haps with trophs

[nudge]

Just wondering if anyone has had success keeping haps with trophs, leleupi and calvus. I have always had a thing for malawi dolphins and i'm thinking about adding 3-5 to my tang tank. Has anyone tried this combo or can see any problems with it?

[Likoma]

I am currently running an mixed African aquarium tank with Black Calvus, Moliro Firefoxes,Leuleupi, J. marlieri and an assortment of Malawian Cichlids, mbuna and haps in a very heavy stocking density. Havent run into any drama yet..

Truth be told my feeding routine incorporates far less commerical fish food(NLS, Hikari) than almost everybody else.You are what you eat.

To give an idea of the stability of this setup, we were away for a month with our house sitters managing and feeding our fishy friends. As far as I can ascertain we didnt lose a single juvenile or adult fish. I was gobsmacked by how successful that period was.

In my experience I have found C. moorii ,the blue dolphin, to be the best aquarium fish ever. Large, shoaling and beautiful. IN one of our large tanks we have 8 full grown boys just getting on with life.

[nudge]

interested to know what ya feeding routine is if you aren't using commercial foods exclusively?

[Likoma]

Mostly vegetable food matter- nori, nz kelp kale and home made frozen food with vegetable matter making up 75%. Algae wafers comprise 80% of commercial food and the last bit is a 3 times a week feeding of NLS, Hikari or Nutrafin. In the warmer months when I run the temp higher I include whole earth worms in all tanks excluding fry.

In the the Lake haps and Peacocks all had straight or slightly concave bellies. All mbuna had full fat bellies (lots of vegetable matter with a low energy content)

I do notice that my fish dont grow as large nor as quickly as others. They do however develop really vibrant coloring ,very natural sizing very healthy attributes.