Being smaller in size than Peacocks, you can really overstock your tank with Mbunas to duplicate that "swarm" of them which is seen in the Malawi lake. Beautiful to see!! So yeah, I recommend Mbunas!
I have a female peacock cichlid in a tank as a single specimen. She is brown with an orange tint. Although she isn’t the most colorful, I love her eyes and fins
I learned the hard way on my first hap and peacock tank early last year, unfortuantely I could only afford a dozen fish and gradually they killed each other. I think if I was to do Malawi cichlids again, I would definitely try mbuna 👍 cheers aaron
In this video I noticed in your Mbuna tank has many types of Mbuna. Is this an all male tank? Beautiful, colorful tank. Can you give me tips for adjusting my stock list? I have 75g and 125g Mbuna tanks set up for a few years now. Due to aggression I ended up having to rehome a lot of extra males and unfortunately a whole group of M. hojomaylandi Chizumulu (which were beautiful fish). I still have significant aggression. 125g has Red Zebras, P. Maingano, Elongatus Chewere, S. multipunctatus, one lone L. Hongi and one lone L.trewavasae. Moving rocks in the 125g is out of the question as it is filled nearly to the top with large heavy rocks. In the 75g are M.Cobalt Zebra, C. Jalo reef, Rusties and Yellow labs.
I tried to stick with mbuna that aren't overly aggressive and most of them grew up together. I think that combo cut down on a lot of the aggression. The other thing I did is kept the structure in the tank to a minimum so no one fish can take ownership of the area.
I never kept cichlids (exept rams and angelfish a long time ago as a kid). now i run a 720L community tank and a small shrimp tank, but i just got a 240L (about 63G) and im really interested in setting up a cichlid tank. from my research so far, its the mbuna im looking for, since i want a rockpile in the middle type landscape. also they're smaller, which is good since 63G seems to be on the smaller side for africans. but how many should i get? also, id' really like to have a different kind of cleanup crew than corrys and some L-speicies. im thinking panthercrab (which i kept before, they can be agressive to small, slow fish) and/or long armed shrimps. would this work? or should i get different crabs/shrimps/crayfish? i'd really like to have a crustacean cleanup crew, enforcing the "saltwatwater" feel the cichlids color and behavior brings. and i'd like to have them "medium sized". im afraid amanos just gonna end up as snacks? panther crabs do get qiute large tho and i would only keep one, they are territorial. im thankful for any input!
So I was thinking about setting up at least a 90 gallon tank maybe bigger and was wondering if I could have mix the 3 major lake cichlids together if not that’s fine but I would like 2 different kind of lake victorian and peacocks and mbunas you seem to be the most knowledgeable on the second subject on TH-cam and my favorite channel so I figured you might could help
I enjoyed your video. I had Cichlids in a 55 gallon tank. I had moved and broke my 55 gallon tank. Now I am buying an 180 long tank he said. I will be looking at it this weekend. I just couldn't beat the price with stand and canopy. I am looking to reseal the tank because it is old. I am looking into the Mbuna Cichlids about 5 to 6 inches max with sand and rocks. I will have it on displayed at my job. How many African Cichlids can I go with in 180 gallon and what would you recommend. I like the Electric Yellow and the Blue... they just too beautiful.
My vote is for mbunas. Had mbunas for about 8 years. Had a pair and wound up with half the tank being born and raised in the tank :) Absolutely loved them.Then tried my luck with peacocks. Spent a ton on 3-4 inch fully colored ones just to have almost half of them loose their color within a month. I did have a yellow lab mbuna with them but he didn’t seem any more aggressive than the peacocks. Long story short, I miss mbunas so much, Just ordered my new 100 gal tank/stand from my LFS today. Cant wait to raise a new crew of mbunas.
I personally kept a peacock Hap tank. I seemed to have lucked out when it came to the aggression that the tank had. I had females as well in my tank and had managed to breed successfully many times. I was lucky enough that I had a petco nearby that would be willing to take the cichlids off my hands when they were small. Eventually I rehome all of them and moved onto a community tank, but by the end of it I had an almost all male tank with one female OB cichlid. They were all almost full grown adults as well so they really came into their color and I know that there were some who were interested when I donated them to my local fish store.
