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here's my dominant tret and lelelupi these are my 3 black calvus juli marlieri & Co. feeding time - 2 trets and a calvus enjoy lol, i know the photo quality needs a lot of improvement but still...its all i can afford at the moment...

hey :) its been set up for about 4 months now. :) i know that trets are quite aggressive when they mature, but we'll see how it goes, if it gets nasty i'll remove 2 of them from the tank and leave just one. the biggest (and most dominant one) is about 2-3 inches long. still halfway to its full...

hey ppl recently i set up a tanganyikan tank. i've put a photo to show u my setup.. feel free to give any suggestions :D the tank is 60g and its stocked with 3 lelelupi 3 treocephalus 3 black calvus 2 juli marlieri 5 nerite snails here's the rockwork

do tanganyikan cichlids also tip over rocks? i have trets and calvus right now. I'm asking because i have read that tanganyikans have a more peaceful temperament when compared to malawis. dont know if this applies for sand digging as well

wow great tank! beautiful looking fish :)

sorry i forgot to tell you the size, it's a 60gal tank.

i would like to introduce a pair of lamprologus tretocephalus in a Tanganyikan community tank with julies, lelelupi and calvus. do you think that there would be problems of aggression once they mature? TIA!

I'm a bit worried that sand substrate would eventually become covered in algae after some time due to lack of oxygen in it. i know i should move it a bit in order to pass water through it sometimes but i am concerned about the parts which i wont be able to reach, like under the rocks... how...

thanks for pointing out the aggression of the brichardi, i'll look into the cyps instead then.

i've taken a bit of a break from posting cos i was getting too confused as to what i will fill my 60 gal tank with and i think i confused you guys as well lol. i am now determined and focused on Tanganyikans as the water i have is quite alkaline and hard and it is best for african cichlids. i am...

i read that you shouldn't put only one fish with a school that was already introduced beforehand as it may not be accepted by the others and may die due to stress. According to what i read, your plan is good although it will take some time to put a whole school together. if you put more than...

hi i still need to buy the lighting for my 60 gal tank. what would you recommend? i was thinking of introducing some not so demanding plants into my tank, hopefully soem which can go without Co2 as i read that it could be done succefully. What wattage should i use for this? however, i would...

i am still in the stage of considering what to keep... today i tested the tank and it is finally cycled, will give it some more days to make sure... i'm trying my best not to make mistakes in my stocking list. i am focusing mainly on a community tank with its main focus on GBRs. with them i...

hi, i heard that pakistani loaches have a tendency of being fin nibbers. is this true? I was considering them cos they wont grow as large as the clown loaches but now i'm a bit afraid :S

i have the same problem... :( i just got ready cycling my tank, however i dont have enough money to buy the lighting for the tank. So i decided to leave the fish for my next pay, which is approximately in 3 and a half weeks. do you think the fish fill survive without a light source except...

almond leaves? are you talking normal tree leaves or some type of underwater plant? sorry, it might be a stupid question but i thought i should ask. does this help control the pH and hardness? My tap water is quite hard and alkaline and i was interested in keeping GBRs which obviously need...

hey menagerie thanks for the informative post!! and thankx for your warm welcome! This site is being very helpful to me!! still waiting for my tank to be cycled (impatiently)!!!! i have another question regarding the rams. Maltese water is quite hard. i have read that rams can first be put in...

thakx a lot menagerie :) i had already started reconsidering the kribs based on some threads i have read here. but i did not know that the gbrs had to be introduced after the tank was well established, i was going to put them in first :S so do the other apistos do well with community fish? i...

ok, after a lot of thought i think i have finally decided what i'm going to fill my tank with. i tried a lot of shops and i have finally seen some small american cichlids!!! could you give me some pointers on whether i'm on track or not? 1. i love gbr/bolivians (depends on what i'll find) so i...

i already posted a post about cichlid combinations but i'm getting concerned about whether i can or cannot mix cichlids coming from different lakes together (malawi/tanganyka). naturally, their temperament will be taken into consideration, however i dont know whether they will react differently...

check this site out - it refers to lake malawi non-cichlids http://malawicichlids.com/mw11000.htm

ok, so i did some research.... first of all i think i got some good news, i had done wrong calculations as to the dimensions of my tank and i have now realised i have a 60 gal :):):) (Correct if i'm wrong... it's 128x41x51cm) as to the types of cichlids available here in malta... South...

thanks a lot JOM! u've given me a lot to think about :) tomorrow i'm going window shopping lol, i'll visit the shops and see what they have in stock to give u ppl an idea what is available. in the meantime, i'll keep doing my research. i'll report back tomorrow :) oh! and BTW, i would love...

the lfs seems to have just put the cichlids coming from the same area together without seeing their temperament. here's what i'll do, i'll go to some of the shops and see what kinds they have and i'll come with the list that most appeals to me and then i'll ask ur opinions on them. it's very...

still doing my research, maybe i will get cichlids but i still need ur expert opinions ;) .... well i just went into my store's website and here's what i found. they give two combinations and i'm guessing that they have these in stock... SA cichlids...