Mbuna Aquarium Setup - Gorgeous African Cichlid Aquarium!!

My living room mbuna aquarium setup is always a conversation starter. This African Cichlid aquarium is the one that started me back in the hobby. It's stocked with 3 species of mbuna (Yellow Lab, Red Zebra, Cobalt Blue) as well as a synodontis petricola (lucipinnis) catfish. You can get a lot of joy out of keeping an mbuna african cichlid aquarium however you must plan it out accordingly, we talk about how in the video.

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[mikehawk]

i like the slate rocks might have to steal that idea lol

[jodysees]

I just got a 60 gallon tank and ordered 10 Mbuna cichlids online. I bought rocks and white substrate with a couple of plants and driftwood. I am excited to get the fish! Thank you for sharing this video.

[FridayFishFacts]

If I was ever to do an african cichlid tank I would want it to look like your. I love the yellow and blue.

Enjoyed the feeding too

[djhogan]

Nice set up and fish selection. Thank you for sharing. I am about to set up an 8 foot tank with Mbuna.

[stojohnny]

Nice Set up. My son enjoys the African Cichlids. We keep Mbuna and Peacocks in his tank. That's a stunner of a yellow lab @6:23

[benstormbadass]

That is a nice lay out mate well done 🇬🇧👍🏻✅

[AQUAFUNK]

I think it's so cool that I seen that tank up close and personal 😎👍

[HaYNFishKeeper]

Awesome vid Ry love the Mbuna tank love the idea of the snow whites get rid of the zebra red lolol much love and aloha 🤙🏽🐠🤙🏽

[fantom]

Substrate looks good, and good that it buffers the water. I'm using pool filter sand for my tetra tank; looks good and I recommend it if you're not keeping hard water fish. It's cheap too!

[gavinkgd]

First vid I've ever seen of yours and I loved it! Definatly will be watching other vids😏

Also I'm currently in the process of setting up an epic Mbuna tank. Im going to get all 3 of the species of fish you have along with a few aceis, electric blue johanni's, & a pair or two of saulosi's. I've actually kept freshwater fish for over 12 years... I've had every from my first fish tank being goldfish. Then separately over the years kept Anglefish, Discus, Goramis, catfish, multiple verities of African Cichlids and of course tetras.... and being a little kid a lot of them were kept together in the same tanks😂 But now I'm taking it way more serious and sticking to fish from the same region & making habitats built specifically to mimic where there from. And in turn this will be my first African Cichlid tank that I'm going to set up and keep!

I've got all the needed stuff to set it up... got a nice custom tank I've had for forever that was from craigslist. Building a better stand and a lid... and I play of overstocking with young guys so I got a canaster filter that's made for a bigger tank to help with all the extra waste. But now I'm in the process of learning how to keep a higher PH water, keeping it stable and motoring it constantly. And making sure my Mbunas live a long life in perfect system to their water peramiters.
So I'm looking forward to learning all of that over the next few months and end up having as epic of a tank as yours!💯

(PS. Ik this vid is a few months old and this is a really long comment... but... yolo😂)

[robsloaches]

Always a stunning tank, can't wait to see the white in there!

[cichlidscape]

Always liked the yellow labs👌🏻 tank looks great man👍🏻 new sub!

[frankrawl]

Great utube channel 👍 it's like talking to a cool mate about your fish ! Keep up the good work man 👍...love the channel 👍

[AquariumCop]

Beautiful, love the consistent info throughout! Oh I couldn't choose which to keep! ✌💕

[AQUAGUYUK]

Yummy love the look and the video thank you

[thomasobrien]

Do you find Cobalts typically have better color than yellowtail acei or visa versa? Thanks! Really colorful tank!

[MarneenZahavi]

Nice tank. Just setup a 75 mbuna tank myself.

[milehighbeerguy]

I'm setting my 75gallon tank up now.. thanks for the info!

[jroc]

Wow, had no idea to much protein is bad for cichlids...thanks for the info.

[inquisitivealbertan]

Great video and I love your tank setup. The fish are gorgeous and I appreciate your comments on your filtration and power head setup.