Tropheus?

[andy1985]

I have two question.

1. is there anything special you have to do to keep them which differ from othe Tanganyikans.

2. are they fine with Frontosa?

 

[Tongue33]

Feeding I is a subject you might have some of the Troph pros answer.. They are prone to bloat like Oscars are HITH. Form what I've seen in others tanks. I had some for a minute.. Never had a problem..

And allot of the locals here... Keep them in colonies.. I had them with several species..

 

[andy1985]

would i have any problems with a group going into my 6ft tank with current stock?

 

[Tongue33]

I only noticed species specific aggression.. and it wasn;t much.. But I ONLY had three I would wait and see what the OldWorld keepers say.. They should be around later

 

[andy1985]

ok will do, but how many you think i could put in to my tank with current stock, group of 12?

 

[Bogwoodbruce]

The bigger the group the less agression you get 12 sounds fine, my uncle had a 5x2x2 with a group of frontosa and tropheus and both species were breeding.

 

[andy1985]

how many frontosa does he have?

 

[johnny_1993]

No. tropheus have no meat in their diet. excpet the animal protein from microorganisms in the algae they grave off.

frontosa eat lot of meat.

bad mix. not saying it cant be done, but not great.

 

[Pharaoh]

I would say that it could be done provided you fed them NLS. I know quite a few people who feed NLS to their trophs &/or Fronts. Can be a good mix for both, but I'm not sure that you would want to keep them on such a non-varied diet. It could go either way.

 

[Dreamsofpeace54]

i have tropheus mixed in with my mbuna, they are doing great. The get Hikari and NLS. Had them bothfor 6 months plus, no bloat and no aggession towards other but they do fight between each other.