WC Tropheus Moorii Kasanga

[EB]

Took a road trip today to pick up some wild T. Moorii Kasanga. Group of 16, 5 males 11 females. My first ever wild caught Troph, I'm putting them in my 4' 90g that I recently emptied out. But I will eventually transfer them to my 6' 115g, in order to do that I'll have move my Duboisi, not sure if I'm going to sell them or just swap tanks...

[EB]

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How exciting for you EB! They look like they have some nice color even when stressed in the bags. Where did you buy them from? They actually looked pretty relaxed in the 90 as well.
Is your plan to move the bembas as well as the dubs? Or house the RR's with the bembas?
I will let others with wild caught experience chime in here but I am thinking that moving them again may not be a good idea, nor keeping them with another group. It is a good sized group as is to house in a 4' 90 gal. The stress of moving them again might unsettle them and give opportunity for sickness...
Thanks for sharing the vids. Plz keep us updated on how they're going.
I love RR's!! 🤗

[EB]

I got them from Joe at California Cichlids, he had them in an 8' 240. Yeah, I'm not sure what I'm going to do... 🤔 If I sell the dubs I'll move the Bemba into the 90 and the RR into to the 115. If I keep the dubs I'll house the RR and Bemba in the 115 together. To your point, I'm quite surprised at how relaxed they seem already. I'm not in a rush to do anything, and I really don't want to sell the dubs, so I guess I'll just see how things go for a while... Another reason I'd like to move them to the 115 is I'll get to stare at them more, since the tank is in the living room, the 90 is in the garage. 😕

[riftwater]

Congrats! Fantastic choice.

[GMtrophs]

Nice congrats nice lookin fish

[EB]

A video update. 😬

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Lookin very nice mate ☺👍

[catstoy66]

Outstanding Ethan! They look wonderful & don't seem too stressed by their rehoming. I'm so jealous LOL to be able to drive only 2.5hrs one-way & actually pick-up your new wc group ...wow! I'd do it in a heartbeat. I feel you on wanting to move them out of the garage so you can watch them & enjoy them more in the living room You've got a beautiful group there!

[EB]

Thank you Cat! They are definitely worth the back ache, we set the pick up time for noon but I got there at 10:20. 😬 Just got in from work they were looking pretty relaxed (about as relaxed as Tropheus can be), I did a light feed and it looks like all them are this time, some more aggressively than others but still a good sign. Yeah I will eventually move them upstairs but I'm not in a rush.