Post by 679x on Feb 19, 2017 18:24:42 GMT -5
I currently have a 75 gallon, 48"x18"x21" tank. It houses somewhere around 18 Tropheus Ikola (all around 2" in size, I've had them for 6 months now), 6 Julidochromis transcriptus, and 4 Synodontis petricola. I have lots of rockwork for the Julidochromis and Synos but a large space is taken up by a fake cave thing, which I don't see the fish use often, so I can take it out to free up swimming space for the Tropheus, leaving a large, high pile of rockwork (that has lots of caves amongst it) on one side, and a few groups of rocks strewn on the other side, with open space in the center.
Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to ask whether I can fit any Tropheus duboisi in here. I would be hesitant to add more Ikolas to this colony, but I thought perhaps adding Duboisi would be ok because I read in many places that they are good for mixing with other Tropheus, because they don't seem to care about non-Duboisi, in terms of aggression and reproduction.
I would prefer to add more Tropheus sooner than later, before the current tankmates become less tolerant of newcomers or before they get too big for me to find fish of an appropriate size to add. They have had newcomers before when I increased the size of the Ikola colony. I imagine they wouldn't mind newcomers as much if they're not Ikolas.
I would look for Duboisi that are 2" in length, because that seems to be the average size of my Ikolas.
With all that being said, does anyone know if I could fit some Duboisi in here? If so, how many, and of what size? If not, why? Thanks in advance.
Anyway, the purpose of this thread is to ask whether I can fit any Tropheus duboisi in here. I would be hesitant to add more Ikolas to this colony, but I thought perhaps adding Duboisi would be ok because I read in many places that they are good for mixing with other Tropheus, because they don't seem to care about non-Duboisi, in terms of aggression and reproduction.
I would prefer to add more Tropheus sooner than later, before the current tankmates become less tolerant of newcomers or before they get too big for me to find fish of an appropriate size to add. They have had newcomers before when I increased the size of the Ikola colony. I imagine they wouldn't mind newcomers as much if they're not Ikolas.
I would look for Duboisi that are 2" in length, because that seems to be the average size of my Ikolas.
With all that being said, does anyone know if I could fit some Duboisi in here? If so, how many, and of what size? If not, why? Thanks in advance.