Love the video and info. I would really like a comparison between Peacocks and Haps. Although I know they are compatible in some cases I’d really like your take on the two and which Haps do better with peacocks and vice versa.
Good video, nicely done. Can you tell me about how many Mbuna’s you have in the 75 gallon? Also where about are you in the Chicago area? That’s where I’m at.
Very interesting video. I have 40 gallon breeder, What types of chichlids do you suggest and how many of that I can keep in it? Can I use this tank for their life?
I have a mixed African cichlid tank that has mbuna, haps and peacocks. My fish all get along fine. It's a big tank at 240g and I have a lot of rocks and hiding spaces so that helps I'm sure. I think the hierarchy is imperative. I have a very big tangerine tiger at 15 inches and another big Venustus at 12 inches. They generally keep order in the tank. Amazingly they don't attack each other and both seem to get along in keeping order.
I got a 165 hap/peacock tank and a 150 mbuna tank . A lot of haps and peacocks color down in my experience bc mbuna get so aggressive. So I keep them separate
Prime Time Aquatics Your aqua scape is just as gorgeous as the tank residents, probably the most beautiful setup I've ever seen, my kids just love the colors, we have a 190G Mbuna tank and we're currently setting up another, looking to do something like your tank but cant find any scape/deco like yours, do you have these for sale? I'm guessing its some time of custom 3D printed work of art?
Awesome video, currently I'm keeping only yellow labs, they are little more than 30 in a 60 gallons tank, they all were born in a separated tank. I'm thinking to change some of those yellow mbunas by another color cichlid, maybe a peacock, but I haven't been sure it's a good idea to mix them. This video gives me more info about peacocks 👍
Hi I have a 29 gallon community tank and got this 55 gallon and want to make it a more aggressive fish but seems like everything gets to big. Can u possibly do a view for a aggressive 55 gallon don’t have to be to aggressive
I have a mix of 3 different cichlids, the mbuna, some peacocks, even a red panda barb in with them. But above all, I got my prized Jack Dempsey with them. He's the boss, but the cobalt blue mbuna is 2nd in command. All still alive after a full year
Overall a good video, but it's simply not true that a high protein causes "Malawi bloat". It's actually caused by certain sources of carbs such as wheat, rice, corn, oats, potatoes and soybeans found in some fish foods.
I've fed a lot of cheaper foods at times over the years with high carbs and never had an issue. Feed them frozen blood worms for a while - problems happen.
Too much blood worms will cause bloat. Personally I don't feed blood worms. The things you have listed do cause bloat as well. Since I switched to Ron's cichlid food (pellets) which are not full of binding proteins, I've had zero issues with my peacocks and I feed twice a day everyday.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics It's possible that the bloodworms you fed had spoiled or been contaminated. Perhaps they had thawed and refrozen. There is no scientific research that links blood worms or any high protein foods to bloat.
I know this video is 1 year old but would really appreciate it if you could tell me where you got the large coral arch from in your peacock tank I think it looks amazing and would love one for mine thanks
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I got one more question I was looking at someone else was setting up a tank for some peacock cichlids and he had like some rocks in a filter thing
My sulferhead peacock fry are around 10 months old and are all still gray. Over 100 gray sibling sulferhead. 😰 Is it possible that they never turn blue
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thank you but what's the longest it can possibly take? Could it possibly take more than 1 year in some cases? And is it possible that the males never color up and always be gray?
Have you ever use these products for the african cichlids? Fritz Aquatics Rift Lake Cichlid Buffer Multi-Lake Formula Raises KH & pH and Fritz Aquatics 84911 Probiotic Rift Lake Cichlid Salt, Multi-Lake Formula If not do you recommend them?
Hi Jason, Could I put a 2-2.5 inch male Venustus with adult peacocks and Haps? The largest being 6 inch Blue Dolphin and the smallest a 4 inch Peacock. It’s a 6 foot 125 with a few caves and sight breaks. He is currently in a 10 gallon quarantine tank (I just got him 2 days ago).
