Neolamprologus Leleupi Looks A Little Ill

[MrWhite]

Tank Size 110l been running just over a month but these fish have only been added about 4 days ago

Tank Mates 1 other Neolamprologus leleupi 2 Neolamprologus cylindricus 2 Labidochromis caeruleus

Water stats

ammonia 0

nitrite 0

nitrate 0 tap water is 0 also have live plants

PH 7-7.3

Basically these are bottom dwellers and hes been hanging in the plants since this morning not moving and looks like hes gasping a little i dunno whats up with him ive just done a 30-40% water change made sure the water was exactly the same before i poured it back as there delicate to temperature changes all the other fish are extremely energetic but hes not right im a little worried any ideas

Heres a bad pic but this is all hes been doing any ideas

 

[WILDER]

Can you use the common names of the fish that are in the tank.
Increase aeration aswell.
Is the fish bloaterd.
Any excess slime on the body or gills.
Do the gills look pale with excess mucas or red and inflamed.
Any signs of flicking and rubbing.

 

[Davo86]

Can you use the common names of the fish that are in the tank.

two are tanginykan cichlids, lelupi sometimes go by the name of the lemon cichlid, the other doesn't have a common name
the Labidochromis caeruleus is the yellow lab or electric yellow cichlid from lake malawi


Have you seen any aggression between these? not really ideal mixing mbuna and tangs as the dietary requirements are totally different

 

[doresy]

Hi, it is my guess that IF there are no outwards signs of illness then this pose (wall hanging) is a sign of submission.

At the LFS I have observed a tank full of Leleupi with several of them adopting this pose after being chased by the larger dominant fish.

I purchased 3 of these for my Tanganikan tank and after about 3 weeks one of them started doing this a lot. Then I saw the smaller of the three laying eggs while the larger male was fertilising them. The third fish wall hung most of the time after being chased off. He has since been returned to the LFS.

My opinion (for what it's worth) is that either you have two males and one is submitting (best to only have one male in a tank) or maybe it's because you have the Labidochromis Caeruleus in there which are the aggressive Malawi Cichlid.

You should not really mix the two lake species (says me who have just introduced 2 Demasoni in my Tang tank ) but the Leleupi can really hold their own once established so just keep an eye on them.

 

[MrWhite]

thanks for the replys guys there no aggresion what so I ever he's back to normal now think I was being paranoid