Tanganyikan cichlids

[lalo]

hello peeps,im a new member to monsterfishkeepers.com.Im a freshwater fish hobbyist who is currently collecting tanganyikan cichlids but i appreciate all freshwater fish...Anyways ,anybody who is into Tanganyikan cichlids hit me up and maybe we can help each other out.I currently own close to 40 tanganyikans.Im also part of the C.O.A.S.T fish club....Nice to meet you all.....

 

[Honda12]

Welcome to MFK. I use to keep them but got into rays. What are some of the sp. you keep and what are your favorites you have?

 

[lalo]

ill give you a quick list of some of my fav. kipilli frontosa,eretmodous(all orange wild caught female and f1 male),2 utinta lepto.,2 violet,5 neon heads and one of my favorite paracyprichromis nigripinnis.Im actually looking into setting up a ray tank soon so maybe u can help

 

[Honda12]

That is a nice list of tangs you have. I was into calvus, comps, and cyprichromis.

If you need help with rays this is a great place. Lots of people with lots of knowledge and first hand experience. Just be careful cause you cant stop at just one.

 

[lalo]

i beleive you because it all depends on what kinda fish group im into,but when im interested i want them all ,especially the rare ones.I also have Altos. Comp. and Calvuses

 

[Taz2478]

I just started seperating my africans this yr and have a 75 with nice lil mix of usual tangs.
get your photo gallery going so we can see

 

[Ash]

The tangs that I keep are alto calvus and comps, tropheus duboisi and cyphotilapia frontosa. =) welcome to mfk btw.

 

[SKAustin]

I love my Tangs.
A brief description of my setup
Tank: 55 Gallon tank (soon to be upgraded to a 120 gallon)
Filtration: Rena Xp3 canister, Whisper 60 HOB
Daytime Lighting: 2 18” 15 watt full spectrum flourescents (09:00 to 19:00)
Nighttime Lighting: 2 Coralife Aqualight 3/4W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED Light (470nm)
2 Coralife Aqualight 1W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED SpotLight (470nm) (19:00 to 09:00)
Substrate: 60 lbs of white gravel
Rockwork: 70 lbs of Lace rock for the rock work
Plants: Yes, all of the plants are artificial. The live plants were too much of a pain in the arse, so I opted to go back to the fakes. Ambulia, Hornwort, and 3 tufts of grassy looking plants.

As a further explanation of the nighttime lighting, the 2 Coralife Aqualight 3/4W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED Lights are mounted at the outer edges of the tank to provide dim illumination of the outer edges of the tank. the 2 Coralife Aqualight 1W Lunar Blue-Moon-Glow LED SpotLights are mounted in the center angled slightly outward for a brighter illumination of the central region of the tank.

Inhabitants:
1 Cyphotilapia frontosa “Burundi”
1 Cyphotilapia frontosa “Kavalla Island Congo”
2 Altolamprologus compressiceps (Gold)
3 Altolamprologus compressiceps (Yellow)
4 Altolamprologus calvus (White)
1 Altolamprologus calvus (Yellow)
2 Julidochromis transcriptus
2 Chalinochromis brichardi
1 Neolamprologus brichardi
1 Neolamprologus buescheri
1 Tropheus Moorii “Chipimbi”
3 Lamprologus meleagris

Here's a few pics of my tank. You can see pics of all of the fish on the link in my Sig.

 

[lalo]

125 all black tank with black canopy
over 100 lbs. of huge bolders of rock
2 reg. flourescent,1 compact(for algae grazers)
120 lbs. of blk/white aragonite mix sand
1 xp3,2 marineland,1 fluval 404
1 corner of tank with over 10 shells stacked up(4 shell dwellers)



tankmates:
1 nigrippinis
2 eretmodus(all orange no blue dots)wild caught female,f 1 male
6 brevis congo(3 males,3 females)
2 brichardi firetip
2 leptosomas utinta
2 lepto. violet
5 neon head leptos.
1 frontosa kipilli (king of 2the tank)<<<<beautifull!
1 tretrocephalus
2 pleurospilus
1 petricola
1 Frontosa gombi
1 inkfin calvus
1 orange compr.
1 chalinochromis
1 tropheus moliro
1 ventralis
3 ornapinnitis
1 leulupi
1 buscheri gombi

guys this is a quick list i might of left some out!this is the most beautiful tank i ever had,so just hang on for some awesome pics!thanxxxxxxx!sorry if mispelled,this was a quickie!

 

[lalo]

Awesome pics austin!The only thing i can say is you have some competition coming!I envy you,just for now though! Well ill take your great tips on taking the pics and well see if you have some competition!Once again nice tank