African Cichlid Showdown: Peacock Cichlids vs Mbuna Cichlids - Which One Comes Out on Top?

Hello Everyone!
In this video we take a closer look at Mbuna cichlids and Peacock cichlids - which one is better? Side note: I am including the Haps in with the Peacocks for simplicity in this video.

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Want more information on some of the fish featured in this video? Check out these species profiles!
Mbuna:

Peacocks/Haps:



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[apss]

It's mbuna for me. I love them. Especially yellow labs and demasoni. They have lots of fry and they are amazing.

[jeffdejaynes]

I have kept a pretty decent variety of cichlids in general. Mbuna will always be my favorites. I downgraded from 35 or so tanks to just 1 main system with a 110 and 40B in wall setup. I run a 40B sump on it. It was recently converted from Reef to Mbuna. I don’t regret it.

[bruce_lero]

Love the color, variety, activity, and personality of my Mbuna tanks. Never a dull moment...

[BenOchart]

"Recognizing their owner" is so true. When I enter the fish room they all rush to the glass and follow me around. When someone else goes down there the fish lose their minds trying to hide. I love the interaction. I separated out Mbuna from Peas and Haps a while back. My Mbuna got real nasty when they put on size. So I went with only Peas/Haps. Maybe it would have worked in a bigger tank. I only had a 60 gallon at that time. They're both beautiful.

[cherylbelott]

Thanks! Great video! I gravitate towards nano tanks but if I ever found room for a bigger tank, I’d like to try these. Love the all the colors! Happy Monday!

[cichlid_kings]

Awesome perspective on comparing Mbuna & Peacock. Much appreciated 😎

[LasFigurasdeLucas]

I didn’t know I needed this video that much

[SheedMack]

New to the cichlid family here and, @1:30 that may be the most beautiful cichlid tank I’ve ever seen 🤩

[philcarlino]

If I were to go Lake Malawi cichlids I would probably go Mbuna. They look cooler to me and I like the way they interact with the hardscape. I love fish, but I need to have a scape too to keep my interest in a tank. I’d also like to keep shelldwellers at some point, but those are Lake Tanganyika. Great video guys. Thank you!

[littlemidwestrebornsdolls]

Wow! I love it! When the time is right. I'm getting Mbunas.

[mikebobo]

Great video. Love to see you guys using the footage from OFR their cichlid tank is so 🔥🔥

[artemis]

Great video. I'm. New to the Hobby (9 months) and love your work. Now have 3 heavily planted community tanks, but soo want to get cichlids, and yes, Mbunas'!!

[AJBAdventures]

I learned the hard way on my first hap and peacock tank early last year, unfortuantely I could only afford a dozen fish and gradually they killed each other.
I think if I was to do Malawi cichlids again, I would definitely try mbuna 👍
cheers
aaron

[TheJesuschr]

Appreciate the info I just started a African Peacock tank.

[davidglass]

Thank you for the information. Very helpful because I do have African cichlids. This will help me to do better with African cichlids.

[brianmenard]

Another great video, I keep mbuna they are my preference. Love you two always great info and quality vids.

[dan_e]

Great video! Loved it.

I'm happy with my mbuna tank right now. Most of the fish are under 2" so a lot of growing to do, but so far I couldn't be happier with them.

[jacobpiske]

Great video! Love the tank with the rusty cichlids (hope to get some in the future). I’ve kept both and lean towards mbuna over peacocks.

[jasonnazworthable]

Outstanding video, thank you for the information!