Neolamprologus tetracanthus tank mates?
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I don't think the green is common. It's like a real firefin comp, they're just not easily available. The most common type of tret is blue/white and looks very similar to a front as a juvie. Tank mates can be hard to keep alive from what I've heard, and what I've also read is that they make a nice species only tank. One good thing about them though is they are snail eaters, so your tanks won't be over run with those little b*stards. What size tank are you thinking? I would guess they need a 75 or bigger.
Neolamprologus tretocephalus is blue and white, while tetra looks more like this http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1661
I had one, even the yellow fin are not as great as the pic you gave.
they get large mean, and eat smaller fish...
I had one, even the yellow fin are not as great as the pic you gave.
they get large mean, and eat smaller fish...
Comps and Calvus probally will not be able to compete w/them. The can get 8"and become pisecivous.(sp)
They will eat anything they can fit in their mouth, and if they start breeding they will run everything out of the tank. I had a pair in my 7 foot 210 gallon, and the took over 6 feet of the tank. They were in the tank with Fronts, Lepidiolamprologus Nkambe, Calvus, Compressiceps, and and around 10 other species. If you get a single specimen, you should be fine, but i wouldn't risk a pair in anything but the largest tanks.
Hey Chugger I used to keep them C.A. like grammodes, & rhytismas. the only africans they stay with where othe neolamprologus ie. leleupi, cylindricus,& some hemichromis species. tetracanthrus are to viscious for altolamprologus. By the way Worldwide on Garret RD. has some altolamprologus fasciatus & some tyranochromis species if you're still looking for them.
I have about 5 1 inch to 1 1/2 inch tetracanthus with a variety of other cichlids. I have it with a red zebra, jack dempsey, livingstoni, firemouth, green terror, jewel, managanuese, and a compressicep. They all get along real fine but I also feed them about 4 times a day and they LOVE to eat