What exactly is all that stuff in the tank that looks like Coral next to them with all those many cichlids that I saw throughout the video is it all fake or is it real?
@@PrimeTimeAquatics at 2:00 minutes in this is not holy rock im talking about, the tank looks like its constructed from a coral reef. What exactly is ALL that?
I thought I was about to watch a fish fight :) This is great info. I never considered owning Cichlids (apart from shell dwellers). But when you said mbunas in a 40 or 55,i thought maybe I can do it.... one day. I'll check out your species profile. But I am curious... I've heard Cichlids in general are voracious eaters. If going on a trip, how long can they go without food?
I keep the fish in for the duration of the treatment and then use water changes to remove the higher salt concentrations and methylene blue from the water.
Switching our current tank to a hard water only tank because water that comes out of the tap here is very hard around 250-300ppm and PH of 8.2-8.5 , are these still good parameters for these fish?
With the Mbuna Cichlid’s, can you add them a couple at a time as you can afford to get them or will they fight? I have a 55 gallon that I want to use, how many is acceptable? Thank you.
A good tip I got from Caveman aquatics channel is to add them during a water change before refilling the tank while the others are distracted. You can also rearrange the tank decor a bit so they all have to reclaim territory at the same time.
Mbuna is a ticking time bomb. As soon as one of them able to maintain dominance for a few days, the rest of them would start running. lol! The Peacock variant is better, they are calm and size doesn't dictate aggressiveness. Any of the two variants, as soon as you open the door when you get home, they would group up and ask for food like you only feed them 1x a year. lol!
Actually when you overstock Mbuna you won't have the problem. The dominant one spreads aggression and gets distracted with too many to chase. There are a few species of Mbuna to avoid, and once you know them, you have no problems. As for Peacocks, dragonbloods and OBs definitely have a reputation for more aggression.
Good question. I’ve found auratus and demasoni to be very aggressive. I’ve also had some really aggressive OBs. For their size Gold Occelatus are aggressive.
Geez I’m not even sure what I have in my 125. If it’s a cool cichlid, I buy it - without really thinking about what lake they’re from or if they’re Mbuna, Peacock, etc. maybe I’ve been lucky. The only kind I needed to get rid of because of behavior were the Convicts. Having only 20 fish in a 125 I’m sure helps.
i have a 600 litre tank, started out as a community tank with giant danios scissor tail rasboras and the like with a few petricolas, but I have now gone to Africans, and have got peacocks with mbunas and haps as well as some asian stuff, now I have got lucky and its a pretty calm tank, the asian stuff doesn't get hammered and the africans hang together from likomas to blue dolphins to flamebacks to peacocks, I have a multiple species cichlid tank and it's actuall working the tank is designed for haps for clear open spaces with rocky areas for the peacocks and the mbunas, no fish death no signs of stress in over 6 months. I could list the species and people would say I am crazy but theres always eceptions to a rule, I have a male ob peacock zebra who acts like my corydora lol, no fin damage no signs of stress nothing, eats swims normal no color loss just behaves like a corydora lol.
Want more information on some of the fish featured in this video? Check out these species profiles!
Mbuna:
Red Zebra Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/fysn81uzgxw/w-d-xo.html
Pseudotropheus acei: th-cam.com/video/e1e7_0ylHvw/w-d-xo.html
Pseudotropheus saulosi: th-cam.com/video/bw00qEP23UU/w-d-xo.html
Rusty Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/J3KtIZY7OBg/w-d-xo.html
Peacocks/Haps:
Eureka Red Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/efq1ZZkzcOo/w-d-xo.html
Star Sapphire Cichlid: th-cam.com/video/HPV1YYVVZuc/w-d-xo.html
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It's mbuna for me. I love them. Especially yellow labs and demasoni. They have lots of fry and they are amazing.
