Tanganyikan tank inhabitants

[Airgoose2222]

150 Gallon:
1 4" Mbimbwe Front
2 2" Burundi Fronts
4 2-3" Lamp Beuscheri's
1 2" AltoLamp Comp "Chatika"
3 3" Cyp Leptosoma "BumbleBee"
1 3" ParaCyp Nigripinnis
6 1-2" Lamp Trets
2 2-3" Juli Marlieri
1 3" Lamp Cylindricus
1 3" Lamp Moori "gold"
2 2-3" Lamp Leleupi

40 Gallon Breeder:
6 1-2" Lamprologus speciosus

30 Gallon:
Misc Malawi's Not a big fan of Malawi's so I used a couple to cycle the other tanks a while back.

I'd post some pics, but don't see the link currently. Fish are still growing as Tangs take a while, but can't wait for them to mature.
Speciosus will be breeding soon I hope... Anyway, I am always curious what others have in their tanks, so I thought I'd share.

 

[STATMATT]

Well, I'll throw in my catch here.
I've set up a 150 gallon tang tank. I set it up with Seachems buffers/salts/trace elts. Had it running stable for around two months. Sand Substrate and filtration is two rena XP3 filstars and I have one Fx5. But the Fx5 has too much water pressure so it is turned off until I can get the pvc to disperse the output. The filstars came off an established Malawi tank to assist with cycling the tank.
Just last week I ordered my Tangs from Reserve Stock Cichlids and they came to the airport on Tuesday. First time I ordered fish online. I have to say it was a good experience. Here is my order...

6 of the Cyprichromis leptosoma Kitumba Jumbo
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=14&cat=4&page=1

6 of the Neolamprologus tretocephalus (he gave me 8 and one died, but I only ordered 6... shhhhhh)
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=61&cat=8&page=1

6 of the Enantiopus melanogenys
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=29&cat=6&page=1

6 of the Tropheus moorii Moliro Red
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=141&cat=10&page=1

I also have a bid on 5 wild caught synodontis petricolas (lucipinnis/WTHKnows) on aquabid.

All of the fish are an inch to 1.25 inches small. (I'm used to 14 inch Malawi Haps)

The Troph. are cute little guys with vertical stripes right now. the melanos are scavenging the sand for food already the Cyps are swimming mid to top of the tank and the tretoceps are intermingling with everyone else.

They are all really small and blend in with the sand (except for the trophs) for the most part colorwise.

I don't know that I'll go with too many more than that. I've had over 50 fish in the 150 prior to going to jail and having them die while I was locked up for 21 days. Really I'm only guilty of having guns and ammo. 10 counts!

But that's my tank. Any Suggestions/Interjections/Objections/Criticisms/Questions are welcome...
Oh and if you've made mistakes with these guys let me know as well. if I can prevent it I will!

Ciao!

 

[Sethg]

The above sounds like one of my dream tanks.

 

[Soople]

6 of the Cyprichromis leptosoma Kitumba Jumbo
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=14&cat=4&page=1

6 of the Neolamprologus tretocephalus (he gave me 8 and one died, but I only ordered 6... shhhhhh)
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=61&cat=8&page=1

6 of the Enantiopus melanogenys
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=29&cat=6&page=1

6 of the Tropheus moorii Moliro Red
http://www.reservestockcichlids.com/product.php?productid=141&cat=10&page=1

Hi there,

Here's some experience from my side with the fish you bought:
#1 rule in keeping Tropheus is to keep them in large groups. Territorial en agessive as they are, they need a larger group to diverge the beatings the are going to get from the top-dogs. 15 Tropheus is a minimum. I've kept smaller groups in a similar tank, and it ended up with dead fish, some even torn apart. 1 male survived, in the end.

Further, you bought a group of N. tretocephalus. Never kept them myself, but they are pretty difficult to keep as a group or pair. The intraspecific agression makes these fish hard to breed. For a couple, a 300-gallon tank may be the absolute minimum.

The C. leptosoma may be OK with 6 as a group, but there is a risk of too much male attention for 3 ladies. I recommend these fish be kept in a group larger that 10 individuals.

Because your fish are still young, there is not much agression yet. Adding Tropheus later on, can result in a less pleasent welcome from the others. My advice is to get at least 15 extra young Tropheus before adolescense kicks in.
S. lucipinnis is a great fish, and combines just fine with the rest.