90 gallon question

[fishtankmaster5]

is a 90 gallon big enough for 14 assorted african cichlids, to live happily for there whole lives or will i need something bigger, any help is greatly appreciated

 

[dss2004]

You could actually stock it much heavier than that. Most of the mixed africans are mbunas and people tend to overstock mbunas to help with the aggression factor. People put 14 in a 55 gallon so you could theoritically put double that in a 90 gallon. You should check out cichlid-forum.com, they have a lot of 90's over there that look great.

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Ditto, agreed.

 

[fishtankmaster5]

but will they be happy in there at full growth, and for there whole life

 

[phOOey]

most deffinately, most africans get to around 6 inches, so a 90g is huge for them .

 

[wayne]

Most mbuna get to around 6 inches, african cichlids run the full range from 2 inches to 3 feet. Haps, or utaka tend to be a bit bigger in general.

God I hate generalisations like that, but don't take it personally

 

[fishtankmaster5]

good for you WAYNE, but i know how large different AFRICAN CICHLIDS *thumbsups get and i was generalizing on purpuse because i have a mix of different AFRICAN CICHLIDS *thumbsups , i have a few peacocks, mbunas, haps, and even some tanganyikan cichlids, so why should i not say assorted AFRICAN CICHLIDS *thumbsups , because in reality i do have assorted AFRICAN CICHLIDS *thumbsups

 

[Orion]

Maybe, but without you telling us what you have, we have no idea what 'assorted african cichlids' are.

So then would waynes response of 2 inches to 3 feet been more appropriate?

 

[fishtankmaster5]

no because if i had a 3 foot fish with 13 others in my 55 gal i have now (look below) then that would be cruel, it is called common sense, but don't take it personally