Here are some photos of my new cichlid tank. Using slate, and African Cichlid caribiasea sand.

Right now there are a pair of rosy barbs and an albino bristle nosed pleco.






My 10 gallon, with 4 tiger barbs, and 6 neon tetras



Pleco



Tell me what you think! using a tetra whisper 30 pump/filter, and a stealth pro heater for a 50 gallon set at 79 degrees
Looking for some input on fish species to get. Got a link on a blue johanni, dolphin and pecocks.

Thanks guys and gals!

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Welcome to ACF!

I think a 29g might be a bit too small for the cichlids you've listed ... have you considered Tanganikan shellies?

Just 4 fish. plus the pleco so 5 total in the 29. Other fish are headed back to the 10.

other than that, what do you think of the layout?

Hey Chris Newman, welcome to ACF!!

The rock pile looks a little too "staged" for my taste, but is just personal preference.

Other than that it looks really good!!

welcome to the forum, a 29g you'll be real limited on what you can keep, id suggest some yellow labs or a trio of peacocks.... 20g long would be a much better option or even a 30g... both are longer but even then you'll still be limited till you hit the 4' mark

Well done on the displays imo, especially the 29. I admire people who can take smaller tanks and make them look that nice.

I agree with Heather on the stock list, though. Blue dolphins get way too big for a 29, just no way around it, and they get nasty when crowded in a small space. IMO you need to think in terms of smaller fish or one medium fish and a few smaller fish.

A nice, smaller type of peacock and some dithers might be ok, or something like a Z rocks lithobates and some dithers. (IMO more than one peacock will probably kill each other in that size tank, at least once they near breeding age at 6 months or so. Male and two females might not, but still be tough on the females. You might get away with a small group of Z rocks, they stay under 6 inches ime, and don't have a lot of body mass. I breed them, and mine, at least, aren't especially aggressive.) Something similar could be said for Tanganyikan A. calvus or compressiceps as Z rocks, they tend to grow slow, and while some occasionally get bigger, many top out near 6 inches.

Or a few mbuna or smaller Victorians.

Also, like Heather said, a few shellies can make a nice smaller tank and they are interesting to watch. There are some other smaller Tanganyikans that might make a nice tank or work with a medium or smaller Malawi.