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Yeah I have an insane amount of caves and rocks for hiding places, they just don't seem to use them as much. I've noticed now that the majority of the group are very healthy looking, but I have a small male and small female that don't seem to eat as much and kind of stay away from the group...

Hey everyone, I've had my tank running for about 2 weeks now. For cycling I decided to try out Tetra Safe Start, however I did not want to test it on the $200 worth of african cichlids I will be stocking. So I bought 8 tiger barbs to feed the bacteria ammonia w/ Safe Start. My water has been...

And there you go, point proven. The 30 gallon long is probably better suited for mbuna cichlids. The 55G isn't eve 2 feet long, seriously do you not understand what territorial fish are?

It's not just simply agreeing to disagree, this isn't a matter of differing opinions. You are incorrect and giving people false information that will only result in problems down the road. Sure he will be fine for a month or so stocking a 55G corner with 3 species of mbuna, but once they grow...

4 species of mbuna are way too many for a 55G corner tank which probably doesn't even reach 3 feet in length. 4 species is even too many for a 55G Long tank, unless doing an all male stocking. Like I said, you shouldn't be looking at the gallonage, but the footprint of the tank. DepthxLength...

Neither tank is really 100% suitable for mbuna such as Yellow labs which you refer to as "electric yellow". Once again, not sure about "electric blue" as many african cichlids can fit this name. If you absolutely had to pick a tank however, I would go with the 30 gallon long. Mbuna means rock...

The problem is these fish are very social and thrive when kept in groups of 3 or more. These fish also come from lake tanganyika and are best suited for cichlid aquariums, not only due to the water chemistry, but also their interesting breeding behavior. Normally I wouldn't stress those 2...

You weren't very specific about what species of cichlids you have in your aquarium. However, from what I read in this post you definitely need to add more females for each of the species you have in your tank. Like I said you didn't exactly say how many total fish you have or what types, but...

Your tank is way too small to house these types of cichlids, as well as the fact that you are mixing fish from different lakes with different requirements. I have no clue what a powder blue cichlid is, considering that common name could be used for many types of cichlids. However, in my opinion...

It depends on the dimensions, and also depends on what types of african cichlids you wish to keep. The term african cichlid covers tons and tons of different types of fish, from different lakes and different environments. 30 Gallon long is still usually quite small for most of the more popular...

Actually it does not make sense, it doesn't matter what shape your tank is the volume is the volume. If your tank is not a 90uk gallon corner tank, then I suggest you re-measure it, because those measurements DO come out as a 90 UK gallon tank. Source for calculations...

Hard to answer your question when you don't supply any information regarding tank size or the size of your oscar...

You are having aggression issues due to numerous problems with your stock setup. First of all you do not have enough fish for a 55G to tone down on aggression. Second of all you mentioned you have a bumblebee cichlid and a johanni. These are way too aggressive for a 55G tank. Third, it...