I love them, I have a yellow lab in my tank and they are great, I also have a tank of yellow tail acei and they are great
My demasoni is the only murderer in the tank. Can’t bring in new fish without him terrorizing them to death
@@hectorvargas4771 I rescued and older one it’s probably the nicest one in the tank, probably just age though cause they are extremely aggressive
@@hectorvargas4771 Overstock and over filter and your problem goes away.
I have kept a pretty decent variety of cichlids in general. Mbuna will always be my favorites. I downgraded from 35 or so tanks to just 1 main system with a 110 and 40B in wall setup. I run a 40B sump on it. It was recently converted from Reef to Mbuna. I don’t regret it.
I didn’t know I needed this video that much
: -)
Thank you for the beautiful scenes..
Love the color, variety, activity, and personality of my Mbuna tanks. Never a dull moment...
Awesome video been waiting for this one from yall.
Outstanding video, thank you for the information!
Thank you!
Thanks! Great video! I gravitate towards nano tanks but if I ever found room for a bigger tank, I’d like to try these. Love the all the colors! Happy Monday!
Great video. I'm. New to the Hobby (9 months) and love your work. Now have 3 heavily planted community tanks, but soo want to get cichlids, and yes, Mbunas'!!
Awesome video guys. Really liked it.
Another great video, I keep mbuna they are my preference. Love you two always great info and quality vids.
Awesome perspective on comparing Mbuna & Peacock. Much appreciated 😎
First time I've come across your videos, that huge tank is amazing, so beautiful!!
Appreciate the info I just started a African Peacock tank.
What a great timing. Just setting up a 62g tank and was searching for ”mbuna or haps”. Im going for the mbuna’s now.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge in an easy way. Much appreciated!
Have fun!
"Recognizing their owner" is so true. When I enter the fish room they all rush to the glass and follow me around. When someone else goes down there the fish lose their minds trying to hide. I love the interaction. I separated out Mbuna from Peas and Haps a while back. My Mbuna got real nasty when they put on size. So I went with only Peas/Haps. Maybe it would have worked in a bigger tank. I only had a 60 gallon at that time. They're both beautiful.
All my fish do that. Not just cichlids.
Great video. Love to see you guys using the footage from OFR their cichlid tank is so 🔥🔥
Good. Very informative video.
Wow! I love it! When the time is right. I'm getting Mbunas.
Love AC...great info...thanks guys...
How do you not have 1 million subs?? Your knowledge of the hobby is unparalleled
Thank you for being here!
Great video! Loved it.
I'm happy with my mbuna tank right now. Most of the fish are under 2" so a lot of growing to do, but so far I couldn't be happier with them.
That’s cool!
Yeh all my Mbuna used to be lovely as juveniles…….. now all monsters 🤙🏻
Thank you for the information. Very helpful because I do have African cichlids. This will help me to do better with African cichlids.
If I were to go Lake Malawi cichlids I would probably go Mbuna. They look cooler to me and I like the way they interact with the hardscape. I love fish, but I need to have a scape too to keep my interest in a tank. I’d also like to keep shelldwellers at some point, but those are Lake Tanganyika. Great video guys. Thank you!
Great video! Love the tank with the rusty cichlids (hope to get some in the future). I’ve kept both and lean towards mbuna over peacocks.
Awesome video guys
Here's my take. I have to say Mbunas have the edge. Peacocks are incredible. Their pointy fins are amazingly graceful and their colors are quite beautiful. I give the Mbunas the upper hand because of their incredible variety of solid color which is lacking amongst Peacocks. Also, they have personalities which are fascinating to see. They relate to each other and the ones on top of the tank hierarchy let the less dominant ones know they are the boss.....and it's understood.
Being smaller in size than Peacocks, you can really overstock your tank with Mbunas to duplicate that "swarm" of them which is seen in the Malawi lake. Beautiful to see!!
So yeah, I recommend Mbunas!
good info, and awesom tanks
What is the one coming in from the left at 2:12? TIA
I have a female peacock cichlid in a tank as a single specimen. She is brown with an orange tint. Although she isn’t the most colorful, I love her eyes and fins
A labor of love. Nice!
Thanks guys! Still searching!!
