ryanjury Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Get some demasoni as well then man a tank with just yellow's will get boring pretty quickly. I wouldn't try and do any zebra in a tank that small for that long but thats just me from what ive seen and read you might be lucky who knows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Could he have like eletric blues as well etc? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 i havnt actually completly decided what im putting in this tank yet but would deff like to have spme yellows, and im just trying to find any suitable fish with similar water conditions etc. Any other suggestions?(no demasoni thanks ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 electric blue (fryeri) are a no-go get too big and agro for a 3ft tank.. You could do some tangs maybe lelupi, pulcher or jullies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 I always liked pulchers, and the lelupis but couldnt find any Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 25, 2007 Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 You could only really do a pair in there anyway I will have some baby jullies coming up for sale soonish but your against shipping so maybe someone in Chch has them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2007 Whats the scientific name for jullies? The only africans i can get from breeders in CHCH that i know of are yellows, red zebs and maleris. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 I have decided im definatly going to hav atleast 3 Electric yellows... and would my 2 hoplos be alright with them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 ummmmmmmmmmmm maybe? idk the person to ask would be mystic as she has them but msybe someone else knows a bit about them as well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 She said they should be alright, But i would also like to know other peoples experiences with keeping the 2 together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OscarBoy Posted November 26, 2007 Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 ok but i'd go with mystic on that 1. Good luck dixion i hope your able to have what you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 26, 2007 Would anubias and val be alright with the yellows? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bananalobster Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 I don't know about other peoples yellows but if its vegetation it will get eaten.. Or if it is not really edible it will atleast get yanked out by the roots and yanked around the tank for a few laps.. :roll: But those are just my ones, they all have different personalities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 27, 2007 Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Julies are Julidochromis family, Lake Tanganyikan family. They can be fair little devils towards each other but well worth keeping. J. marlieri are a fair bit more docile than J. transcriptus. Hoplos probably will go ok with E yellows, however, they both require different water conditions so you may want to look at that factor if you are keeping your water parameters at the required level for african cichlids. I wouldn't push it with more aggressive mbuna tho with hoplos, ie Johanni or anything like that.. E yellows are more of a placid mbuna compared to other species. Val may last a while, but eventually gets hammered (speaking from experience) it is not as tough as anubias, anubias works ok with Africans. They may have the odd tug on it, but it's pretty tough really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 27, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2007 Im going to have 2hoplos 4-5 yellows and 2Bn then WHat ph would be suitable for them? 8? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johannes Visser Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 I don't know about other peoples yellows but if its vegetation it will get eaten.. Or if it is not really edible it will atleast get yanked out by the roots and yanked around the tank for a few laps.. :roll: But those are just my ones, they all have different personalities. I have all sorts of plants (Anubis, Val Java Fern, Swords, Crypts) in with my fish (E Yellows) and nothing gets eaten or pulled out provided you have secured it ! Not the best picks but you can see the plants ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Nice looking tank johannes.. The jullies I was talking about that im breeding are the marlieri http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/j_marlieri.php I had 6 in half a 4ft tank with peacocks yellow's and other randoms and then seperated a pair out to breed they spawned and didn't actually get that agro when they were in the mixed tank.. Cool looking little fish! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Afrikan Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Yeah they are alot more laid back than the transcriptus that is for sure Ryan :lol: We have 6 marlieri in the 8fter and they are showing interest in spawning, staking out their territory and laying down the law :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted November 28, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 So does 5 electric yellows, 2 hoplos sound good? I will have heaps of rockwork and some plants. And maybe 3 clown loaches? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryanjury Posted November 28, 2007 Report Share Posted November 28, 2007 Yeah I was surprised how lax mine where when breeding in a mixed tank.. However once they had fry and I had them divided out one of the other jullies jumped the divider, I found it almost dead floating around the tank it died but they must have hammered it, it was quite funny when they bred in the mixed tank they didn't really care about others coming near their babies.. As soon as they got by themselves they got pretty protective.. Very cool little fish though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted December 2, 2007 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2007 I MIGHT actually be able to use a 91x38x39 tank so thats 135L instead of 100L Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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