Nimbochromis Polystigma-info please!
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Well I do have some smaller fish in the tank with no problem.
I have 4 Protomelas Hertea from 6-8", and a group of Protomelas Steveni Eastern of ~6"
These smaller fish are left alone, but then these are completely different fish. The only real problem I have in the tank is my Nigriventer picking on a 10" Nimbochromis Linni.
I will need to keep the Linni in a different tank if this continues.
I am lucky enough to keep a lot of tanks so if I get problems in a tank with aggression I can easily move the agressor or the fish being picked on
I have 4 Protomelas Hertea from 6-8", and a group of Protomelas Steveni Eastern of ~6"
These smaller fish are left alone, but then these are completely different fish. The only real problem I have in the tank is my Nigriventer picking on a 10" Nimbochromis Linni.
I will need to keep the Linni in a different tank if this continues.
I am lucky enough to keep a lot of tanks so if I get problems in a tank with aggression I can easily move the agressor or the fish being picked on
bobgobucks;2996446; said:BTW, Wimmels, love your website....wish there was an English button!
Thank you.
Well there was an English button but my Girlfriend just totally renewed the site and didn't have time yet to fix the other languages. I hope we can work this out soon
Well if she loves your fish and loves you, I would give her another couple of days to fix the site...LOL
I am of the opinion that all the ones in the Nimbochromis group pretty much act the same, and attain roughly the same sizes, within an inch or so.
These guys are semi-predators, almost basically what I would call the Oscar of the African world. They are big, playful and have character to them. But this also means trying to keep smaller Mbuna with this is going to prove difficult to do, unless you introduce them together and early on in life. Newer additions might go missing aka became a meal once it reaches full size.
While they will hunt and stalk in the substrate, it's as well not uncommon to see them out and wandering around in your water column either. Many if not all Haps, to some degree do this. This might cause problems trying to intermix Peacocks as well then. I have a full grown adult Venustus in a 180, and he will chase any dither fish he sees, but that is the key word, sees. I have yet to see him do the play dead act, but it's written in many forums they do exhbit that behavoir in the wild. I'd catagorize the Nimbo's, all of them as Piscovores or assterive omnivores.
The Polystigma has a rather unusual pattern which looks as if it is colored to blend in among rocks and sandy bottoms. This does support the concept of it being a predator.
Marius is very smart and knowledgable in fish keeping, especially Africans as I've seen, however I do not agree that you wouldn't be able to make use of a 125 gallon tank. It's basically the same footprint as a 180 maybe a tad less on width and height is all, but it's still going to be a 6 foot tank so I wouldn't stress out using a 125, unless you plan on housing groups of them. Solo, or a pair should be ok, but I wouldn't go much more then that.
These guys are semi-predators, almost basically what I would call the Oscar of the African world. They are big, playful and have character to them. But this also means trying to keep smaller Mbuna with this is going to prove difficult to do, unless you introduce them together and early on in life. Newer additions might go missing aka became a meal once it reaches full size.
While they will hunt and stalk in the substrate, it's as well not uncommon to see them out and wandering around in your water column either. Many if not all Haps, to some degree do this. This might cause problems trying to intermix Peacocks as well then. I have a full grown adult Venustus in a 180, and he will chase any dither fish he sees, but that is the key word, sees. I have yet to see him do the play dead act, but it's written in many forums they do exhbit that behavoir in the wild. I'd catagorize the Nimbo's, all of them as Piscovores or assterive omnivores.
The Polystigma has a rather unusual pattern which looks as if it is colored to blend in among rocks and sandy bottoms. This does support the concept of it being a predator.
Marius is very smart and knowledgable in fish keeping, especially Africans as I've seen, however I do not agree that you wouldn't be able to make use of a 125 gallon tank. It's basically the same footprint as a 180 maybe a tad less on width and height is all, but it's still going to be a 6 foot tank so I wouldn't stress out using a 125, unless you plan on housing groups of them. Solo, or a pair should be ok, but I wouldn't go much more then that.
i have 12 2-3 inches long, it took me long time to find them i cant wait an till they are bigger...bobgobucks;2995833; said:I am pretty sure I am going to want one of these bad boys for my new 125.
I do not see much written about them, but I know some folks on MFK must keep them so I have some questions about them:
Top size?
Can someone post pics of their own full grown males?
Any special needs food wise?
Any special concerns regarding temperament or predatory nature?
Are full grown peacocks/haps going to be ok with him?
Wimmels;2996258; said:You can regard a Polystigma as if it is a Livingstonii.
They eat the same food, get the same size and need the same sized tank.
The only thing is that these fish gather in pacts in the lake and will eat anything edible in their way like locusts. I haven't seen this behavior myself but then again I never kept 50 polystigma in the same tank before.
Keep in mind that their are 2 variants of the polystigma. The oldschool pardalis is a "polystigma" which looks more like a Livingstoni with coarse spotting, and then you have the polystigma that is finely spotted like a Linni with a pattern underneath like a fuscotaeniatus.
The added pictures are of my Polystigma's spawning. I guess the male is just past the 20cm 8" on the photo's and they should max out at 9-10"
Nice Polys Wimmels.
bobgobucks;2996305; said:Ok, first off your male looks nothing like the fish in the Tepoot book. Is this the other variety?
At 9 or 10 inches, isn't a 125 big enough?
Also, will these fish terrorize 5-6" haplochromines or perhaps a yellow lab?
Reason why I said 180 is because you want breeding groups, and no, for a breeding group, with other haps around 125 won't work, too crammed up of a space.
Depending on their diet, they'll get bigger than the advertised max, take Venustus for example, they're supposed to max at 10", yet I had a jumbo male that got to 12". Nimbochromis species are big eaters and if you want a little more space to play with other species as well, then I'd for a larger sized tank.
