YngUrbanCMH
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I had posted earlier about doing a community aquarium with some less agressive Cichlids. Since I've changed my mind, and after a conversation the lfs they're willing to buy back any of my community fish that I used for cycleing... woo hoo!
My water is naturally pretty hard and alkaline (7.6) so I thought it sounded perfect for an African tank. I have a 30 gallon tank, with a power filter rated for 100 gallons... it creates a nice current especially close to the surface. I fully accept that in the future some species would need a larger 75+ gallon tank.... but I'm hoping it would be slow enough that I'd have time to prepare
From what I've read and seen so far I'm leaning towards Lake Malawi species.... Lab's and Johanni are beautiful and seem so smart! I'm having a bit of a difficult time though clearly identifying the pros and cons of Malawi vs Tanganyika taking into account my current set-up size. It also seems like there are a million differing opinions about each, however I've gotten so much fantastic advice from the good folks here I thought I would ask =).
Thanks!
My water is naturally pretty hard and alkaline (7.6) so I thought it sounded perfect for an African tank. I have a 30 gallon tank, with a power filter rated for 100 gallons... it creates a nice current especially close to the surface. I fully accept that in the future some species would need a larger 75+ gallon tank.... but I'm hoping it would be slow enough that I'd have time to prepare

From what I've read and seen so far I'm leaning towards Lake Malawi species.... Lab's and Johanni are beautiful and seem so smart! I'm having a bit of a difficult time though clearly identifying the pros and cons of Malawi vs Tanganyika taking into account my current set-up size. It also seems like there are a million differing opinions about each, however I've gotten so much fantastic advice from the good folks here I thought I would ask =).
Thanks!