Wondering how many mbuna cichlids can be kept in a standard 55 gallon. I know you are supposed to overstock to control aggression but i dont wanna over do it .

Hey there Hun! Where you been???

I just moved mine to a 55 and I have 32 in there.... You could do a few less, or a few more. But mine seem fine... Keep in mind I am WAY over filtered...

Hope this helps.

perfect thanks
ive been workin fish are biting good here is it snowing yet by you?

it was 103 here today... No SNOW yet! LOL... I hope we have a while yet!

What fish are you catching?

summer flounder, sea bass, bluefish. Lot of sharks and yellowfin tuna for the guys that go further offshore. We had a 5 foot hammerhead chase a bluefish to the surface yesterday that was pretty cool

Video Video Video!!!!!! That would have been AWESOME! And you could send me Tuna! I love that stuff!

yea it happened so fast i couldnd video it and even if i did i dont know how to post that stuff. you would have to help me lol. Tuna no prob next one we get is yours

Hot Damn! LOL... I can't wait....

And I will always help! Just shoot me a PM.

32 african cichlids in a 55 gallon. did i read that correctly? I would love to see a video of that.

I currently only have 4 african cichlids in my 55 gallon, but they have a large JD in there with them for the time being.

I kept African Rift cichlids for several years. The bigger ones like Frontosas and Moorii's can grow near as big as oscars so you would be limited to just a few. If you are talking about mbuna than you are more likely looking at the lake Malawi species which tend to be more dwarf like. I kept maybe a dozen or so in a similar size tank. They mostly got on fine but occaisionly differnt species just were not conpatable. If they had similar colourations. often they would quarrel. I had pair of M Johannii in my tank and all went well till I added a pair of L fuelbornii (spellings are no doubt wrong) All hell broke loose until they were seperated.