New Breeder

[thefishroom]

Hello,

I recently started a small breeding operation in my home and I am currently at 15 tanks.  These are all various sizes ranging from 75 to 10 gallons.  My goal is to establish 10 breeding colonies of some very interesting and beautiful cichlids (hap and peacock).  I currently have 9 and eyeing a tropheus as my 10th.   Just not sure what I should be looking for.  I want the least aggressive as possible.

Any suggestions?


Cory Leblanc
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[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Welcome to the forum Corey and thanks for joining!

Congrats on the fish room a decision to go with a Tropheus group!

Be careful though... You might want to get more of them.

Anyway, I think that most Tropheus are aggressive and you can find a hyper dominant male or two in any variant at times. Black species do seem to be more consistent at revealing their aggressive males. If you're picking up what I'm throwing down! I have 8 different type of Tropheus and I've kept 14 different variants through the last 9+ years and I haven't really notice one variant being any more aggressive than the others.

So I suggest you get what you want from what is available locally and stick the basic rules of Tropheus keeping.

[thefishroom]

Thanks Andrew,

Tropheus keeping is something that I have zero experience with.  I plan on doing plenty of research before proceeding. 

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Gotcha. Well that's awesome! Ask away and we'll do our best to guide you along the way. Most of the members so far are more of a Tropheus based group. So you are in the right place.

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G'day Cory! Welcome to the T.A.M. crew mate.
What species of Malawi's are in your current collection? It would be great to see some pics of your groups in the Malawi section of the board.
Enjoy your entry into troph's. Are you gonna buy wild's, F1 or tank raised?
All the best mate.
Danny

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