150 gallon cichlid community

[Paul Irwin]

I am going to set-up my 150 gal aquarium as a cichlid community tank and I
would like some input.

I have some adult electric blues, red empress haps, sunshine peacocks, a
pair of Copadichromis borylei, and a male H. venustus in my backyard ponds,
so that is my desired starting point. I am planning on adding some
Aulonocara huesceri from the basement and I wondered if there were any
thoughts on the possible addition of Julidochromis ornatus, Neolamprologus
brichardi, or Telmatochromis vittatus to the mix.

I will have tank space to remove any fish that have problems, but I would
like to eliminate as many problems as I can in advance. My various
Pseduotrophus species and M. aratus don't seem to be reasonable candidates
for addmission to this tank.

[RedForeman ©®]

Second that... No Julies with the deep water haps and peacocks... wrong mix,
bad idea, making for a disaster...
"The Madd Hatter" > wrote in message
ble.rogers.com...
> I wouldn't add the julies and the brichardi myself. All the rest of the
fish
> are Haps or Peakcocks that get pretty big(over 6"). In some cases they
also
> get pretty aggresive. The haps are all malawi mouth brooders, While the
> tangs are egg layers, that won't get bigger then 3.5" range, and even that
> very slowly. Considering that you'll have them in a tank w/ predators 2 or
3
> times their size, they will probably get killed down the line, or in the
> case ofthe julis become so reclusive that you never see them. I've tried
> this before and found that the julies don't compete well for food in that
> kind of scenario, and the birchardi, once they spawn become very
> territorial. At this point they don't give a hoot about the size of the
> competition and will probably throw off your tanks heirarchy.
> Pardon the spelling errors, I'm feeling kinda lazy today.
>
> HTH
> "Paul Irwin" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I am going to set-up my 150 gal aquarium as a cichlid community tank and
I
> > would like some input.
> >
> > I have some adult electric blues, red empress haps, sunshine peacocks, a
> > pair of Copadichromis borylei, and a male H. venustus in my backyard
> ponds,
> > so that is my desired starting point. I am planning on adding some
> > Aulonocara huesceri from the basement and I wondered if there were any
> > thoughts on the possible addition of Julidochromis ornatus,
Neolamprologus
> > brichardi, or Telmatochromis vittatus to the mix.
> >
> > I will have tank space to remove any fish that have problems, but I
would
> > like to eliminate as many problems as I can in advance. My various
> > Pseduotrophus species and M. aratus don't seem to be reasonable
candidates
> > for addmission to this tank.
> >
> >
>
>

[rmc]

I would stay away from the Tanganyika's that you mentioned. Those
fish would have to compete for territory and food against the Malawi's
which are much larger and hyper-active in comparison.

You may want to look at some more of the larger Malawi's for variety,
like Nimbochromis Linni, Protomelus Thick Lips and Ornatus,
Placidochromis Milomo, Chilotilapia Euchilus. OB Zebra's are a nice
distraction from the norm also.

--

Mark
http://www.cichliddomain.com


"Paul Irwin" > wrote in message
...
> I am going to set-up my 150 gal aquarium as a cichlid community tank
and I
> would like some input.
>
> I have some adult electric blues, red empress haps, sunshine
peacocks, a
> pair of Copadichromis borylei, and a male H. venustus in my backyard
ponds,
> so that is my desired starting point. I am planning on adding some
> Aulonocara huesceri from the basement and I wondered if there were
any
> thoughts on the possible addition of Julidochromis ornatus,
Neolamprologus
> brichardi, or Telmatochromis vittatus to the mix.
>
> I will have tank space to remove any fish that have problems, but I
would
> like to eliminate as many problems as I can in advance. My various
> Pseduotrophus species and M. aratus don't seem to be reasonable
candidates
> for addmission to this tank.
>
>