milhouse Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Hi All, I have a standard 4ft tank setup and at the moment only have a juvenile colony of six salousi and a pair of bristlenose. Hopefully out of the 6 there appears to be 2 males starting to show colours after I purchased them about 6 weeks ago. What I want to ask is what would be another good type of mbuna to add to the tank that would mix well with the salousi but not likely to cross breed. Since Im new to cichlids, Im trying to get my head around it all at the moment, doing heaps of research and if I can successfully breed a few I will likely be hooked like you guys and set up a dedicated fish room. Thanks. Milhouse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0oks Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Welcome to the hobby Milhouse I've kept mine with mangainos and electric yellows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0oks Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Theres a chance they could still cross if you don't have enough females for each male. hth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huzzy Posted July 9, 2007 Share Posted July 9, 2007 Welcome to the hobby, and to ACE. Its great to see you wanting to research your purchases beforehand, rather than the ever so popular buy first, worry later method we see so often. E.Yellows are a nice contrast. Red Empress Red Fin Kadanga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFishkeeper Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 For breeding purposes, I usually don't mix colonies of mbuna, I prefer to mix a colony of mbuna with a colony of non-mbuna. In the case of Saulosi, I personally find Protomelas steveni "Taiwan Reef" make good tankmates, I have seen pictures of the Taiwan Reef location and Saulosi are also found there. Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luket Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 In my mbuna display tank (670L) with my colony of Saulosi (1M3F) I keep - A large colony of Tropeops Chilumba (1m7F) - Females are similarly coloured in both species but there has never been an inkling of any cross species interest. The fry are kept seperate as they do look identical though. - A small colony of Demasoni (1M2F) - A large colony of young adult cobalt blues (9?) - A large colony of young adult Joanjohnsonae (8?) - Juvenile venustus (6) doing great! - Juvenile C.Moori (4) In 4 months I have never lost a fish to aggression, their is very little interspecies aggression it is mainly confined too conspecifics which is generally when the male Chilumba or Demasoni is feeling kinky. I always have females of various species holding - theres 6 females of 3 different species holding right now Having said that it is a large tank with lots of rock work and a lot of the fish are still quite young, the Venustus will have to be relocated as they get large enough to eat the small mbuna though. They say that the key to harmony is to overcrowd and provide plenty of hiding places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milhouse Posted July 10, 2007 Author Share Posted July 10, 2007 Thanks for the good info guys, much appreciated. How would they go with Acei Msuli Point or Afra Cobwe? The main reason I thought it would make sense to keep mbuna together was they would eat the same plant based food, and not eat fry?? Bet that tank looks great Luke, nice range of cichlids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luket Posted July 10, 2007 Share Posted July 10, 2007 I wouldn't trust my mbuna not to cannabalize each others fry....they are opportunistic feeders after all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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