Recent content by Freakgecko91

Both look like mbuna hybrids to me. Definitely don’t look like otopharynx females to me

Livingstonii are highly predatory and get good sized Auratus are homicidal Johanni can be jerks Acei get decent sized, as far as mbuna go. Peacocks can sometimes be victims of bullying from more rambunctious mbuna

Shellie’s and Julies are tangs, demasoni are from Malawi and are HIGHLY conspecific (same species) aggressive. There are dozens of Malawi or tanganyikan stocking guides across the internet, I highly recommend doing some google searches to find articles and then decide which lake you would prefer...

Makes turn yellow. The stripes are not as relevant to second these. It’s pretty obvious when you have a male. If they’re all blue, they’re either all female or still too young to sex. You can always vent then, however, that is not my expertise

lol congrats! If you have an open compartment in there, just leave them haha

No way a fish with black eyes is albino lol I guess maybe it's the lighting, but seems goofy

Can confirm, I'm called "slim" here in DC/MD all the time

That sounds perfect man! Definitely no advantage to rushing. Tang tanks can be super frustrating but making sure you have it perfect and are 100% happy with it goes A LONG way!

Keep the rock work minimal to start, and try about 6-8. Provide 4-5 shells PER individual. What you can also do is add all your shells, count them, divide them by 4 and that will give you your total for the tank (of getting sexable adults, with a ratio of 1male to 2-3 females)

Those would be target fish, not dither fish. Dither fish draw shy or scared fish or of hiding, target allow aggressive fish to remove aggression rather than taking it out on specific tankmates or its mate. With that said, I would recommend picking ONE species, getting a group of 6, growing them...

I would go with ocellatus personally. I've kept gold briefly in the past and liked them. Again, I'll stand by: get a colony going first, then work on tank mates. Gain some experience with tangs first. Otherwise, yes, Julies would work eventually, given a proper rock set up

Ratio will be a "remove as you go" kinda thing. Extra males will often get bullied. Depends on the species as well. Some are more harem breeders, other are pair breeders. Multi breed in harems, ocellatus and brevis tend to be more pair based. Typically these species aren't extremely sexually...

Be careful with the pandas, they're super picky on temperatures and prefer it to be on the colder side.

Also, have a tub of escargot shells in the basement. These work perfectly for Shellie's, should you go that route. I saw Callipterus mentioned earlier. This is a larger species and I would avoid them for a beginner. Look towards multifasciatus, brevis, or ocellatus IMO

My best advice: start with Shellie's alone. One species, no tank mates. Learn their behaviors and understand them through experience before attempting a cohab tank. Will save you lots of time and money, trust me. My Shellie tank that brooks spoke of earlier was a major pain to get just right and...