horrible camera = bad pics

unfortunately my camera does not do justice to any of the fish and their true colors

Nice setup

Looks like a great rock wall. Have you found any problems with the quartz bearing rocks? I had an issue with ammonia with one quartz layered rock and have stayed away since. Would love to know if you don't, as I recently found some more, and am thinking about building a river rock wall for my Mbuna's. As I think it would suit them more than the Holey Rock as an environment.

looking good

thanks,, i will get a full tank shot in the morning..

i have not had any problems with ammonia. its been up and running

for about a month now. tested everyday for the first 2 weeks after the

fishless cycle was completed and the fish were added. also have been testing

everyday for the past few days since i have added the rustys and afras.

possibly something was in the rock that was preventing the bacteria from

growing so your tank was stuck in a cycle

So question for you, my mbuna's would rather rocks as opposed to the lil houses and plants that I have in the tank? Next question is how much is too much for the amount of fish in a 55 gallon mbuna tank. My Red Zebra's are multiplying I see at least 7 diffrent sets of babies born in the last 4 months.

I like the rock layout. Nice setup.

Nice layout. Cameras never do the fish justice.

@tbarnwell...

i am new to mbunas myself so i am still learning.. i would think that the houses/caves

would be fine as long as there is enough hiding spaces for all the fish.. if the fish do

not seem stressed then they should be ok.. i used rocks for a few reasons. they are

cheaper, and more of a natural habitat for the fish.but it all comes down to preference

also i like to aquascape with the rocks.... as for how many fish to keep in a 55 gal....

there is a big debate on this .. some say that 14 fish (3-4in)is a good overstocking

number. i have 16. the main thing is filtration. u want atleast a 10x turn over. right

now i have roughly a 15x turnover with my filtration but i scale that down because

thats at peak performance with minimal tube runs ect.

Nice rock setup

@ flukekiller I think I have exceeded that. They keep multiplying so fast. I want my angels to do this.

looks good!!

thanks for all the compliments