Changing Over

[fishfishfish]

i am going to change over from malawi to tanganyika and was wondering basics?any help with environment and
chosing fish will be appreciated

the tank i will put them in is 55 gallons by the way

 

[dthoffsett]

Here are some good articles to check out, and hopefully answer your questions.

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/lake_tanganyika.php

http/www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/cookie_cutter_55g.php

 

[denis coghlan]

Hey Fish x 3

It depends on what species of tanganyika fish (shelldwellers, tropheus, calvus, fonts ...etc.) you are looking to stock. If you have a picture of your existing Malawi setup with some tank details, we would be better able to direct you on what to change. For the most part you shouldn't really have to change anything.

tanks

 

[Nick Sw]

Agree with both posts above definitely check out the CF articles.

 

[fishfishfish]

well i was planning on not having a species tank.more like a mixed.not like tanganyika and malawi but like a tank with a whole bunch of different kinds

also can shelldwellers go with the normal ones

 

[14gtr14]

in a 55 you could put, a colony of shell dwellers, an adult pair/ small group of juvie julidochromis, a group of rock dwellers such as lamprologus leleupi or calvus, and a group of synodontis. I think you could put tropheus in there too, but someone can correct me if i'm wrong.

thanks

greg

 

[mr.dark-saint]

In a 55 I'd make the new inmates will be no larger than 3 inches (full grown). You also don't want N. Brichardis and N. Brevis fighting over the same plot of the bottom. Sure one uses shells but shells tend to be on the bottom and they will fight over the bottom. I did hope my N. Brichardis, Pulcher "Daffodils", N. Helianthus use more of the rock works but they didn't. So the rock works will house N. Leleupi, Julidochromis (don't know which but I like the yellow ones ) when I move all the current inmates out to a larger tank. Just make sure your "Mix" is a good blend and not some tank of body count .

 

[fishfishfish]

well im going to get a tanganyika assortment package from a supplier i know and im just wondering what things are big no nos.so prob no shellies right

but i want to keep my hordes of synos and ai want to get spiney eels.i was thinking zebra spiney the small ones.and then cichlids filtered with a big eheim

 

[14gtr14]

well im going to get a tanganyika assortment package from a supplier i know and im just wondering what things are big no nos.so prob no shellies right

but i want to keep my hordes of synos and ai want to get spiney eels.i was thinking zebra spiney the small ones.and then cichlids filtered with a big eheim

what makes you say no shell dwellers?

 

[fishfishfish]

well i thaught about it and was thinking shellies may be ffos for an eel or two.i can find this eel that wouldnt eat sheelies probly but i was wondering if it was the zebra eel CFC mentioned in the oddball guide.
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