I learned the hard way on my first hap and peacock tank early last year, unfortuantely I could only afford a dozen fish and gradually they killed each other.
I think if I was to do Malawi cichlids again, I would definitely try mbuna 👍
cheers
aaron
In this video I noticed in your Mbuna tank has many types of Mbuna. Is this an all male tank? Beautiful, colorful tank. Can you give me tips for adjusting my stock list? I have 75g and 125g Mbuna tanks set up for a few years now. Due to aggression I ended up having to rehome a lot of extra males and unfortunately a whole group of M. hojomaylandi Chizumulu (which were beautiful fish). I still have significant aggression. 125g has Red Zebras, P. Maingano, Elongatus Chewere, S. multipunctatus, one lone L. Hongi and one lone L.trewavasae. Moving rocks in the 125g
is out of the question as it is filled nearly to the top with large heavy rocks. In the 75g are M.Cobalt Zebra, C. Jalo reef, Rusties and Yellow labs.
I tried to stick with mbuna that aren't overly aggressive and most of them grew up together. I think that combo cut down on a lot of the aggression. The other thing I did is kept the structure in the tank to a minimum so no one fish can take ownership of the area.
Nice video go on 🔥
Video from OFR looks great!
Thank you! There are some really nice tanks there.
Are the yellow ones peecoks? I that they were haps
How many mbuna can you put in a 40 gallon breeder ? Thanks
I usually do about 10-12
Thank you so much 👍🏽
Hi can add Denison barb with African cichlids and German blue ram
The German blues might get bullied by the African cichlids. The Denison’s would work ok with rams, but probably not African cichlids.
I never kept cichlids (exept rams and angelfish a long time ago as a kid). now i run a 720L community tank and a small shrimp tank, but i just got a 240L (about 63G) and im really interested in setting up a cichlid tank. from my research so far, its the mbuna im looking for, since i want a rockpile in the middle type landscape. also they're smaller, which is good since 63G seems to be on the smaller side for africans. but how many should i get? also, id' really like to have a different kind of cleanup crew than corrys and some L-speicies. im thinking panthercrab (which i kept before, they can be agressive to small, slow fish) and/or long armed shrimps. would this work? or should i get different crabs/shrimps/crayfish? i'd really like to have a crustacean cleanup crew, enforcing the "saltwatwater" feel the cichlids color and behavior brings. and i'd like to have them "medium sized". im afraid amanos just gonna end up as snacks? panther crabs do get qiute large tho and i would only keep one, they are territorial. im thankful for any input!
My favorites are mbuna, 😍 Happy Monday. 🤗
So I was thinking about setting up at least a 90 gallon tank maybe bigger and was wondering if I could have mix the 3 major lake cichlids together if not that’s fine but I would like 2 different kind of lake victorian and peacocks and mbunas you seem to be the most knowledgeable on the second subject on TH-cam and my favorite channel so I figured you might could help
Thanks for being here. The Vics and Mbuna can often work together. The Lake Tanganyikans can be a little more tricky.
I enjoyed your video. I had Cichlids in a 55 gallon tank. I had moved and broke my 55 gallon tank. Now I am buying an 180 long tank he said. I will be looking at it this weekend. I just couldn't beat the price with stand and canopy. I am looking to reseal the tank because it is old. I am looking into the Mbuna Cichlids about 5 to 6 inches max with sand and rocks. I will have it on displayed at my job. How many African Cichlids can I go with in 180 gallon and what would you recommend. I like the Electric Yellow and the Blue... they just too beautiful.
In a 180 you could easily have 40-50?
Did I see a Blue Dolphin with the MBuna? Wondering if I can mix mine or keep with the peacocks?
Yep - has worked out fine for us. :-)
Csn we keep polar parrot with mbuna. Chiclids
It usually doesn’t work - the polar will often be killed by the African cichlids.
