ZOLTAN Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 G'day looking for some feed back on setting up a Tanganyikan tank. Merjo advised me to come here to this place and seek some details from some of the pro's. I normally play around with the lake malawi's but looking to move on with more interesting things. So i was looking at setting up a tropheus tank so if someone could help us on the right path u would be an absolute champion cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 If you'e more specific with your questions you will get some awesome advice around here. There are quite a few of us around here who love these little guys. To start you off though, some info in a nutshell. Biggest tank you can afford, colony of 20 plus Ts, lots of filtration, lots of water movement, rockpiles with boundary lines (imo), 50% water changes once a week with aged, salted and buffered water and feed a good quality Spirulina Flake or NLS Cichlid Pellets equals happy Tropheus . Of course there is so much more involved but this is just a start for ya. Oh yeah, I wouldn't keep them in a tank smaller than a standard 5 footer (270 litres). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 PS Welcome to the forum Zoltan . I hope you get heaps of top info on these guys. They are such unreal fish, good luck with 'em . Jamie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Gidday Jordan...glad you found your way over here This site has a lot of good info too: tropheus forum Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parrdog Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 What she said . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOLTAN Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 lol true was trying to break the ice on the topic, The tank size i got for these little critters is a 6x2x2 tank. A 750lt canister filter but looking at getting another good filter like a eheim to go with it, a truck load of rocks, for the substrate i've got aragonite (crushed marble), 300 watt heater, one six ft light unit with two 3ft tubes and a five ft unit with a 4ft tube. thats pretty much what i got so far for the tank but will get anything else if needs to be done. So the use of seachem cichlid lake salt for tanganyikans important yes/no or there other ways to maintain signs of life lol. plus thank u for the warm welcome having a ball reading all these topics and articles i can't c me self going to sleep tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoliroMan Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 Tropheus are a great choice! U have made the right move to do some research before u plunge into these guys! They are one of the most rewarding fishes and i must say u will have years of enjoyment out of them. U must decide what size tank u are going to put them in. What variant do u like the most?? Do u have the time to do preferably weekly water changes?? Do u have a ready source of metronidazole incase things go wrong? U know someone who keeps a colony or 2 of tropheus and can check out their setup? --> go visit Andrea and pick her brains. Maybe get some fry off of her! Get a good stock of fish...the healthier, the better your chances of success. Get as much as u can afford since u will inevitably have some casualties. Make sure u have adequate filtration - a mini reef plus canister plus internal pump for water circulation or 2 external canisters plus a internal pump. However, some have had success with just air driven side drop filters, as long as u can keep the nitrates down with regular water changes. Feed the right foods and feed sparingly. hth Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trofius Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 as an idea i have an 8x2x2 30 tropheus sp.Red Kachese 4 xenotilapia spilopterous 3 opthalmaltipapia ventralis 2 neolamprologous sexfasciatus 4 neolamprologus leleupi 1 neolamprologus buescheri 1 eretmodus cyanosticus big rock pile in the middle, 4 rather large>30cm high rocks at one end, and just sand at the other, all play nice, get along great, but dont expect many fry....mine ispretty much just for display Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anchar Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 a truck load of rocks...have I got a deal for you...100kg for $100.00 Come down with Neil when he collects his b/n and I'll show you how I have mine set up Andrea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZOLTAN Posted March 13, 2006 Author Share Posted March 13, 2006 ahahahahahaa yeah ok i'll buy some rocks andrea i've seen them and u got some good rocks ay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waterboy Posted March 13, 2006 Share Posted March 13, 2006 The infection of tropheus is spreading Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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