African Jewel Fish species only tank

Anyone have any experience keeping these fish? I plan to do a species only tank in a 4ft(1.2 x 45 x 45). How many of thses fish would I be able to house in that size tank?

Tank is still cycling at the moment so I am looking at different options for a viable display tank

 

Lol ok if thats the case I might stick to a mbuna setup or just go with my shoaling community tank setup because I like to have a nice display of fish. Thanks for the heads up though.

 

African jewels are BL isnt it.

 

found them to be pretty similar to convicts or jack demesy's in personality once they breed.
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is a very true story

 

I was actually hoping to keep like 10-12 of them in the tank but if a pair is the minimum then I was really asking for some trouble. A tank of apocalyptic proportion so to speak. Whew, really glad I asked.

 

Just saying they are beautifull fish but ja.

 

Its cool bro. I'm still new to the forum so it was bound to happen.:embarrest:

 

i also did it before. the plants is the big problem dont know the names of them. buy some that looks cool. at the end they are BL and i want to kick myself hehe

 

Got a pair in my community tank.. Noticed they only become very aggressive during breeding times... and wen the babys are around. I removed the babies and noticed they gone back to normal....

 

a truly beautiful fish it is,dont think i'v seen a fish with a better shade of red,they should call them red devils cause thats what they are when breeding and do so prolifically its no wonder they are BL.was pondering a tank with just white and red fish.