Mylife Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 I have a tank measuring W122 x D60 x H54 it's close to 400ltr but buy the time you take into account gravel rock and driftwood it would be closer to 300ltr I guess, can anyone tell me how many cichlids I could have comfortably, at present I'm holding around 20, mainly fish from Malawi and 2 from Tanganyika, I'm concerned I might over stock, what say you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowie Posted November 11, 2012 Share Posted November 11, 2012 depends what species you are keepingif the tanks 4x2x2 you can easily house 50 fish aslong as your filtration is goodi myself like to keep large colonies of fish around 25+ of each species and i have previously kept 50 tropheus moliro in a tank this size basically it all comes down to your filtration Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buccal Posted November 12, 2012 Share Posted November 12, 2012 And water changes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jason130497 Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 I dont recommend mixing tanganyikan and malawi as the malawi fish are generally much more agressive, so stick to one or the other. Plus with that tank size a large colony is possible definitly but as mentioned its about water changes and the level of filtration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m0oks Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 My rule of thumb for Malawi is 10 litres per fish. So 30 fish. Hope that helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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