My vote is for mbunas. Had mbunas for about 8 years. Had a pair and wound up with half the tank being born and raised in the tank :) Absolutely loved them.Then tried my luck with peacocks. Spent a ton on 3-4 inch fully colored ones just to have almost half of them loose their color within a month. I did have a yellow lab mbuna with them but he didn’t seem any more aggressive than the peacocks. Long story short, I miss mbunas so much, Just ordered my new 100 gal tank/stand from my LFS today. Cant wait to raise a new crew of mbunas.
i was wondering if you can possibly help identify my cichlids the previous owner had no clue they are greyish with dark stripes semi aggressive
Currently setting up a 40 gallon breeder mbuna tank first time ever keeping cichlids. Wish me luck
Have fun!
What are the plants floating up top for? Food?
Ya - my cichlids like to eat them :-)
@@PrimeTimeAquatics what are the plants I'd like to get some for my fish family
I personally kept a peacock Hap tank. I seemed to have lucked out when it came to the aggression that the tank had. I had females as well in my tank and had managed to breed successfully many times. I was lucky enough that I had a petco nearby that would be willing to take the cichlids off my hands when they were small. Eventually I rehome all of them and moved onto a community tank, but by the end of it I had an almost all male tank with one female OB cichlid. They were all almost full grown adults as well so they really came into their color and I know that there were some who were interested when I donated them to my local fish store.
hello dear friends
how long can the mbuna go without food?
thanks
Usually a few days is fine, but the longer they go the more aggressive they become.
thank u
Love the video and info. I would really like a comparison between Peacocks and Haps. Although I know they are compatible in some cases I’d really like your take on the two and which Haps do better with peacocks and vice versa.
How well do they handle VERY hard water? My tap is 34gh and 18kh
Usually quite well
What African cichlids can I keep together in a 75 gallon?
Mbuna or a Lake Tanganyika tank (just no Frontosa).
I don’t have cichlids but you guys make it tuff to say no.
Some day. Haha
Good video, nicely done. Can you tell me about how many Mbuna’s you have in the 75 gallon? Also where about are you in the Chicago area? That’s where I’m at.
Right now we have about 23 full grown mbuna in our 75. Yep - we’re in the same area!
Very interesting video.
I have 40 gallon breeder, What types of chichlids do you suggest and how many of that I can keep in it? Can I use this tank for their life?
I like pseudotropheus saulosi in a 40 breeder. Maybe two males and 6-8 females?
How amazing that those cichlid tanks really do have color like salt water tanks!
What floating plants do you use in your mbuna and peacock cichlid tanks.
None - they get eaten. Haha
In the Ohio fish rescue tank, where do you buy the decor that size?
Can I keep ibmuna and a couple of peacock together?
Possibly with mellow mbuna like yellow labs or saulosi? It can be hit or miss though.
Now i want an all-male peacock tank. As well as the many other setups on my wishlist. Cheers guys 😂
Woohoo!
I have a mixed African cichlid tank that has mbuna, haps and peacocks. My fish all get along fine. It's a big tank at 240g and I have a lot of rocks and hiding spaces so that helps I'm sure. I think the hierarchy is imperative. I have a very big tangerine tiger at 15 inches and another big Venustus at 12 inches. They generally keep order in the tank. Amazingly they don't attack each other and both seem to get along in keeping order.
That sounds cool!
That sounds cool!
Can u put peacock cichlids with mbuna in the same tank. Also can u keep just males. Love your videos. Learning so much. Thank u
Just males works. Mixing mbuna with them depends on the mbuna - the more mellow types works sometimes in larger tanks.
I got a 165 hap/peacock tank and a 150 mbuna tank . A lot of haps and peacocks color down in my experience bc mbuna get so aggressive. So I keep them separate
Prime Time Aquatics Your aqua scape is just as gorgeous as the tank residents, probably the most beautiful setup I've ever seen, my kids just love the colors, we have a 190G Mbuna tank and we're currently setting up another, looking to do something like your tank but cant find any scape/deco like yours, do you have these for sale? I'm guessing its some time of custom 3D printed work of art?
Hey - check out Universal Rocks. They have some cool stuff.
Happy Monday. Perfect that’s my dream, to have a 65 to 75 gallon Mbuna Cichlid tank. One day soon hopefully 🤩
That would be fun!
