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fishn00b · 04-18-2006, 02:47 PM

I'm thinking that's what I might do. Since my water isn't really that hard, I might just want to keep a crushed coral bottom. I live in Jersey so I would have to make a special trip just for some sand

. I'm getting the same vibe from my Ice Blue, as he is pretty passive and just chases some on occasion but doesn't do any harm. The Red does get a little mean most of the time if anyone comes near his space and will tear at the fins of the others (particularly the Pea****).

If Mala has any extra lace rock that would be excellent. My LFS sells it for 3 dollars a pound and it seems too expensive for the shapes that they offer (it's kind of bland).

Also what do you mean by "mbuna"? Is that the scientific name for the Zebras?

leveldrummer · 04-18-2006, 03:17 PM

um.... well mbuna is more of a general term, i havnt done this reasearch in quite a while... so if im wrong, someone please correct me, but in lake malawi, most of the fish are broken into 3 catagories. haps, peacacks, and mbuna, (keep in mind i havent had cichlids in a while. so bare with me.. lol )

Georgia Peach · 04-18-2006, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by leveldrummer

um.... well mbuna is more of a general term, i havnt done this reasearch in quite a while... so if im wrong, someone please correct me, but in lake malawi, most of the fish are broken into 3 catagories. haps, peacacks, and mbuna, (keep in mind i havent had cichlids in a while. so bare with me.. lol )

thats my line of thinking as well..

leveldrummer · 04-18-2006, 05:32 PM

i dont remember why they are broken down like that though, i think it was partially due to where they dwell, and what they eat. i think the haps are more carnivores, pea****s are high water fish, and mbuna are rock dwellers. (i believe it was something like that.)

fishn00b · 04-19-2006, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by leveldrummer

i dont remember why they are broken down like that though, i think it was partially due to where they dwell, and what they eat. i think the haps are more carnivores, pea****s are high water fish, and mbuna are rock dwellers. (i believe it was something like that.)

I did some research and what I got from it was that mbuna are the fish that like to make homes in rocks/caves, while the cichlids that prefer the open water are called pea****s... I didn't find anything on haps.

leveldrummer · 04-19-2006, 01:31 PM

i believe haps were the flat bottom fish, the ones that stayed out in the depths of the lake, where its just a sandy bottom? could be wrong, there are so dang many of them..

04-18-2006, 03:17 PM	#22
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	um.... well mbuna is more of a general term, i havnt done this reasearch in quite a while... so if im wrong, someone please correct me, but in lake malawi, most of the fish are broken into 3 catagories. haps, peacacks, and mbuna, (keep in mind i havent had cichlids in a while. so bare with me.. lol ) __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

04-18-2006, 05:32 PM	#24
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	i dont remember why they are broken down like that though, i think it was partially due to where they dwell, and what they eat. i think the haps are more carnivores, pea****s are high water fish, and mbuna are rock dwellers. (i believe it was something like that.) __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

04-19-2006, 01:31 PM	#26
leveldrummer something like a pimp Join Date: May 2005 Location: atlanta Age: 29 Posts: 1,933	i believe haps were the flat bottom fish, the ones that stayed out in the depths of the lake, where its just a sandy bottom? could be wrong, there are so dang many of them.. __________________ The meek shall inherit the Earth. Big deal. By the time they get it the rest of us will have messed it all up.

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fishn00b Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Age: 21 Posts: 401	I'm thinking that's what I might do. Since my water isn't really that hard, I might just want to keep a crushed coral bottom. I live in Jersey so I would have to make a special trip just for some sand . I'm getting the same vibe from my Ice Blue, as he is pretty passive and just chases some on occasion but doesn't do any harm. The Red does get a little mean most of the time if anyone comes near his space and will tear at the fins of the others (particularly the Pea****). If Mala has any extra lace rock that would be excellent. My LFS sells it for 3 dollars a pound and it seems too expensive for the shapes that they offer (it's kind of bland). Also what do you mean by "mbuna"? Is that the scientific name for the Zebras?

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