Need help fast please

Welcome good decision to go for the bigger tank and good luck!

 

Welcome, and good luck with your setup.

Your yellow mbuna is Labidochromis caeruleus.
Your blue mbuna is Pseudotropheus demasoni.
Your "camouflage" hap is Nimbochromis venustus.

Do some research, and enjoy!

 

Thank you everyone. Yes, I'll do some research and thank you for all the help people. Will let you know how they settling in, in their new home.

 

Martin Kyk na @ yellowtail se thread en Dan sal jy verstaan wat ek bedoel het met die gebruik van leiklip.

 

Ja, ek het gesoek, maar kry nie. Waar kan ek kry of koop?

 

Wet nie maar sal uitkyk. Ek soek ok. Jy het nou n bledie ding begin met jou malawies

 

He he he......ek love hulle. Gaan jy ook kry?

 

Welcome to TASA! So... are you thinking about a 2nd tank yet? It will happen, trust me! Whatever you do now, do not get more fish while you cycle. You need to get the ammonia and other nasties under control. You may want to invest in an ammonia (NH3) test kit. Regular water changes (twice a week in this instance), will also help to keep the ammonia under control. That way you won't lose any fish. A larger tank will also be a definite requirement in a short while. Malawi's cannot be kept long in a 20liter tank... don't worry though. You'l find a use for the small tank as well. It's an ideal nano tank with a Beta!

Do you guys agree with my assessment? I'm still basking in the wisdom of the other members here

 

Yes, drsparky. I've started my 4feet tank and will put the Malawi's in it tomorrow afternoon. Thanks for the advice.

 

Tank lyk baie goed!!!

Daar n winkel in Benoni wat nie te sleg is met hulle Malawi`s se pryse nie dink dit is tussen 40 - 55 vir 4 of so kanie presies onthou nie. Ek het myne gekoop vir so 45 vir 4 daai tyd en het so 20 in my tank en 4 mooi klein katvissies.

 

Dankie. Ek het nou 6. Wil hulle so paar maande aanhou en dan check of ek nog kan aanhou. Watter ander vis kan mens saam Malawi sit? Waar kan ek leiklip kry/koop? Waar is die winkel in Benoni wat jy van praat?Thanks

 

Sent PM with LFS details.

I have 4 little featherfin catfish with my Malawis and one Apple Snail. So far so good.

As meer visse wil insit probeer hulle so vroeg as moontlik saam kry en insit want die malawis kan nogal aggresief raak op n ouer ouder dom en hou daar van om ander visse se finns seer te maak tot hulle doodgaan van stress of hul beserings.

synodontis catfish is goed om saam malawis te meng sover ek weet. Daar mag dalk nog wees is nog self redelik nuut met die klomp.

 

@Ortaega please could you PM LFS details in benoni to me to please. Thanks

 

Hi, those three species are perfect, as they will generally not fight with each other. But as ortega mentioned, try get all your fish around the same time, as mbunas do not like new comers.

Regarding your setup, try get rocks and make some caves for them. and just make sure that the rocks are sitting on the bottom of the tank, as these guys really like to dig.

 

Thanks. Moved them all to the big tank last night. They look very happy. PH 7.8 @ 26°C
One jumped out when I moved over and didn't survive. Was one of the Venustus :-(

 

Hi, PM Sent.

Very True, They love digging!!!

Sorry to hear about your loss, never a nice feeling

 

Yep, never knew they could jump that high and they are so small. About 2.5cm!!!

 

You, can be quite surprised by what those little buggers are capable off. They are also very very fast swimmers, hear mine about twice during the last week when they jumped up against my canopy, gave my little dog a huge fright early one morning. She barked so aggressively we thought there was someone trying to break in.

 

At present I don't have a canopy. Should I put one on then?