bigreddog

Finally got the tank ready and the fish are here I have 4 Pundamilia Nyererei in there now with 5 Cobalt blues, I have 4 more of the Pundamilia in the QT tank and 4 more coming, is this enough to keep them happy and peaceful?

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Angela_96

The Pundamilia Nyererei are victorian cichlids, they require a higher pH/harder water than malawi cichlids.
I am worried that the cobalts will kill the victorian cichlids. They aren't peaceful fish, and malawi mbuna should be kept with other mbuna only.

bigreddog

I kinda thought that myself, but the guy I got them from said if they grow up together they should be fine because he has had the 2 in a tank together. They are all about 1.5 inches now and seem to be doing ok,,but I will be keeping a close on on them. Thanks

alicem

Yeah, it would be a real bummer if you had to set up another tank.

Angela_96

Im glad that you know that so if something happens you can get them separated. They can be killers from fry size. I have a 36g tank that I just keep mbuna fry in and they are little savages not even 3/4 inch size. My cobalts aren't friendly either. But individual mbunas vary so to speak some will remain peaceful throughout their lives. I would love to have a tank of those victorians, they are beatiful fish! But I already have maxed out on tanks in my house and have a baby due in August. (the silver lining is we only have 3 bedrooms and the baby is a girl so it will push my husband to build a bigger house faster, and he has promised a floor level room that I can put 200g tanks in I plan to have a victorian, tang, and malawi setup at least 100g's each).

With the malawi's you can go to a higher ph of 8.2, I would suggest that since Lake Victoria is a higher ph lake. It would make bothe species thrive. Also with a ratio of 1 male to 3+ females of cobalts they should be okay. If you end up with more than one male I would get rid of him to keep peace.

bigreddog

I think they are all 5 males if I am sexing them right, they all have the nice blue color and the profile says the female are an orangish color.Do you know if this is correct? and if so should I take them all out just to be safe ? Thanks for any advice on this I don't want to lose any of these pretty little guys due to my lack of knowledge on them