tropifish Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Hi all, I have a spare tank, well...used to house my 5 gold fish, however after each one of them departed me from bloating...and some other illness, i thought I don't have much luck with keeping goldfish so finally got the time to replace new water, added in a heater, box filter, a few rocks, and shells...tank has been up and running for close to 2 weeks now. Tested the water yesterday with PH >7.4 and Ammonia 0 - All good to go with adding fish...The question is....what type of fish should I put in this tank? I am thinking shellies....but I already have another tank with shell dwellers....any of you can recommend which other type of african cichlid I can keep? Or is there type of cichlids which not too big, not too small so i can house in this 90L tank? photo of the tank Thanks guys, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 Maybe kribs? It's a great size tank for a pair and easily breed. You could fit a colony of electic yellows as well. Kind of need to know what fish your interested in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropifish Posted June 5, 2010 Author Share Posted June 5, 2010 Thanks Mathobes !!! I just quickly google Kribs and it's very colourful fish !!! So if i go for it, I can only keep one pair? You think people from this forum would have it for sale? Probably not into E.Yellow as I have them in a different tank. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathobes Posted June 5, 2010 Share Posted June 5, 2010 They are pretty good parents, so the is a high possibility of deaths during spawning if you keep more than one pair in a tank that size. But they are great fish, easy to care for, undemanding and easy to breed. As most other cichlids get a group of about ten and wait for two to pair up then give away/sell the others. I've read about pairs of kribs taking out much larger and aggresive cichlids when protecting their fry. They are readily available too. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
howard Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I just quickly browsed some people selling kribensis, i would buy atleast 6-10 and mix up the ratio of 3m the rest females, bare in mind that kribensis are very vunerable to dying during breeding time, this has happened to be before, theyre beautiful fish to keep and great breeders also, http://sydney.gumtree.com.au/c-Pets-other-...QAdIdZ201103726 http://sydney.gumtree.com.au/c-Pets-other-...QAdIdZ206030162 Also if you can get your hands on some nice mainganos try and get some which are 7-8cm+ and if possible, confirmed breeders and you would have a wonderful time breeding mainganos, they would look great in that tank, i would suggest also frontosas but the tank might be a tad too small. Anyways goodluck with everything hope to hear from you and your decision. If you do need anything further, please Pm me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rod54 Posted June 17, 2010 Share Posted June 17, 2010 I love kribs.....if you are going to breed them....source quality fish,IMO there is a lot of rubbish about(poor colour,inbreed males with no spots on tail and females with spots) but I've also seen some very good quality ones too..... a young male with potential If you are considering shellies....I highly recommend some neolamprologus similis They form a fantastic colony and are much prettier than their cousins multifasciatus Harder to find and much more expensive than kribs.....but I've found them bulletproof and much easier to sell!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogboy Posted June 18, 2010 Share Posted June 18, 2010 Julidochromis would do well in a smaller tank esp J transcriptus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 shellies are the go or even comps a pair would love that tank mbita shelldwellers similis mulities are all good species also some of the south american dwarf species if you want color they are amazing fish the Apistogramma species is what you probably want Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropifish Posted June 19, 2010 Author Share Posted June 19, 2010 Thanks guys for the suggestions !!! Bought some more shellies from Shane on this forum the other day. My first thought was to put them into my existing shellies tank however, they were all very aggressive fighting for territory for the first 30 minutes, so I've moved them all into the new set up tank. And they have been settling in ok so far. So, I have 2 alto comps mbita, 2 gold occies, and 4 L. meleagris. I still want to get some kribs, provide that they will add nice display to the tank as all of the shellies spend most of their time at the bottom of the tank, or hiding in shells....but at the same time, i don't want to crowd the tank though, so how many Kribs I can add given that I've already have 8 in a 90L tank? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted June 19, 2010 Share Posted June 19, 2010 I wouldn't be adding any Kribs to that tank now. Those shellies are going to be a hand full together once they start to spawn, not to mention the Alto's will hunt and eat any fry they can get to. The Altos would also hassle the crap out of the Kribs when they start to breed. Your choice of fish IMHO is heading for a violent end, if they are all left in that tank. Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 As Josh said + Kribs like neutral pH so wrong water conditions now it's set for Tangs Keep an eye on the Occies and Meleagris together in that size tank good to see you got some Mbita Comps Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tropifish Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share Posted June 20, 2010 I see !! No Kribs then !! Sad !! Hmm....maybe I need another tank so I can keep Kribs !!! but then the "Queen" at home will not be very impress !!! Hey Chris, thanks for the tip, the occies and meleagris seem to be okay so far as I've got enough shells in the tank for all of them, though will keep an eye on them. cheers, Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Priscacara Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Be a bit tricky and convince the other half that since she really likes YOUR tank she should really set one up of her own. The hardest bit might be convincing her that kribs are what she really wants to keep, see the nice purple belly .......doesnt that look cute? An you know they are great parents, protecting them from any other fish, herding them around like kids at a picnic when they have a day out.........of course I'll help set it up, I know how busy you are dear. Might take a bit of work but worth the effort :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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