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[Gareth]

Can you keep these two together?

Gareth

[Poncho]

How you going Gareth?

Mate it kind of depends on which malawi and which tang. Most malawis will be fine but some of the tangs get a bit sensitive. Plus depends if you want to breed or not too

[Gareth]

Good mate urself?

Just for display purposes...
Got Afra cobwes, Chilumba, fulleborni, interruptus and will be putting elecy blues in too...

Cheers mate

[Poncho]

Going well mate.

Well those are all malawis, what sort of tangs were you looking at?

I'd suggest if you want a display tang in that tank, maybe go for a medium sized Neolamprologus eg. brichardi, leleupi, cylindricus, tretocephalus or some Julidiochromis, Chalinochromis species.

These guys will like the same rocky setup as the malawis you've got, are probably the most hardiest tangs you can get and can be quite attractive. I've kept most of those suggested with malawis at some stage and for the most part they ignore each other. Substrate spawning tangs typically only show aggression to conspecifics unless trying to breed so make sure you don't end up with a pair in the tank otherwise there will be some fierce competition for territory.

[Gareth]

Was looking at putting some Duboisi's in there?

[Bowdy]

How big is the tank mate. How many were you thinking.

[Gareth]

6x2x2.
Prob 2-3?

[Bowdy]

Tropheus should really be kept in min colony of 8.

[sandgroper]

I mix mine together Gareth, i keep elect yellows, duboisi, demasoni, leleupi, auratus, calvus, petricola and polli catfish, moorii, marlieri and even fire mouths.All of these have been bred together, i believe for it to work you need 1 a large tank, 2 a deep tank and 3 lots of hidy holes good luck steve.

[Gareth]

So i'm guna put it out there and hope no one takes offence, I have come to realise that there is no set boundary on what u keep together, it all depends on how tough the fish are and if ur willing to risk their well being...
I understand that some species of fish have water perameters that need to be met and certain fish outsize others...

I appreciate everyones comments and input, so I reckon im guna give it a go.

Cheers guys.
Gareth

[Peckoltia]

I have 3 tropheus in my 8x3 'malawi' display, a duboisi, moliro and ikola. I have no problems with this arrangement. I think that the tank size and the massive amount of fish in the tank stop them from picking on each other (only 3 troph's).

Just be mindful of their diet.

[Gareth]

hell yeh, looks good mate.

[Bowdy]

If you want some awesome quality tangs do yourself a favor and pm mike you won't find better.

http://www.perthcich...showtopic=42328

[Peckoltia]

Gareth, be mindful when doing this. Just because it works in my tank doesn't mean it will work for you. Not an arrangement I would recommend to a novice fish keeper.

[Junglefish]

i kept frontosa with 2 oscars and malawis, never had a problem. i used tang buffer for the fronty and the oscars didnt mind the high ph. just be careful of what you feed them, duboisi will eat until they explode!!!

[sandgroper]

Gareth, be mindful when doing this. Just because it works in my tank doesn't mean it will work for you. Not an arrangement I would recommend to a novice fish keeper.

I Agree with this also, you must be tuned in to your tank and be able to read the signs ,to nip any problems in the butt early. cheers steve

[Poncho]

The saying is "to nip it in the bud" steve. You must be thinking of something else