Favourite rift lake cichlid and why?

Wills said:

Could definitely do a Peacock or Mbuna tank too at some point just need the right stars to align lol. I think Americans are likely to be what I really want but I am being swayed for the first time in about 10 years.

Wills

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Do it, I love my peacock and mbuna. Slightly annoying with plants but still great ide also mix them, I disagree with not mixing them

Rocky998 said:

Absolutely stunning!
I really love the Sumbu Compressiceps!

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Yeah really nice - interesting species as they are actually shell dwellers where as all other relatives are purely rock dwellers.

AmyKieran said:

Do it, I love my peacock and mbuna. Slightly annoying with plants but still great ide also mix them, I disagree with not mixing them

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Hmmm thats where the African side falls apart for me I like the recreation of the habitats of fish so I'd only mix them if the tank was very big or very deep front to back so you could have a clear rock area for the mbunas and the open swimming space for the peacocks.

Wills

gilpi said:

I love this tank and the green algae all around looks great, I'm sure the fish munch on it as well. What size tank is this?

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They were fry in an 80 liter

The “big nose” Labeotropheus trewavasae, one of my fav that I kept and breed, beautiful colours and variants, funny face shape and cute when newborn. Shame that the males tend to harass females and kill them if the tank’s not big enough. I’d recommend a minum of 100gals, 400liters

TTboy79 said:

The “big nose” Labeotropheus trewavasae, one of my fav that I kept and breed, beautiful colours and variants, funny face shape and cute when newborn. Shame that the males tend to harass females and kill them if the tank’s not big enough. I’d recommend a minum of 100gals, 400liters View attachment 160981

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I have a pseudotropheus trewavasae and it’s super cute aswell lol funny face looks like it’s smiling