what to breed

[festaedan]

I set up a 30 gallon for a group of balzani -3 3 inch females and 1 4 inch male. Later realizing that tank is way to small, I moved them into a 55.
Now I have an open 30. I don't want to breed a live bearer, I'd rather the fry be able to be raised with parents but if not I'd be fine setting up a 10
gallon on standby, I'd want the fish to be cool because the tank is in my living room.

Thank you

 

[verbal]

It might be a cool tank for a lamprologous brichardi or julidochromis colony. They don't have the brightest coloration, but their behavior is interesting.

 

[rsretep]

Do some shellies

 

[festaedan]

I've never bred africans before, is it very different from breeding new world cichlids?

 

[verbal]

They need caves for spawning, but most of the mentioned species are relatively easy to spawn.

If you want a new world option, Jon's Krobia or a pair of Bolivian rams might be a good option. With planting(java moss is great for this purpose) and just the pair in the tank, you should have some fry survive.

 

[Leffler817]

How about some Victorians or Madagascar fish? Any CARES fish would be cool. Most Victorians are mouth brooders, put a pile of rocks in the tank and add fish. I'm not sure how Madagascar fish are though. Matt would know and Dave has some very cool ones in stock...


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[Becca]

I have this awesome pair of Dicrossus maculatus...ound:

Just kidding! Although, if you want a challenge, Jeff Michels is selling pairs.

 

[ltrepeter2000]

I would say do a small group of Pundamilia Nyereii. Gorgeous fish.

 

[zackcrack00]

What about apistos??? Frank C. has some some REALLY REALLY REALLY nice rams. Combine those with a few schools of tetras and plant it.... You've got an awesome, colorful tank. If you want a challenge, do A LOT of rockwork with at least 20 good hiding places and get yourself a young group (12-16) Pseudotropheus Demasoni. Just overfilter. A lot. Like 4 sponges or so. You'd need the ten for grow-outs.

 

[zackcrack00]

They're the fish in my profile picture, by the way.

 

[festaedan]

I know I want to do an african, would neolamprologus leleupi karilani sp. orange work?

 

[verbal]

Leleupi would be great for the tank. Check with mark if he has some. I can check with another guy if mark doesn't have them. I would try to start with 6 sub adults. Once a pair has formed you want to remove extra.


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[festaedan]

Daves rare fish has 'em, if they are a little over an inch, how many would I need?

 

[ErnieG]

Go with some color like firemouths, blue acara, red jewels, electric blue ram, nicaraguense, angelfish.

 

[festaedan]

I don't think you can get much more colorful than africans, plus I want to learn something new. I've only bred texas, jds, and balzani.

 

[chriscoli]

You might also consider the Westies (west Africans).

 

[MonteSS]

Africans..........zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

.....Bill

 

[Leffler817]

I loved my leleupi! I suggest getting 6-8 to be sure that you have at least one male and female. Some rule of percentages applies here... 6-8 was what I was told to get when I started out. My males grew to 6" or so and the females were closer to 4". I kept all 8 together in a 4' community tank and lost only two, but I do not think that was because of aggression. I built two rock piles at each end of the tank and had two pairs alternate breeding.


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[daninmd]

What about apistos??? Frank C. has some some REALLY REALLY REALLY nice rams. Combine those with a few schools of tetras and plant it.... You've got an awesome, colorful tank. If you want a challenge, do A LOT of rockwork with at least 20 good hiding places and get yourself a young group (12-16) Pseudotropheus Demasoni. Just overfilter. A lot. Like 4 sponges or so. You'd need the ten for grow-outs.

would definitely advise against getting demasoni for a 30g tank. combined with the small tank and small amount of fish, that's a blood bath just waiting to happen

 

[verbal]

would definitely advise against getting demasoni for a 30g tank. combined with the small tank and small amount of fish, that's a blood bath just waiting to happen

Leleupi are a much better choice for the tank size. There are some potential aggression issues to watch out for/manage, but it should work out well.