GRK-351 Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 hey guys,Since i am selling all my breeding tanks, i will only have my two tier display setup left. I am thinking to setup the 6ft top tank as a tang display and the 4ft bottom tank as a malawi tank that i will put all the fry from my breeders in.Now im not 100% sure on compatibility of tangs but this is what im thinking:- adult colony of 25 F1 duboisi maswa- 5/6 black calvus- 2 leleupi- 8-10 cyprichromis jumbo yellow head- 10 multies- 2-4 princess brichardiThey will be in a 6ft x 16"w x 2ft h tank, with coral sand substrate, sandstone rocks and base rock/dead coral decoration. Filtration is 2 aquaone cf1200 packed with marinepure.How will these fish go together, does anything seem to not match up and cause any issues? How will they be in regards to breeding?Thanks,Mat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyber_crimes Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 You may have probs with the Trophs preying on the multies and possibly getting bloat. Have heard of a bloke who was breeding bristlenose in a T tank and lost a heap of Bembas from it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
~matt~ Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 i agree, i think trophs should be kept by themselves.. Doesent mean it cant be done tho.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killiguy Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Id never put Tropheus with other Tangs.Their behaviour and nutritional requirement are too different.Sand sifters and Cyps go well and Lamps/julies and Cyps go well together.Princess in their various forms can dominate a tank given their prolific nature and the tendency for multiple generations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dazzman Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 i have read somewhere that Leleupi love a good much on shelly eggs/fry and have been known to pull the parent out of their shell to get them. could be a problem with them and the multies? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogboy Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 tropheus may pick off the odd fry but i would be surprised if theres enough protein in a multie to cause bloati have tropheus in with calvus, leleupi, cylindricus, julies, cyps, paracyps, chalinochromis and a few other random Tangs with no problems, the julies and brichardi breed and the tropheus either ignore the fry or the calvus or tropheus eat them ,i feed NLS 1mm cichlid, all tangs will thrive on thatlook at CThompsons tank as an example of a thriving Tang community tankhttp://www.aceforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=28835 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwah Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 agree.. my trophs dont bat an eyelid at any other tang and they all eat nls no probs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brucem Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Tropheus are pretty active. However, I have 1m:3f dubs with my fronts and leleupi in a 6x20x20 and its all good. Tropheus are pretty hectic at feeding time. I'd also be worried about how much food the shellies would get when sharing with tropheus. A small groups of tropheus may work.I'd be having second thoughts on the brichardi. You'll have thousands in no time. I'd go a single at most unless you really want to breed them.Generally with tang community tanks I think of who you to be the main feature, and set the tank up around that. In my Xeno tank, I have some gold comps, cyps and signatus. Everyones happy. If you have rock work in the tank you could swap out the Xeno's for some neolamps like leleupi or juli's.Bruce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GRK-351 Posted February 6, 2012 Author Share Posted February 6, 2012 Thanks for the comments guys.Will it be ok to add the new fish as fry approx 3cm, to the full grown tropheus colony, or will the new fry get smashed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rowie Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 The only fish on the above list that i would put with tropheus are the calvusAlso i wouldnt put any 3cm fish in with adult tropheus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwah Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 everyone has their own opinions and experiences.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rosco Posted February 15, 2012 Share Posted February 15, 2012 I have seen Craig's tank and you can get fillets of his lepto's they are monstrous. It is an exceptionally large tank and probably not example to compare against unless it is the same size.I am with Bruce on this the only real issue that I could see is the trophs would smash all the food before it got to the bottom. The leptos will probably hold there own as they are jumbo' and the calvus will probably eat the shellie and brichardi fry before the trophs do. The leptos may get stressed and this may cause them to waste but I have kept my yellow heads cyps with juvie fronts.until they could fit into fronnies mouth with no issues in a 6x2x2. Calvus\comps will help with the population control, but in saying that they haven't helped in Craigs tank again because of the tank size I suspect. i would be inclined to remove trophs from the equation probably put some julies in there before brichardi but I am not really a brichardi fan.HTHcheersrosco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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