rule for stocking tropheus 180 gal newbie

[ttsupra1994]

hello everybody.
new here to the forum.  i have been in a fish hobby for a while and moving to a new house i can only fit a 6ft tank (used to have 10ft tank).  i'm in the process of looking for a 180 gal 6x2x2. my question is how many tropheus that i can fit without overstocking it, basically looking for a nice relaxing flow of the fish. also i really want to put 2 different tropheus.  my first pick is the duboisi maswa and dont really know the other.  any recommendation and feed back would be appreciated.  once again. thank you and i'm planning to be an active member in this forums.

[thefishdaddy]

You can just about keep any other variety except another duboisi, as a matter of fact you can keep 3 maybe 4 types in that tank just as long as you buy the bare minimum of 12 for each variety, as for color, Ikola and Bulu point they have a possibility of cross breeding but as long as you have a dominant male for each color the female will breed to the their own specific variety and how to make 2 dominant males is a different topic, moorii variety like an Illangi or kasanga or Mpulungu then a Brichardi spec. All of this you can buy from Andrew aka "Mastiffman" the webmaster the nice think about getting from one source is the water quality and food is the same and you only have to deal with one shipping cost, I am able to purchase lower priced fish from local breeders in SoCal. But I went for Andrews fish because of his strict quality control just check out his Ikola video.

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Welcome!
You could keep 40 or so trophs easily in a 180. 2 groups of 20 if you want 2 types. As mentioned previously Maswa and a Moorii variant would do well together. My fav Moorii are Kasakalawe (Mpulungu) and Red Rainbows. Are you buying adult of juvenile fish? If you are new to trophs I would suggest juveniles as they tend to be less stressed by transporting than adults. Keep us posted on what you decide mate!

[ttsupra1994]

thank you for the great information. i'm thinkin of getting juvenile fish. i think i'm gonna go with the red rainbow with the duboisi maswa. the the other question i have now is when doing water change, how many should i do weekly if i will have 40 tropheus. thanks again.

[frantic]

I'm no expert on trophs, but I will be doing 50% wc weekly. Making sure to keep any buffering consistent.

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If your goal is to eventually have a breeding group I would suggest buying extra fry. Typically you'll get pretty close to a 50/50 male to female mix with fry. If you want a 40 adult single variant group i would buy 60 and then thin it down to 10M30F when you can sex them. If a 2 variant group i would buy 35 of each and aim for 5M15F in each group when you can sex them.
Your 180 gal will easily handle the bioload created by 70-80 fry with weekly 50% wc's. As you thin the herd so to speak continuing with 50% weekly wc's will be fine.

[ttsupra1994]

Apr 7, 2018 15:55:24 GMT -5 ... said:

If your goal is to eventually have a breeding group I would suggest buying extra fry. Typically you'll get pretty close to a 50/50 male to female mix with fry. If you want a 40 adult single variant group i would buy 60 and then thin it down to 10M30F when you can sex them. If a 2 variant group i would buy 35 of each and aim for 5M15F in each group when you can sex them.
Your 180 gal will easily handle the bioload created by 70-80 fry with weekly 50% wc's. As you thin the herd so to speak continuing with 50% weekly wc's will be fine.

Im not really into breeding anymore? I used to in the past. As long as i have a good harmony among the fish then its all im lookinng for. Thanks for great info!

[Mastiffman/ Duramax7Man7]

50-60 would look great in there but less would be better for a more natural biotope look.

[jkdjedi]

Mar 21, 2018 21:24:38 GMT -5 ttsupra1994 said:

hello everybody.
new here to the forum.  i have been in a fish hobby for a while and moving to a new house i can only fit a 6ft tank (used to have 10ft tank).  i'm in the process of looking for a 180 gal 6x2x2. my question is how many tropheus that i can fit without overstocking it, basically looking for a nice relaxing flow of the fish. also i really want to put 2 different tropheus.  my first pick is the duboisi maswa and dont really know the other.  any recommendation and feed back would be appreciated.  once again. thank you and i'm planning to be an active member in this forums.

ANy really, Moops gets my vote.. they are a trip and from my little experience have the most character..they make me laugh.   

[brianyelick]

The Maswas are awesome probably my favorite. I think any of the rainbow variants red, cherry, purple, blue, would look awesome with the maswa they all have nice color. Im more with Andrew on the stocking I think 50 or 60 would be a super cool tank. As for water changes I do them weekly at about 50% and I'll maintenance my cannisters usually every 8 weeks. Good luck and update with pics or video of whatever you end up getting!