135gallon Duboisi tank **UPDATED**

[myjohnson]

Keep and eye on it....if it gets big....moves got to be made.

[newb]

...I will definately watch out for random floating air bubbles and will be prepared to make some moves! thx for the heads up

[myjohnson]

I'm not worried about no bubbles.....Lymphocystis is what I'm worried about.

People on other forums has reported this in there WC fishes.

[cichlid1409]

reef style rock setting can work.

some have found the hard way that it doesn't.

Generally, two rock piles on each side work better.

but they your fishes.

I have to agree with johson on this one ... when i first got my trophs lost a couple to aggresion for this reason .... but if it works for you then it works... just keep an eye out for stragglers hanging out in the corners or near the top of the tank.

[newb]

[quote=cichlid1409;389834]I have to agree with johson on this one ... when i first got my trophs lost a couple to aggresion for this reason .... but if it works for you then it works... just keep an eye out for stragglers hanging out in the corners or near the top of the tank.[/quot

what would be wrong with losing a few stragglers...Isnt that just survival of the fittest? Or can it lead to a chain effect and always end up with at least one "straggling"?

[cichlid1409]

i don't like losing $$ on fish, personally. just think how much each fish cost if wild caught then 3-4 fish can be around 80 bucks down the toilet. you ask a good question about the stragglers i will let someone with more experience answer that one.

[myjohnson]

google Lymphocystis and do some research on it.

but again, it could just me normal damage or something else.

I'm no expert.

[J-WS6]

what would be wrong with losing a few stragglers...Isnt that just survival of the fittest? Or can it lead to a chain effect and always end up with at least one "straggling"?

Sure. But why waste the cash? You've gone out of your way to spend this much on a nice colony already, why not try to take full advantage of every single one?

Yeah, it can be survival of the fittest in some cases, but it all comes down to the ratio. Have you vented them yet?

[newb]

I havent personally yet...but when I ordered I was assured by allison at cichlidandherps.net(where they came from) that there was a 7:24 ratio. I think its actually now an 8:24 ratio cause I counted 32 when putting in the tank.

[myjohnson]

why didnt you vent them before you put them in there?

[geoff_tropheus]

how big are your fish?

[newb]

some 3" most are 3.5". I got one or two that are 2.5". I wasnt thinking about venting at the time. I was just excited about getting some really good looking fish.

[geoff_tropheus]

Even the most experienced person at venting Tropheus is going to have a lot of trouble venting any fish under 3.5" and be able to tell for certain male or female. Unspawned females are going to look very close to males.

It is uncommon to get better than 1M/3F or 1M/2F in Wild Tropheus I would say the best is usually 1/4 from the wild but sometimes deals like this do appear.

Just be aware that some of those "females" may turn out to be males when they get to 3.5 to 4 inches

[geoff_tropheus]

BTW those are some really nice looking Katoto. Your going to be extremely happy!!

[newb]

interesting...so far I have had 3 males take up territory, and last night all of them had ladies in their chambers! I was kind of shocked to see them doing it already