Multi african species breeding tank

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sick08

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Hey all,

Do you think this would be possible in the same tank too breed ?

Dimensions 5x2x2ft 1200gphr Filter 50% water changes a week
Ph 8.0 Temp 26oC

Flat rocks, alot of coral caves, pvc pipes

10 Demasonis 1/2 males rest females
5 yellow labs 1 male rest females
4 Alulonocara Firefish 1 male 3 females
5 Pundamillia Pundamillia 1 male rest females
5 Hap mooris 1 male 4 females
5 Shell dwellers 1 male 4 female

Would like to add one more species(tanganyika)
but not sure if this would work?

Also have 3x 35g tanks for fry
 
The blue dolphins will most likely not breed (depends on their size and size of tankmates). I have 5 blue dolphins (2x - 10 inch males, 3x- 6 inch females). They have breed in the past, but ever since I added mbunas to the tank, they have stopped (due to aggression from mbunas; however, my mbuna still breed while the dolphins are in the tank).

Also, breeding dolphins is no easy task! They will drop their eggs if scared and their fry take 3-5 months to grow to 1.5-2 inches (rehoming size). You can breed mbunas while you sleep, but breeding dolphins takes some attention (large water change to induce mating, good water parameters, compatable males:females, size of males:size of females, etc....).

Good luck!
 
Awesome info, much appreciated!

Cool, I'll never mind the mooris but i wonder if all the Hap species are hard to breed or just the mooris?

I would like to add another mbuna specie but concerned about possibly crossbreeding unless theres a way to prevent it in the same tank ... any ideas to prevent crossbreeding or is it impossible with multiple of the same kind ??
 
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As far as I know, there's no way to prevent cross-breeding between compatible fish. I was once told that most of them will at least stay within their own genus (Aulonocara, Labidochromis, etc.), and maybe that's true most of the time. However, my Metriaclima estherae and my Labeotropheus trewavasae decided to make some babies, and there are live fry visible in her mouth now. The only 100% reliable ways to prevent cross-breeding are to keep single-species tanks or to keep males and females in separate tanks.
 
i think it would be a cool tank...but not practical at all really....demansoni are grumps and would harass many of the fish...especially the shellies...which is another thing...shellies can work in tanks with bigger fish, but i don't suggest it.
i would keep the demansoni, aulnocara, and pundamillia...thats it.
 
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