camtang Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 has anyone managed to keep them together before? I am aware of the diffrent dietry needs but I would think that some high quality prepared cichlid food would suit them both. I have dreams of a lake tang tank and realy want to have both fronts and trophs together. any thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 It shouldnt be a problem (even though I havent paired these species together). If you feed them NLS or Nutrafin Max, as I feed my tropheus, they should be sweet. No difference as having tropheus and julidachromis living together. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 i kept them together but the fronts became very nippy as the got bigger so i sold them. The fronts started to nip at the tropheus when they got to around the 8cm to 10cm mark. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 did the tropheus not fight back so to speak? I have fronts with malawis at the moement, and they are very docile and back down to even the smallest of competion. which made me think the tropheus would be ok. was looking at ikola as the group of tropheus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 other tank mates would be leleupi, julidchromis of some sort, cuckoo syno's and calvus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropheus Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 lelupi and julidachromis would just be food for the fronts. Plus they would just be to stressed. I wouldnt do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 did the tropheus not fight back so to speak? I have fronts with malawis at the moement, and they are very docile and back down to even the smallest of competion. which made me think the tropheus would be ok. was looking at ikola as the group of tropheus. what size are the fronts? i found them to be docile generally but as a troph would swim past they would just give them a quick nip on the tail and they were only a little bigger than the trophs. No the trophs don't fight back, they are smart enough to know they will be no match Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 200mm roughly would be the bigger ones. haha again the tanga showing more brain then the malawis, yellows and bumblebees both fight back. infact the bumblebees line the fronts up relativly often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 front vs adult e yellow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 yeh I am waiting for something like that to happen but so far the fronts just back down. Only thing really putting me off the troph and front together is that I wanted a docile slow moving placid relaxing tank, and I dont think the tropheus will help with that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted October 21, 2012 Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 Only thing really putting me off the troph and front together is that I wanted a docile slow moving placid relaxing tank, and I dont think the tropheus will help with that haha no not at all. I recommend discus for a static tank :slfg: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 21, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2012 haha no not at all. I recommend discus for a static tank :slfg: yeh nah... Im not done with africans yet. that and I cant be bothered with a tank full of plants and everything that goes with it at this stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYWLKR Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 I have a tank of pembas and duboisis with 2 big male frontosas with leleupis and calvus. I have no issues except if I introduce a smaller frontosa. The big front will pick on the smaller front. Also have a colony of Ikolas with 1 smaller frontosa along with leleupis and transcriptus. Once again they are all good together except when I introduce more frontosas. The bigger one picks on the smaller ones. The funny thing is when I put all the frontosas back together on one tank, they seem to get along ok. Anyway I got a colony of frontosa I'm selling in Trade me :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted October 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 is that the group of 7? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DYWLKR Posted October 27, 2012 Report Share Posted October 27, 2012 Yes that's right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 22, 2012 Rite ohh I have Fronts,leleupi, julidchromis, cuckoo syno's, calvus and moliro tropheus lined up/growing up for the project. Is there any other thoughts of fish I could add to the mix from Tanganyika? I dont overly want anymore syno's but will not rule them out completly.I was thinking about getting some fairy cichlids again but am not sure to be honest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 shellies could be an option, are there any other tangs we have here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have my shellies in the tank at the other end of the room, and apparntly they are not compatible with calvus as they will get in there shell and munch them away from what I have reed. From my limited knowledge we don't have many more types of tangs about I have always wanted some Enantiopus sp. "kilesa" and some cyprichromis leptosoma blue flash but i am fairly certain we can not get them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smidey Posted December 23, 2012 Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 I have my shellies in the tank at the other end of the room, and apparntly they are not compatible with calvus as I kkep my sheelies with my comps and there are no issues, i do have more shells than shell dwellers though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted December 23, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 23, 2012 ohhh true, I am currently thinking about pulling my 5 out of the 2nd display tank and putting them into a breeding tank to get a couple of spawns of them. If I do do that I may consider putting them all together. but then again the fronts may see them as a tiny little cocktail sausage before the main course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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