Julidochromis transcriptus black/gombi

[Tjaard de Vries]

a fish store about 150 miles from here sells these and the lady at the
phone told me that a couple of these fish would be suitable for shell
dweller-like small tanks like 50 litres.

is there anyone here with experience with these fish in small tanks?

[Amateur]

"Tjaard de Vries" > wrote in message
...
> a fish store about 150 miles from here sells these and the lady at the
> phone told me that a couple of these fish would be suitable for shell
> dweller-like small tanks like 50 litres.
>
> is there anyone here with experience with these fish in small tanks?
>

50 liters is a bit on the small side, although probably doable. You wouldn't
want more than a pair of these fish in a tank that size and no tank mates. More
than volume, a tank that was at least 75cm in length would be nice for these
fish. I've kept them happily in a 20G long tank, which would be about 75 liters
and 75 to 76 cm in length.
AC
www.amateurcichlids.com

[Tjaard de Vries]

hmmm... choices... Lamprologus brevis, L. ocellatus, L. multifasciatus, J.
transcriptus...

well, thanks for the advice :) .

On Tue, 16 Mar 2004 21:39:52 +0000, Amateur wrote:

>
> 50 liters is a bit on the small side, although probably doable. You wouldn't
> want more than a pair of these fish in a tank that size and no tank mates. More
> than volume, a tank that was at least 75cm in length would be nice for these
> fish. I've kept them happily in a 20G long tank, which would be about 75 liters
> and 75 to 76 cm in length.
> AC
> www.amateurcichlids.com