intern1 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 Hi guys,looking to stock a tang display set up tank is 70(l)x40(w)x45(h) 126L (33G)This is going to be at my girlfriends house therefore looking for peaceful species we have had colonies of blues, flamebacks, venestus and other display in there before but usual problem is the tank is too small therefore looking for some peaceful tangsTherefore was thinking the followingXenotilapia sp with Cyprichromis SpCyps thinking Malasa not sure what Xeno and if they would go any questions also thinking Callochromis but was thinking a sand sifter bottom dweller and a mid to upper water fish like the cypswas thinking around 6 of eachOpinions ideas more than welcomeJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowie Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 How r u mateXeno males can be quite aggressive towards each other especially when there are girls around And require quite a larger footprint something like a 4x2x2 would be as small as i'd go for xenos unless you plan on selling off the girls and making it a display ( in which case give me a call i'll take the girls lol)Dont see the 2 species having any trouble in the same tank as you said one sits high the other low my main concern would be the xenos aggression towards each other asthat size tank doesnt give them far to run and hide from the dominant maleAll and all these fish will do quite well together id just try convince the misses to get a bigger tankGood luckCheers rowie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 looks like would have to look for something else apart from a xenoI was thinking a pair of xeno flavipinis with 6 cyps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwah Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 no way your going to be able to stock those species successfully in a little tank like that..go for some julie's and shellie's, great little fish with larger than life personalities Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shon982 Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 agreed, tank too small for either of them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 thanks for your opinion guys might give the malasa a go with some julies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
intern1 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Share Posted October 25, 2011 Julidichromis malieri burrundi or gombe with eitherCyp leptosoma malasa or utintaJohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogboy Posted October 25, 2011 Share Posted October 25, 2011 some shellies as well. rocks one end, shells the other. cyps in the middle ........perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooder Posted October 28, 2011 Share Posted October 28, 2011 except it may be a little small for a large amount of cyps.To mix it up how about, alto compressiceps sumbu (shellie comps) a julie pair of choice, a few pairs of occies. maybe a single gobie. maybe a small school of max 10 cyps,thats the good thing about tangs, there is so much variety, though the bigger the tank the larger variety you can have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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