Should be picking up a juwel 180 tomorrow !
that'll be tank number 10 !!!!!
am looking at maybe going to Tangs or Frontosa's
Any suggestions of a good set up instead of malawi's
a guy i've had some fish from keeps kribs, tangs, frontosas and malawi peacocks in the same tank - thought this was a big no no !
Could frontosa's go in with my borleyi reds and alunocara tangerines and venustus then I could go for a tang set up.
sorry this post is rambling but i'm writing it as i think it.
anyway any suggestions for a tang tank with pics as i know nothing about them would be appreciated.
what are the main differences between keeping malawi and tangs ?
ps have got over 300 fry at the moment in grow out tanks !
picked up a female greshakei as a new blood line for my male, also 2 albino greshakei females for him also - he's loving it !
pps - zebra obliquiden lake victoria cichlids breed like crazy - 2m 6f I permanantly have 2 holding, have let them release in the tank and they swim round in little shoals - looks amazing.

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Wahey full speed ahead harris

What sort of fry have you got?

peter,
yellow lab,
alunocara tangerine,
metraclima callianos,
zebra obliquidens - millions,
red zebra,
zebra ob,
hongi red top,
greshakei,
rustys,

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Excellent stock list! Look forward to seeing them grown and in your main tanks mate

If your wanting something for breeding you could try a small group of bricardi, not the most colourfull fish in the world but to see them breeding constantly with older fry defending the young ones is a sight to see, try "fairy bricardi"

or you could try some young tropheus, problem is that they'll need a bigger tank when they grow, but im sure with 10 tanks you could make room, try "tropheus moori ikola", excellent fish!

Same with Frontosas. You will need a big big tank for when they get bigger. The Zaire Blue Frontosa I got last week, the biggest male is pushing 13".

Some people don't like mixing them with Malawi's due to them requiring different food but I have 2 Burundi in my Hap tank but have to feed them prawn through a pipe.

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8' x 2' x 2' - Piece of Ocean.
6' x 2' x 18" - Wild Caught Zaire 'Moba' Frontosa
4' x 2' x 20" - Malawi
4' x 22" x 18" - Malawi + Victoria
4' x 18" x 18" - Breeding Cuban Cichlids.
Trigon 190 - Male Paratilapia Polleni
20" x 20" x 20" - Marine
30" x 1' x 1' - Hospital Tank
2' x 1' x 1' - Tropical

and

7x - 1' and 2' cichlid fry tanks

White Spotted Cichlid
Dwarf Tanganyikan Cichlid ~ (Blue-Faced) Duboisi Cichlid

am quite keen on these after doing a tang image search on google but am a bit concerned about tangs inability to withstand high nitrate, mine comes out the tap high and the malawi's have never had a problem, i do regular water changes but when tap water is high then its a losing battle, i use nitra-zorb pouches inside my filter but really question their effectiveness. How hardy are they ?

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almost forgot also melanochromis aureutus,
and holding today melanochromis parrallelus (seperate tank) and my borleyi male has coloured up this evening and is being quite persistant - just cant decide which of my 4females he wants !

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well the duboisi are some of the more intolerant towards nitrites, as with most tanganyikan fish, they require a high ph, with 0 nitrite and ammonia as well as oxygen rich water( this is due to the size of the lake, which has very stable readings) if your were to go with "tank bred" fish you might have abit more of a chance of keeping them?