Awesome video, currently I'm keeping only yellow labs, they are little more than 30 in a 60 gallons tank, they all were born in a separated tank. I'm thinking to change some of those yellow mbunas by another color cichlid, maybe a peacock, but I haven't been sure it's a good idea to mix them. This video gives me more info about peacocks 👍
Hi I have a 29 gallon community tank and got this 55 gallon and want to make it a more aggressive fish but seems like everything gets to big. Can u possibly do a view for a aggressive 55 gallon don’t have to be to aggressive
I have a mix of 3 different cichlids, the mbuna, some peacocks, even a red panda barb in with them. But above all, I got my prized Jack Dempsey with them. He's the boss, but the cobalt blue mbuna is 2nd in command. All still alive after a full year
Overall a good video, but it's simply not true that a high protein causes "Malawi bloat". It's actually caused by certain sources of carbs such as wheat, rice, corn, oats, potatoes and soybeans found in some fish foods.
I've fed a lot of cheaper foods at times over the years with high carbs and never had an issue. Feed them frozen blood worms for a while - problems happen.
Too much blood worms will cause bloat. Personally I don't feed blood worms. The things you have listed do cause bloat as well. Since I switched to Ron's cichlid food (pellets) which are not full of binding proteins, I've had zero issues with my peacocks and I feed twice a day everyday.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics It's possible that the bloodworms you fed had spoiled or been contaminated. Perhaps they had thawed and refrozen. There is no scientific research that links blood worms or any high protein foods to bloat.
I know this video is 1 year old but would really appreciate it if you could tell me where you got the large coral arch from in your peacock tank I think it looks amazing and would love one for mine thanks
That tank actually wasn't from my fish room. I believe that was specially made by a company in Las Vegas?
Thankyou and thanks for the reply
Wat do you feed them
Mostly Northfin flakes and pellets.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics I got one more question I was looking at someone else was setting up a tank for some peacock cichlids and he had like some rocks in a filter thing
I have a dragon blood female peacock which is a peach color. The male is bright red orange.
I’ve seen some line breed ones with deep reds and even blue. So pretty!
Can we mix them ?
In at least a 6ft tank it can work sometimes.
Did cichild mbuna have behaviour to jump out?
They sure do
My sulferhead peacock fry are around 10 months old and are all still gray. Over 100 gray sibling sulferhead. 😰 Is it possible that they never turn blue
It takes a while for them to color up for sure!
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thank you but what's the longest it can possibly take? Could it possibly take more than 1 year in some cases? And is it possible that the males never color up and always be gray?
Cool I'm currently deciding what to get my 16yo for his 2nd fish. First fish were star saphire. This should be fun.
We had a breeding group that I really loved!
@@PrimeTimeAquatics Super beautiful fish when matured.
Have you ever use these products for the african cichlids?
Fritz Aquatics Rift Lake Cichlid Buffer Multi-Lake Formula Raises KH & pH and
Fritz Aquatics 84911 Probiotic Rift Lake Cichlid Salt, Multi-Lake Formula
If not do you recommend them?
I don’t need them because my water parameters are already good for them, but the products are sound and easy to use.
Hi Jason, Could I put a 2-2.5 inch male Venustus with adult peacocks and Haps? The largest being 6 inch Blue Dolphin and the smallest a 4 inch Peacock. It’s a 6 foot 125 with a few caves and sight breaks. He is currently in a 10 gallon quarantine tank (I just got him 2 days ago).
That might work. I usually try to add them at a smaller size to established tanks.
What exactly is all that stuff in the tank that looks like Coral next to them with all those many cichlids that I saw throughout the video is it all fake or is it real?
Some of the tanks have Texas Holey Rock. That is real.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics at 2:00 minutes in this is not holy rock im talking about, the tank looks like its constructed from a coral reef. What exactly is ALL that?
I thought I was about to watch a fish fight :)
This is great info. I never considered owning Cichlids (apart from shell dwellers). But when you said mbunas in a 40 or 55,i thought maybe I can do it.... one day.
