i am lookin for a open water(tank is very open) fish for a 125 wide. 6'x2' tank. with no plans for a bigger one anytime soon. was hoping for suggetions as to species and pics if you could.
open water chiclid?
- Thread starter unstopablepuffers
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thats why i asked for suggetions. i know they are out there. there is one i seen somewhere, tyranisor or somethin. it was blue lol.
if your open to all cichlids not just africans, amphiliphus xiloaensis or sagittae are both open water predators and very active TUIC has them in barred or xanthic morphsunstopablepuffers;2897759; said:
unstopablepuffers;2898124; said:
I think you're referring to the tyrannochromis genus. They are african malawi haps which can get pretty big. Lots of the malawian haps are open water such as the champsochromis caeruleus for an example.
http://cichlidforum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1006
http://cichlidforum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1290
http://cichlidforum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1323
unstopablepuffers;2897759; said:
If you're going for an African setup, Malawi in particular, an all male tank with Protomelas, Aulonocara, Copadichromis, Placidochromis, Lethrinops species is what I would go for. Pretty much your average small, mid-sized haps to maximize the output of color.
And yes, all the species above will appreciate the open space, no need to put massive amounts of rocks in there.
unstopablepuffers;2898309; said:
I've never kept them, but saw a big one at a lfs kept single and it did pretty well. Perhaps anyone who has kept the tyrannnochromis chime in?
i agree and are they available? if so where? money doesnt matter as much as getting a healthy 1. so good sources please.tydus;2898331; said: