Small tank for a Africans

[RaceFaceR1]

How about a 29gallon, 10 gallon or even a 5gallon?

Too small???  And what could I put in there...?

Thanks,


Marc-André

[NjOyRiD]

i have a 25g with Yellow labs, Auratus and something else, right now, no agression at all ,everythig is alright..for the moment

[kennyman]

Mbuna often grow 5"- 6" and a single male will claim a territory larger than the footprint of these tanks mentioned. One male will become dominant in the tank and push all others into the heater and chase them into the glass all day long. Even the females will be excessively harassed increasing stress and therefore incident of disease and overall decline. These fish can live up to ten years if properly cared for. Probably not very long at all if kept in a small tank  

Haps and Utaka may be a different story but keeping Mbuna in a small tank is not very good fishkeeping from my exp  :wink:

[Mila]

Pair of smaller shell dwellers will be happy in 10 g.