African cichlid keepers

Livebearer Lady

Livebearer Lady

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I'm trying out Astatotilapia burtoni a "riverine" species from eastern Africa that is a mouth brooder.
Are Very colorful in dominate males and only reaches 4+ ". I have too many young 20+ and if anyone wants to try these out send me a P.M.
 
Betty

Betty

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Wish I had the tank space to try the burtoni. I used to keep Astatotilapia calliptera. Pretty fish!
 
Joel

Joel

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Yellow labs, Haplochromis Brownae, OB's

Africans got me back into the hobby.
 
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Seahawks!

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150 Gallon Cichlid Tank
3 OB Mbuna
2 0B Peacock
1 Maingano
18 Cobalt Blue Zebra
10 Ugly Yellow Lab hybrids :(
3 Female Yellow Lab
1 White Lab
4 Zebra Obliquidens (Astatotilapia latifasciata)

Other Tankmates:
1 Rainbow Shark
1 Royal Pleco
1 Bristle Nose Pleco
2 Clown Loach
2 Sun cat

Plants:
Java Fern

Planted 150 Gallon Mbuna Aquarium by mrdillpickle, on Flickr
 
VickiK

VickiK

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Livebearer Lady said:
I'm trying out Astatotilapia burtoni a "riverine" species from eastern Africa that is a mouth brooder.
Are Very colorful in dominate males and only reaches 4+ ". I have too many young 20+ and if anyone wants to try these out send me a P.M.
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Those are gorgeous! I have no room for such creatures, however. I gotta reel this MTS in.
 
Betty

Betty

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It's nice to see there are still a few African keepers around.

Nice looking tank, Seahawks! I'm amazed you can keep plants with those mbuna.
 
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Seahawks!

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Betty said:
It's nice to see there are still a few African keepers around.

Nice looking tank, Seahawks! I'm amazed you can keep plants with those mbuna.
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Thanks! The fish do not touch the java fern, but the plants seem to melt and grow at the same rate. This is my first planted tank. I adopted the setup from Craigslist back in April. I am trying to switch from reef keeping to freshwater. I did not realize there were so many options in freshwater. I have been eyeballing tropheus, cherry shrimp, puffers, pipefish..... It is hard to just have one tank.
 
Betty

Betty

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Seahawks! said:
I did not realize there were so many options in freshwater. I have been eyeballing tropheus, cherry shrimp, puffers, pipefish..... It is hard to just have one tank.
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True... I have 13 running with mostly African cichlids.
 
finray56

finray56

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If you like African cichlids just a heads up as I am going to be downsizing tanks and will have plenty of Tropheus, Petrochromis and other fish available soonish. I've been breeding Tropheus for nearly 10 years now and I'm ready for a change. My breeding stock will also be available. I will probably have a couple of tanks available as well once I move my fish. I'm going to mainly focus on my 210 and have an all male show tank.
If you are interested in specifics you can always pm me.

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Joel

Joel

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finray56 said:
If you like African cichlids just a heads up as I am going to be downsizing tanks and will have plenty of Tropheus, Petrochromis and other fish available soonish. I've been breeding Tropheus for nearly 10 years now and I'm ready for a change. My breeding stock will also be available. I will probably have a couple of tanks available as well once I move my fish. I'm going to mainly focus on my 210 and have an all male show tank.
If you are interested in specifics you can always pm me.

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I would kill for those tropheu:eek:s :eek::eek:

If only I didnt live 13000 miles away QQ
 
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JimmyZ

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Seahawks! said:
150 Gallon Cichlid Tank
3 OB Mbuna
2 0B Peacock
1 Maingano
18 Cobalt Blue Zebra
10 Ugly Yellow Lab hybrids :(
3 Female Yellow Lab
1 White Lab
4 Zebra Obliquidens (Astatotilapia latifasciata)

Other Tankmates:
1 Rainbow Shark
1 Royal Pleco
1 Bristle Nose Pleco
2 Clown Loach
2 Sun cat

Plants:
Java Fern

Planted 150 Gallon Mbuna Aquarium by mrdillpickle, on Flickr
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That tank is very nice looking, all the while screaming for a black background!
 
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JimmyZ

Member
I am still happy with the Kasanga Rainbows, thought about selling them awhile back glad I didn't!
Thinking of changing the tank up this weekend the fish need a little excitement in their lives.

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Seahawks!

Active Member
JimmyZ said:
I am still happy with the Kasanga Rainbows, thought about selling them awhile back glad I didn't!
Thinking of changing the tank up this weekend the fish need a little excitement in their lives.

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That setup is awesome. Is it all Rainbows or do you have other fish in there?
 
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JimmyZ

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Yes they are all Rainbows, around 50 of them. I have read that Mbuna's and Tropheus would be a no no. But guessing if the tank was in the 400 gallon range and big enough it would probably work.
Specially with labs or some other mellower fish though they are from a different lake.
 
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Seahawks!

Active Member
finray56 said:
If you like African cichlids just a heads up as I am going to be downsizing tanks and will have plenty of Tropheus, Petrochromis and other fish available soonish. I've been breeding Tropheus for nearly 10 years now and I'm ready for a change. My breeding stock will also be available. I will probably have a couple of tanks available as well once I move my fish. I'm going to mainly focus on my 210 and have an all male show tank.
If you are interested in specifics you can always pm me.

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What are small black fish with white dots in the back of the tank called? I will definitely be drooling when you start posting fish for sale. I am trying to stick to one tank. My tank is pretty loaded with mbuna right now.
 
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