Camo Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hey What can you breed in the same tank with saulosi. I was thinking maybe cobalt blues or perlmutts or soemthing like that. Ideas please. Has to be on the colourful side please. Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 What ever you try they should be tough. No peacocks as they will get hammered, well mine did , best of luck cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.d.m Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 with most mbuna theres a risk of crossbreeding,certainly between salousi and cobalts,what about venustasor something non mbuna,maybe elec blues, yellows or auratus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted January 4, 2006 Share Posted January 4, 2006 Yellows are a definate no no too. IMO any yellow or blue mbuna is out of the question. In fact I'd recommend not using any other mbuna. On a side note, Rosco I think your problem was probably tank size or decor. IME peacocks are great dithers for any mbuna, I have successfully mixed them with some of the 'most aggressive' and they bred like peacock's. The only thing of note was that my male peacock's generally had shorter pectorals, no other damage was ever noticed. How big is the tank Camo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted January 4, 2006 Author Share Posted January 4, 2006 Hey Ducksta the tank will be a standard 5 footer. So do you think oeacocks is a way to go. Anything else that you could reccomend to me other than peacocks. Red Empress are ok would they be alright with them. So stay away from blue and yellow fish. How about perlmutts or is that a no no as well. Cheers Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 I should be the last to comment but Guys try the spell check !!! Oeacocks , that o is close to the p!! and venustasor is that the old Nimbochromis venustus, you would need a lg 5-6 ft tank. How about Haplochromis, Copadichromis, Mel maingano, Mylochromis mola, Sciaenochromis Iceberg, and there are some nice Cynotilapia afra about. Just to name a few. Just off the subject, well not quite, but I have one male, 2 x female Ps saulosi in a 3fter and how 20- 25 1.5cm fry the female must have been hiding as i did not even see she had a mouthful, and they are being left alone and now 2cm. That boy it a good one!!!! I would not go with perlmutts with the saulosi but in a 5ft tank peacocks are fine,Red emp's ok as well, E blues ok, and yes keep away from yellow fish and as the saulosi are Peudotropheus or are they Aulonocara saulosi??? Hope helps John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hey dobbin, too bad there isn't a 'grammar check' that you could use . Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted January 5, 2006 Author Share Posted January 5, 2006 Hey The are Ps saulosi mate. I have breeding maingano cobwe and blues. lol. So yeah not to sure what to get yet so keep the ideas coming all. Sorry about the spelling i think i try to type to quick for my fingers. Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 On a side note, Rosco I think your problem was probably tank size or decor. IME peacocks are great dithers for any mbuna, I have successfully mixed them with some of the 'most aggressive' and they bred like peacock's. The only thing of note was that my male peacock's generally had shorter pectorals, no other damage was ever noticed. You are probably right there Ducksta. I did have them in a 4 foot tank and they did grow up together . But the saulosi got bigger quicker and I have a Male with "issues". He has now harassed most of his females away . So I only have 2 females and 1 Male. I would get rid of him but he is a good specimen. I have since gotten some more benga and put them with my yellows and they have worked a treat as dithers . cheers rosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTR73 Posted January 6, 2006 Share Posted January 6, 2006 In my experience, P.saulosi are a reasonably mild-mannered mbuna and are a great fish in any community. However, I wouldn't breed them in your 5ft with any other Psuedotropheus species in particular, as certainly a high risk of cross breeding. E.Yellows would be a good option perhaps, and my opinion is your Peacocks would be ok with them in a 5ft - I just don't think saulosi are that agro to cause any real problems, especially in a decent sized tank. It's all good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted January 6, 2006 Author Share Posted January 6, 2006 Hey Ok i have decided to swap my tanks around a bit so how about this. I will have my saulosi with e. blue( a hap and a mbuna) and i will have my yellows with my maingano( yellow and a blue fish and people recommend this). GTR73 ducksta and a couple others siad e. yellows are a big no no and to try and stay away from any blue or yellow mbuna because the saulosi male is blue and the females orangey yellow Let me know what you all think. Cheers Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ducksta Posted January 8, 2006 Share Posted January 8, 2006 I like it, two combo's which will look attractive and should also pose no crossbreeding risks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Camo Posted January 8, 2006 Author Share Posted January 8, 2006 Cheers Ducksta Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dobbin4 Posted January 9, 2006 Share Posted January 9, 2006 Hey Jamie I said "I should be the last to comment " and did try to add something to the subject, Thanks for the education mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orcy Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 well, i'm a little late on this conversation, but i successfully have astatotilapia latifaciata breeding in the same tank as P. Salousi. both pretty nice fish. though the male latifaciata gets a little aggrssive around spawning time and chases everyone else around. other good thing is they are both dimorphic, so you get 4 colours for the price of 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-1000 Posted January 12, 2006 Share Posted January 12, 2006 As far as saulosi tankmates I have found that going for peacocks (as in aulonocara) has been the best bet for me in the past. I have also had success with ps acei and taiwan reefs. I would say definately try to stay away from ps species if possible. G Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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