Fish Compatibily

[JMatthew]

Reaaranging my fish tanks for couple of new tanks and would like to make my 55 Gallon into a Cihilid tank. Currently I decieded I would like to get an Electric Blue Johanni and a Cobalt Blue Zebra.

Two questions. What is perhaps a red Cihilid which would go well with these two?

Also, do you think 2 Balas of about 6 inches each would works with these?

Thanks in advance!

 

[Cichlid_Crazy]

There isent really any Red Mbunas....alot of people keep Jewel Cichlids as their 'red' in Mbuna tanks...they tend to get on very well with them according to a few hundred Mbuna keepers on a Malawi forum i use.

Of course there is always a risk tho.

 

[dthoffsett]

The closest to red you'll get with mbuna is Metriaclima estherae, males are a yellowy-orange, while females are a dark orange-red.

Balas wouldn't work for a couple of reasons, first they should be kept in groups and would need a much larger tank and second the mbuna would likely kill them.

I'm not sure how much research you've done on mbuna so far, but I highly recommend reading the following links:
[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=299333"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=299333[/URL]
[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=98179"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=98179[/URL]
[URL="http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27706"]http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=27706[/URL]

 

[GGriffin]

There is the red peacock colour morph. Usually goes by a variety of names such as Rubinscens, Fire fish, Dragons Blood etc etc etc. Some are very nice looking fish, but plenty of bad examples. Also its not a natural colour morph but a tank bred one.