thinkin bout giving trophs a shot....TROPH FREAKS LOOK lol

[fshfrk]

10 years ago must have been a dream?

[gotticgs]

55 is a fine size, cheap trophs can be found. have good filtration and an even better rockscape to control territories. you dont need a large tank like everyone fights over...i have 19 trophs in a 40g and 8 are adults, no agression and they even breed ALL THE TIME. dont let people get you down bro. do what you want and as long as you take very good care of them and can control the aggression then no one can tell you otherwise. AS far as difficulty of care....tropheus are NOTTTTTTTT hard to take care of at all. My geophagus require WAYYY more attention than my tropheus do. just get good food, do weekly water changes and your fish will be as happy as mine and everyone else who keeps trophs....so basically what im saying, and ill probably get shot for it but it really is the truth unlike what everything thinks, TROPHEUS ARE NO HARDER TO CARE FOR AS ANY OTHER FISH for the most part.

Really? dude I guess we are all just Idiots then ...

[gotticgs]

absolutely not true...but feel free to do things your way. like mark said...nobody can stop you from keeping your fish however you want. As a suggestion...I would listen to those who have kept these fish for a very long time. I have followed their words and am proud to say I have produced fry from every varient I have kept. good luck in getting involved with these fish if you think these are the fish for you.

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[supadave]

absolutely not true...but feel free to do things your way. like mark said...nobody can stop you from keeping your fish however you want. As a suggestion...I would listen to those who have kept these fish for a very long time. I have followed their words and am proud to say I have produced fry from every varient I have kept. good luck in getting involved with these fish if you think these are the fish for you.

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[newb]

absolutely not true...but feel free to do things your way. like mark said...nobody can stop you from keeping your fish however you want. As a suggestion...I would listen to those who have kept these fish for a very long time. I have followed their words and am proud to say I have produced fry from every varient I have kept. good luck in getting involved with these fish if you think these are the fish for you.

[mark razmandi]

55 is a fine size, cheap trophs can be found. have good filtration and an even better rockscape to control territories. you dont need a large tank like everyone fights over...i have 19 trophs in a 40g and 8 are adults, no agression and they even breed ALL THE TIME. dont let people get you down bro. do what you want and as long as you take very good care of them and can control the aggression then no one can tell you otherwise. AS far as difficulty of care....tropheus are NOTTTTTTTT hard to take care of at all. My geophagus require WAYYY more attention than my tropheus do. just get good food, do weekly water changes and your fish will be as happy as mine and everyone else who keeps trophs....so basically what im saying, and ill probably get shot for it but it really is the truth unlike what everything thinks, TROPHEUS ARE NO HARDER TO CARE FOR AS ANY OTHER FISH for the most part.

[rullypullyfishhead]

one day ill have a tropheus tank

[geoff_tropheus]

Kiriza is a narrow band that is yellow and has some orange in it. Kiriza stripe does go belly to dorsal tip

Ikola is pure yellow and wide band. I have seen some Ikola where it does get into the dorsal some, but not much.

Bemab is mostly red with some yellow and has a wide band.

[russ]

i work 10 hrs a day and do it...dont give up so easy!
you can do a weekly water change in 20 minutes with a python hose.

[aggrocichlidfan]

ahhhhh too much wrk for me.....with school AND football i can devote time or energy to there energy craving selves lol.....maybe in the future wen i get my 500 gallon ill throw some on there

[HONdata]

Yah read on it so more before you try, there not like SA cichlids. These guys require alot of attention and patience. If you dont do it right you will loose alot of money.
Good filteration, good flow, weekly water changes, good diet meaning more veggies food, and the list keeps going. GOOD LUCK!

[Glass Onion]

Five Tropheus = one Tropheus.
Sell your fish in the big tank and save the proceeds so you can get 25-30 fry and rock a Tropheus tank.
Once you have Trophs, you will see: there is no other fish! (except Petro's)
Listen to the advice given on the forum about Trophs. These peeps know their shizzzz. Read and ask questions about what you've read: part of the experience is to find stuff out on your own and come back with questions.
Welcome to the addiction,
Jenney.

[myjohnson]

I say just wait. Read up on them some more. Find out what you really want or if you even really want to take care of them.

Once you decide what you want go for it.

[tbui1178]

PM TNT.. I think he may have some ikola fry.

[jeebus]

Thick yellow stripe can be Kiriza or Ikola. The way to tell is that with the Ikola, the stripe stops at where the dorsal fin attaches to the back. On the Kiriza, it goes through the dorsal fin.