What's your favorite Tanganikan Fishes?

[wesleydnunder]

I'm not wild about petros though they are an interesting fish.

My favs:
n. leleupi
n. brichardi
calvus
julidochromis
chalinochromis
benthichromis
all shellies

I wouldn't keep fronts with petros or trophs.

Mark

[h0nkzz]

-Altolamprologus calvus & comps (any color/variant)
-Shellies (multies n occelatus varients)
-Cyprichromis (any varients)

These are the must haves !

My personal favorite is Tropheus ikola.

[jhenry]

Brichardi's were some of my first tangs, and I still like them. Some of my favorites are

Trophs
Xeno's
Cyp's
Neo's

I keep neo's years ago I enjoyed them nobody else in the tank did when they started breeding lol

[algarciajr]

Brichardi's were some of my first tangs, and I still like them. Some of my favorites are

Trophs
Xeno's
Cyp's
Neo's

[jhenry]

Have you ever kept a breeding colony of any species from the brichardi complex?

No? wow

And yes, I've kept fronts, petros, and tropheus

lol @ frontosas being active hahahahahahahahah

Yeah he must be a elitist we all should bow down to the tang keeping master

[sunkenmetal]

Never had any so no favs

[alexrex20]

Frontosa boring? wow
Petros and Trophs mindless and hyper? wow

Have you ever kept any of the 3? Might change your mind. I own all 3 and without a doubt when people come over that's all they ask about. Fronts, Trophs and Petros. All 3 are a very active species exspecially in larger groups. First time I have ever herd anyone say something like that LOL

Have you ever kept a breeding colony of any species from the brichardi complex?

No? wow

And yes, I've kept fronts, petros, and tropheus.

lol @ frontosas being active hahahahahahahahah

[SunnyHouTX]

Interchromis ;0)

Enterochromis?

[Cichlidfarm]

I couldn't care less about frontosa, Petros or Tropheus. The frontosas are too boring, and the Petros and Tropheus are too hyper and mindless.

Frontosa boring? wow
Petros and Trophs mindless and hyper? wow

Have you ever kept any of the 3? Might change your mind. I own all 3 and without a doubt when people come over that's all they ask about. Fronts, Trophs and Petros. All 3 are a very active species exspecially in larger groups. First time I have ever herd anyone say something like that LOL

[Cichlidfarm]

Interchromis ;0)

[TaTeR ToT]

I personally love gnathochromis permaxillaris, Google them, they are cool.

Ctenochromis horie are another one of my favs.

[Andrew Campos]

no one mentioned Calvus.. my favorite although sometimes hard to find ...look em up there real nice..

[alexrex20]

my all-time favorite Tangs are Neolamp. savoryi, which are a member of the brichardi complex, but do not breed in colonies. Rather, they pair off and raise the fry together. As the fry mature, they are exiled from the group (and removed from the tank). They have the most personality of ANY fish I've ever kept/seen.

My other favorites are Neolamp. buescheri.

I couldn't care less about frontosa, Petros or Tropheus. The frontosas are too boring, and the Petros and Tropheus are too hyper and mindless.

[JasonC]

In no particular order

cyathopharnyx
frontosa
tropheus
altolamprologus

[chrishem]

Those are awesome suggestion, everyone! There is names yall mention that I look up and they are Beautiful. I just finish up the 8ft 180g and I think a community tank be the route I want to go. I got 3 lil kids that would love a mixture of everything. I love to see them go ooooh and aaaah. I already got a 210g w/ trophs and petro.

How about:
Petro (6-8 moshi 6-7")
Small colony of troph (yellow murago)
2-3 type of cyps (10-14 total med size)
6 med. Front
Few bentho
Few comp
Some julido