Hello from St.Louis

[jibzilla]

Just wanted to say hi. You guys and gals have some very awesome looking tanks and the videos take my breath away. Had a 18 year old red terror pass recently and was thinking of starting a colony in my 75 gal. 

[pseuro]

Hello and welcome!

Yes! 75 is a great size for a colony of trophs! Any ideas which species?

[jibzilla]

Not quite sure just yet. I have already semi started this tank and am sort of off to a rough start. 10 fish, lost 4, 6 alive but harmonizing nicely the last few weeks finally. Lots of rookie mistakes so far. Lots to learn still.

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

Welcome to the site~!

[jibzilla]

Well I came I saw and not for me. Might be easy for you guys but for someone coming from new world Terrors, devils, oscars, sevrums these are way harder fish to take care of. 20 plus fish $500+ and darn near all of them croaked.

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Sorry to hear about your awful experience mate...sorry we couldn't have been more helpful during your struggles with sick fish...there is a trophs health subforum you can post your challenges in and get direction but it seems perhaps youre past that by now...bummer...I had a terrible experience with my first group in Australia. They were F1's and I lost nearly all of them and ended up selling the remaining few off once things stabilized. I got some tank raised dubs, bembas, moliro and ikola and had a kickin mixed display for a coupla years b4 moving to the US.
we're your trophs tank raised or wild fish?

[jibzilla]

Almost all of my fish died in shipping. I got a decent chunk of my money back but still out a decent chunk. I have been into lake Malawi for a while as well. Think I'm going to do that with the 75. Lake Malawi is a bit tougher than new world but way easier than Tanganyika.

I have a friend who has discus that are quite delicate to say the least. When I told him I tried a Lake Tanganyika he said it is real tough, like discus tough.

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Wow man that's terrible. Did you buy privately or from a retailer? Not asking you to name anyone or anything. Most other tang's (other than trophs and petros) are pretty similar to caring for Malawi cichlids. I love a nice male Malawi display. Lots of color and movement. Let us know what you decide to keep mate. Take care