Lake Victoria Stocking Help

[Davey_8313]

I might just keep my SRTs in my 150 to grow out and put some Africans in my 40 instead b/c one of my friends have 6 assorted males that I could put in it. He has a bunch of Vics, but he had to mix them all b/c he ran out of tank space.

 

[predator]

I think the best one is the Pundamilia nyererei. I beleive you said your buying out of petsmart instead of a fish store so good luck but you already have a good selection

 

[Davey_8313]

I think the best one is the Pundamilia nyererei. I beleive you said your buying out of petsmart instead of a fish store so good luck but you already have a good selection

I have some friends that have Christmas Fulu and and Ruby Greens. I wish I knew someone that had some Pundamilia Nyererei.

 

[reg-i@hotmail.com]

I have some Pundamilia Nyererei. ruti island and crimson tide the ruti islands are really nice and getting ready to spawn from his stock list at the top whatever you do please dont put the tropheus in with the vics there diet needs are much different I've tried to mix them but only had problems that had to be fixed with cloat but if your looking for trophs I have some bembas breeding like crazy

 

[deadman]

lake kyoga flame backs and rubys run a greater risk of hybridization because the color pattern is similuare. when mixing victorians its a good idea to have complete oppisit appearances.

a good mix is something like the diffrent nyereri species with verticle bars, and maybe fulu that has horizontal bars.

i also have had good luck with species where the body is a solid color like the mbipia mbipi with one with bars verticle, like astotatilipia latificinata.
i have seen mbuna hybridize and peacocks so if your idea is to spawn and sell pure species unless you wittnes the spawn id grow them out to make shure they are pure.
also look at the females alot of females victorians look very similure so make shure they are diffent as well.

here are a few examples of species i have kept togather in my own tanks.
see how the rubys and the kyoga have a rather similuare color pattern, not a good choice for mixing

ruby green

kyoga flame back

here is an example of a good mix
mbipia mbipi, haplochromis copper black

and paralibidochromis sp mwanza rock rock krib

another good mix is nyereri species like this and klake kyoga "obliquedens" astotatilipia latificinata

astatotilipia latificinata

another decent choice can be
ptyochromis sp salmon

and the xystichromis phytophagus, or christmas fulu

here is an example from my own takns of an all male mix. quite abit of agression.

i hope this was helpfull.

 

[Davey_8313]

deadman, so you think some kyoga flamebacks or ruby greens would be fine mixed w/ some haplochromis sp 44 "thick skin"?

 

[deadman]

as i mentioned in my last post, the rubys and kyogas will hybridize and the sp 44 is much too aggressive for the rubys. as you can see with the all male picture the onlyone with out nipped fins was the sp44. this opicture was taken wile they were in a 150 gallon tank and they had alot of room.

 

[Davey_8313]

Thanks again. Where did you get yours from? I've never seen one of those black ones.

 

[reg-i@hotmail.com]

nice pictures you know now that im thinking about it one of my tanks has 2 obliquen males and one large crimson tide nyeri and they beat the crap out of each other and theres no females

 

[steve1234]

hey.... really sho beautiful pics ... gona upload some of my pics too but i like some of your fishes