I'll check out your species profile. But I am curious... I've heard Cichlids in general are voracious eaters. If going on a trip, how long can they go without food?
They do love to eat. We’ve left them for maybe three days?
Hi do you have a store in Chicago?
No, we sell at GCCA and Greenwater swaps.
Oh wow such pretty fish. I think if I could afford to upgrade, mbuna would definitely be my go to fish. Only cichlid I've kept are kribensis 😊
Kribensis are awesome!
@@Zachary360Games yea right little characters and really easy to breed
Would like advice how long can u keep fish in a tank u treat with rocksalt or methylene blue
I keep the fish in for the duration of the treatment and then use water changes to remove the higher salt concentrations and methylene blue from the water.
@@PrimeTimeAquatics thanks alot. Another question can to much snail cause fish to get sick
Switching our current tank to a hard water only tank because water that comes out of the tap here is very hard around 250-300ppm and PH of 8.2-8.5 , are these still good parameters for these fish?
For sure!
how many can you put in 40 breeder tank?
I generally don't put any peacocks in a 40 breeder. Maybe 8-10 mbuna if they are smaller and the less aggressive types.
Can you combine mbuna and peacocks in a 55 gallon
I usually don’t I’m that size tank. Although I do have an White Knight Ahli with Rusty Cichlids and Saulosi
With the Mbuna Cichlid’s, can you add them a couple at a time as you can afford to get them or will they fight? I have a 55 gallon that I want to use, how many is acceptable?
Thank you.
I try to add new ones that are a little smaller and add them when the lights are off
A good tip I got from Caveman aquatics channel is to add them during a water change before refilling the tank while the others are distracted. You can also rearrange the tank decor a bit so they all have to reclaim territory at the same time.
That round tank is incredibly beautiful.
It was even cooler in person. So much color!
Mbuna is a ticking time bomb. As soon as one of them able to maintain dominance for a few days, the rest of them would start running. lol!
The Peacock variant is better, they are calm and size doesn't dictate aggressiveness.
Any of the two variants, as soon as you open the door when you get home, they would group up and ask for food like you only feed them 1x a year. lol!
I never had an issue with them.
Actually when you overstock Mbuna you won't have the problem. The dominant one spreads aggression and gets distracted with too many to chase. There are a few species of Mbuna to avoid, and once you know them, you have no problems. As for Peacocks, dragonbloods and OBs definitely have a reputation for more aggression.
What’s the most aggressive African cichlid?
Good question. I’ve found auratus and demasoni to be very aggressive. I’ve also had some really aggressive OBs. For their size Gold Occelatus are aggressive.
I love the Yellow Labs but I've never kept peacocks, mostly because you can't find them near me.
Can we keep them together?
That giant tank I show has them together. It can be done if the mbuna are on the less aggressive side.
I dived right into both peacocks are in a 75g and mbuna are in a 36g I may up the size of the mbuna tank eventually
Peacocks are the best. Both tanks are amazing but your peacock tank is the best l have ever seen.
Geez I’m not even sure what I have in my 125. If it’s a cool cichlid, I buy it - without really thinking about what lake they’re from or if they’re Mbuna, Peacock, etc. maybe I’ve been lucky. The only kind I needed to get rid of because of behavior were the Convicts. Having only 20 fish in a 125 I’m sure helps.
i have a 600 litre tank, started out as a community tank with giant danios scissor tail rasboras and the like with a few petricolas, but I have now gone to Africans, and have got peacocks with mbunas and haps as well as some asian stuff, now I have got lucky and its a pretty calm tank, the asian stuff doesn't get hammered and the africans hang together from likomas to blue dolphins to flamebacks to peacocks, I have a multiple species cichlid tank and it's actuall working the tank is designed for haps for clear open spaces with rocky areas for the peacocks and the mbunas, no fish death no signs of stress in over 6 months. I could list the species and people would say I am crazy but theres always eceptions to a rule, I have a male ob peacock zebra who acts like my corydora lol, no fin damage no signs of stress nothing, eats swims normal no color loss just behaves like a corydora lol.
Do you guys have video on haps?