ID my natives please
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I don't think my eel would be able to eat them, they are a little bit too big. Oddball said they wouldnt do well with my eel anyway.
I got some better pics of them:
They kind of look like mossambicus to me:
http://www.ittiofauna.org/webmuseum...omis_mossambicus/images/o_mossambicus-500.jpg
What do you guys think? Niloticus or Mossambicus?
thanks
They kind of look like mossambicus to me:
http://www.ittiofauna.org/webmuseum...omis_mossambicus/images/o_mossambicus-500.jpg
What do you guys think? Niloticus or Mossambicus?
thanks
I would like to keep them, they are cool fish. i like the way they school. The problem is that i dont have a tank for them. When i caught them, i thought they were bluegill. I was going to put them in a 30 gallon and then move them to my 180, but these tilapia get too big for a 30 gallon. They are in a 10 gallon for right now. I have an 80 gallon, but i was going to put my tire track in it.
so what kind of tilapia are they? What are they compatibile with?
what lake did you get them from? they kinda look like a texas cichlid...but im sure their tilapia or perchl. whats in ur 180? africans im assuming.
id suggest putting them in the 30 gal and that should suffice for a few months if not longer. and look into a bigger tank. www.glasscages.com has some good deals on large tanks, glass and acrylic. if you invest in a large enough tank. you could house lots of different fish with them. crappie,bluegills,bass,catfish,large suckers and chubs (i think theres a species of chub that gets around 10") also hitch, if you ever visit the aqueduct or quail lake you can get hitch, tule perch, sacromento perch, white bass, whipers, stripers,madtoms,bullheads. all would be compatible, excpet maybe the perch.
or you could go tropical and get oscars, buttikifuri, ect.
id suggest putting them in the 30 gal and that should suffice for a few months if not longer. and look into a bigger tank. www.glasscages.com has some good deals on large tanks, glass and acrylic. if you invest in a large enough tank. you could house lots of different fish with them. crappie,bluegills,bass,catfish,large suckers and chubs (i think theres a species of chub that gets around 10") also hitch, if you ever visit the aqueduct or quail lake you can get hitch, tule perch, sacromento perch, white bass, whipers, stripers,madtoms,bullheads. all would be compatible, excpet maybe the perch.
or you could go tropical and get oscars, buttikifuri, ect.
fishyfan, trust me they'd be fine with a tiretrack. I have large aggressive cichlids with bichirs and eels, including a red terror and a loisellei.
The cichlids never bother the eels, they are not seen as competition, cichlids only fight amongst themselves or against fish that look similar or they see as a threat, and one that swims in their space, ie an aro or knife etc.
These might bully your tanganyikans eventually, without a doubt, but your eel is going to be fine.
The cichlids never bother the eels, they are not seen as competition, cichlids only fight amongst themselves or against fish that look similar or they see as a threat, and one that swims in their space, ie an aro or knife etc.
These might bully your tanganyikans eventually, without a doubt, but your eel is going to be fine.
