38 gallon African Biotope

fishboy199413 · 06-21-2011, 12:07 AM

Hello I was wondering what to do with with my 38 gallon and wanted to hear your suggestions. I did have a few ideas such as making it a lake Tangikanya shell dweller tank or a Lake Malawi tank that has a colony of Demasoni cichlids. The setups would be:

Malawi:

Demasoni Cichlids
Johanni Cichlids
Bristlenose Pleco
Zebra Cichlids
or
Electric yellow cichlids

Tangikanya:

Colony of
Multis or Ocellated shell dwellers
Synodontis Petricola
Maybe a school of African Moon Tetras (I know they are not from the lake but they are located in the Congo)
And possibly another kind of cichlid

Also I don't want to do a planted tank as I am doing that with a 55 gallon and I have always wanted a nice biotope aquarium
Hope you can help me.

b0b95 · 06-21-2011, 01:30 AM

go with tanganyika in that aquarium. Mbuna really need the 4 ft aquariums

fishboy199413 · 06-21-2011, 03:07 PM

Does anyone have suggestions for a lake Tangikanya tank such as schooling fish? How many fish and could I have anubus in there

06-21-2011, 12:07 AM	#1
fishboy199413 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Va Posts: 347	38 gallon African Biotope Hello I was wondering what to do with with my 38 gallon and wanted to hear your suggestions. I did have a few ideas such as making it a lake Tangikanya shell dweller tank or a Lake Malawi tank that has a colony of Demasoni cichlids. The setups would be: Malawi: Demasoni Cichlids Johanni Cichlids Bristlenose Pleco Zebra Cichlids or Electric yellow cichlids Tangikanya: Colony of Multis or Ocellated shell dwellers Synodontis Petricola Maybe a school of African Moon Tetras (I know they are not from the lake but they are located in the Congo) And possibly another kind of cichlid Also I don't want to do a planted tank as I am doing that with a 55 gallon and I have always wanted a nice biotope aquarium Hope you can help me.

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06-21-2011, 01:30 AM	#2
b0b95 Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Virginia, USA Posts: 149	go with tanganyika in that aquarium. Mbuna really need the 4 ft aquariums

06-21-2011, 03:07 PM	#3
fishboy199413 Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (1/100%) Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Va Posts: 347	Does anyone have suggestions for a lake Tangikanya tank such as schooling fish? How many fish and could I have anubus in there