Tanganyikan side school fish?

[P.A.NativesBPM]

Hello,

I will be setting up a 180 gallon petrochromis tank. It will house 15 moshi yellow petros, 10 trewavassae petros, 5 lamprologus callipteris, and possibly a tanganyikan eel. I was thinking that a school of fish on the side could be cool, like demasoni. Those aren't from tanganyika however, which goes against my standards. Other than cyprichromis, what kind of small, colorful, tight-schooling tang could be used?


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[Metriacliman]

You could probably go for some non tangs. Giant danios maybe.
I'm not sure there's any other schooling fish in lake tang other than cyps.

 

[P.A.NativesBPM]

I'm surprised you didn't gather from my post that I will not mix fish from different parts of the world. MUST be from tanganyika.


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[ecoli73]

There is a rainbow fish native to the lake but not sure how they will go...but the catfish s. multipuntatus is shoaling and when I had six of them, they would shoal together...they are expensive but if you can afford large numbers, they are a sight to behold.


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[swk]

Tropheus would be your best bet with petros

Not much in the lake like you described, besides cyps.

Benthochromis might work, or cyp jumbos

 

[cl0wn knife]

just stick with cyps

 

[sellfish]

What about Neolamp. Hellianthus. They will breed into a colony and just keep to themselves.

 

[Ash]

Xenotilapia will swim together and form a school so they might be an option... they are from lake tang and they look really cool =)

 

[P.A.NativesBPM]

But aren't these guys kinda shy and finicky? Wouldn't want to put those in with boisterous petrochromis.


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[Ash]

I got caught up trying to think of a schooling fish that I forgot about that part. Yeah that probably would not be a good mix. hmmm. I think I will have to 2nd the trophs.