Oh yes, it will be a very blue tank lol. Here in about an hour when the man gets home, I have a tank to finish cleaning and ALOT of sand to clean, as well as the rock. I am going to try and get the tank filled either today or tomorrow lol.Dimensions, remember that dimensions are more important than volume as they tell us more about the available territoryPersonally, I would be expecting to have only about 40-45 gallons after the rockwork.
Someone else can advise you better on the stocking, but remember to be careful when mixing species of the same colour.
Malawi MaD, I consider labs to be peaceful because one can keep them in small groups, with only a few females per male and rarely do as much as acknowledge the existence of other species (in my experience of keeping only one male per tank for anything under a few 100 gallons), compared to many other species. I'm not saying that they're not capable of fighting if they take it to their heads that they really want to, but I have never seen one of mine or one I was looking after do so when males are not mixed.
I know kitty i wasn't really targeting/aiming that at you(Sorry Should of worded what i said earlier a little better) because you are right in what your saying as a lot of the time labs are less aggressive. Its just i wouldn't class them as peaceful as i've had males in my tanks before that have had 2 to 3 wild males and 20+ females and they have been just as aggressive as any melanochromis species (which is saying something) then ive had labs that have been quiet as anything, breeding regular with his females and not even acknowledging the other species (like yours did). I think it Just depend's on the fish really some can be worse than others.
I cannot remember the scientific names, but pretty much all the blue ones on that list lol. My husband had a thing for blue lolSpeaking of other species, my husband loved the fish on the list you gave me. We may end up changing our plan altogether based on that list lol.Thing is with malawi's especially, people always say overstock the tank, do this, do that but its not necessarily going to work for everyone just because it worked for you. Yes overstocking can help a lot but it can cause more problems to, its not just about overstocking the tank if you choose wrong species and mix the wrong ones together its going to go wrong no matter how much you 'overstock' your tank. The labidochromis caeruleus is always classed as a more peacefull fish to and i dont really understand why, as these can be just as aggressive as any other mbuna. It all depends on what the fish is like, ive had L caeruleus in the past and many of the males seem to be less aggressive ( still the odd chasing about) but had just as many males with the temperament of a bull and will chase/attack anything in his part of the tank. Di your stock list is fine for a 75G you could add another species and add to the groups you have, but you could add the ones listed above monitor them for a while then if you decide to add more you can. Just remeber to add a good amount of fish at once because if you had 1 or 2 by themselves i guarantee you will loose them to aggression.
lol There is many more to name but i think the list would never be decided if i kept throwing different species at you
lol quite a lot of mbuna are blue or have blue in the colouration, soo you could be having a lot of blue in your tank if he chooses them all
And you are right that in a lot of cases it depends on the individual fish. I found this out with bettas. I have 2 that are doing great in community tanks. I have 2 others that will NOT get along with other fish. Weird.
