of1o Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Hi i am getting a new tank and will be setting up a tropheus tank, with thought in mind about having two species for display, i will be looking at tropheus kachese and tropheus bemba. the tank will be pretty much the same size as my other one exept not as tall, its a 5x2. in having these two species will i be able to add anything else , because it is a display tank, maybe some cyps and julis. What some of your thoughts on having the two species in this tank thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nigel Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I dont agree with mixing tropheus not kachese and bemba anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
of1o Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 ok thanks for the info, have any reasons why, coz ive heard many people that have different sp. tropheus in same tank, thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 2 varients can work in that size tank... moorii / sp. black but u will find one colony being more dominant than the other and resulting in poor coloration and breeding. I prefer large colony single species tanks Jim... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trofius Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I thought it was ok to mix some, reds and blacks or duboisi , but not say reds and reds or blacks and blacks, apparently dubosi can go with any of them, i think that Nigel may mean mix something more different like annectans, and morii, or brichardi. You mention you would like others in a 5x2x2 as well, that would make a full tank, full of activety, but with say 15 Kachese, 15 Bemba, 10+ leptos, and maybe 4 julies woiuld look nice , but would need heaps of filtration.. On the subject of the Kachese were did or do you get them only place i know is through the lfs from Aquarium enterprises, and they are $60each wholesale! i need a few more for the ones I have... Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
of1o Posted March 12, 2004 Author Share Posted March 12, 2004 hey, is the colour loss drastic, and is it always the situation, or can thy sometimes lose no colour, i study in malaysia so easy to get wild caught fish and f1. although i am from perth. thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazimbwe Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 I prefer large colony single species tanks I have both...a tank with just Tropheus and another with Tropheus and lepto's. Both tanks have large numbers of Tropheus in them and both groups look great, as do the lepto's who share with my duboisi. But, if I was doing it over...or when the space becomes available I will, probably, move the lepto's out and go for Tropheus on their own. So while it would look very nice to have many different Tang species in a tank, I must agree with Jim. Look for yourself at the two tanks... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akaomar Posted March 12, 2004 Share Posted March 12, 2004 Mazimbwe you fish are really nice i was wondering what is the male female ration you have and is there any aggretion what are the fish in the first pic and what tank size omar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazimbwe Posted March 13, 2004 Share Posted March 13, 2004 hmmm...Omar, thanks for the compliment. Male/female ratio is, IMO, not a matter that needs to be considered if you house Tropheus in the correct numbers. I am pretty sure I said the same thing to you in one of your posts about your T's. The fish in the first pic are T.duboisi(Maswa) and C.leptosoma(Malasa). They were intoduced to each other when the Cyp's were slightly longer(1-2cm) than the duboisi. Diet has been mostly Sera-Flora with a short period of OSI Spirulina Flake, they have been fed 4 times per day and once a month I feed them live brine shrimp. From the the moment the Cyp's hit the water they have been ignored by the duboisi...the dominat male T's let the lepto's swim thru their spawning caves without any attention at all. Numbers of lepto's is 10. and 26 duboisi. Tank size is 134x60x43(cm) With 2 Eheim Cannisters(2213 & Ecco) and a 400Gal/hr Bio-wheel HOB. Pic 2 is K1's, 33 adults and 12 fry in a tank that is 5ft(not 1500mm )x2ftx17inch. Eheim Pro1 Cannister and internal Pwr-head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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