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killies of lake Tanganyika and other chicklets
I know someone who keeps Lamp. Tanganicanus and Cyprichromis leptosoma
together and they seem to compliment each other nicely.
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From: owner-killietalk at aka_org [mailto:owner-killietalk at aka_org]On
Behalf Of Allen N Sandra
Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2001 3:36 PM
To: KillieTalk at aka_org
Subject: Julies and killies of lake Tanganyika
Julidichromis transcriptus 'Gombi' might be skittish, but either one of the
"yellow Julies" (regani and ornatus) are pretty darned feisty. They are
actually verging on vicious, which is why, when I bred them, it was in a
species only tank. The only reason I was saying do the research was that
someone said, "Tanganyikan cichlids and Lamprichthys tanganicus don't mix."
This is simply not true. It is "fact" that Tang. cichlids and Tang.
killifish coexist in the same location. Now to assume that you can't keep
Tang. killies and Tang. cichlids in the same tank based upon raising just
julies with them is a pretty far jump.
I would say get some shell dwellers and some of the less aggressive
Tanganyikan cichlids and try the community tank with them. You should have
some great results. Though I would breed L. tanganicus in a species only
tank if that is your aim.however, the true Neolamprologus brichardi, the
Telmatachromis species (though they are egg stealers), Eretmodus (goby
cichlid), and any of the shelldwellers might be a good start. I don't know
about Chalinichromis. They are worth a try as Chal. brichardi is a nice
fish. Though you should be safe with the others listed here. I wouldn't
suggest mixing Lamprichthys tanganicus with Neolamprologus pulcher, N.
tretocephalus, N. leleupi, and the larger fishes like C. frontosa.
A number of Synodontis occupy the lake, also, like S. multipunctatus, S.
eurystomus, and the like. They could be used in this instance. Should make
for an interesting tank. Pleas let us know of, and learn from, your
results.
One thing with rift lake cichlids, in general, is territory. They need
space and hiding places. The more rock and sand the less aggression. So
the bigger the tank the better. (as in the longer the better, like 40 long
or 55 and so on.) These particular species of killifish (L. tanganicus)
like to shove eggs into the striations of the rocks so to get some rough
layered or fissured stone to lay horizontally.
Just as a side note, the lake is not very planted, so I wouldn't put a lot
of vegetation in the tank,because I like to give the fish their natural
environment. You may like differently. The killies of this type are not
plant spawners, even though they might spawn in mops. The water in Lake
Tanganyika is ~600 to 650 uS, so it is pretty hard water.
HTH,
Allen "Boat" Boatman
Tampa, FL
AKA,TBAS, SKS
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Date: Sun, 20 May 2001 00:49:01 -0500
From: "Ernest E. May" <emay1 at wi_rr.com>
Subject: Re: KillieTalk Digest V3 #1231
My J.Transcriptus (Gumby) and J. Ornatus did the
same and these are the smaller, more timid members
of the clan. Some things just don't mix! About the only
fish that made it was the Brichardi.
erny
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