Tankmates for Elec.Yellow and Krib
William M Lee
Hi all,
I have an electric yellow and a krib in a 55 gallon tank and I'm
hoping to find other compatible fish for them. I'm in search of
something that doesn't grow over 5" and is rather peaceful. The krib and
elec. yellow are getting along great. I've seen regal peacocks being
sold at stores but I'm not sure about their temperament. I want to get a
golden julie but none of my local pet stores ever have any. Are there
any other peaceful african cichlids I can keep? TIA!
Sincerely,
William Lee
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William Lee
wl...@lynx.dac.neu.edu
Northeastern University
College of Engineering
Ken
> I have an electric yellow and a krib in a 55 gallon tank and I'm
> hoping to find other compatible fish for them. I'm in search of
> something that doesn't grow over 5" and is rather peaceful. The krib and
> elec. yellow are getting along great. I've seen regal peacocks being
> sold at stores but I'm not sure about their temperament. I want to get a
> golden julie but none of my local pet stores ever have any. Are there
> any other peaceful african cichlids I can keep? TIA!
Hi William,
Kribs (Pelvicachromis pulcher) and electric yellows (L.careuleus spelling?)
are not considered compatible. Kribs are West African fish which inhabit
soft water with an acid pH and electric yellows are from Lake Malawi which
has hard alkaline water.
Hope this helps,
Ken.
Mark A. Stone
> Hi William,
More Kribensis! --Mark
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William M Lee
Hi all,
I might get another krib or two. I've also seen neolamprologus
brichardi, jewels and melanochromis johanni at stores. Are any of these
okay for my fish? Someone suggested a pseudotropheus acei but I'll have
to keep looking for one in stores.
Sincerely,
William Lee
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Ted Panasci
In article <69ga2f$ho6$2...@isn.dac.neu.edu>,
wl...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (William M Lee) wrote:
>
> Hi all,
> I might get another krib or two. I've also seen neolamprologus
>brichardi, jewels and melanochromis johanni at stores. Are any of these
>okay for my fish? Someone suggested a pseudotropheus acei but I'll have
>to keep looking for one in stores.
>
> Sincerely,
> William Lee
If you get a M. johanni, you will end up with a pretty ragged krib.
Melanochromis tend to be a more aggressive, albeit relatively smaller, East
African cichlid.
Ted
Klaus
Hi William,
Sorry it took so long before I replied but i was kinda busy ;)
I would stick with the two species you have now.
Cichlid behaviour is a wonderfull thing to watch and
is even more wonderfull when they start breeding.
Surely you understand that a krib and a yellow lab
won't see eachother as mates :)
I would try to find out the sex of both:
-with kribs that's easy, males have long dorsal and anal
fins with sharp ends, females are smaller, have a thick
red to purple belly and don't have the pointed fins.
-yellow labs are a lot harder to vent. Try to find someone
in you neigbourhood who has exp with this (maybe your
lfs?). If you can't vent him/her just get some more and
you'll propably have a couple anyway (however you'd
want 1 male for 2 to 3 females).
So I'd stick with one couple of kribs (don't get an odd
number of kribs... the couples that pair off will kill the
leftover when they start to breed) and 4 to 6 labs (at the
1:2 or 1:3 male/female ratio).
If you must add another species I would suggest a
malawi species that however isn't too aggresive and
then take only four labs. I'ld suggest a couple of
peacocks (Aulonacara stuartgranti for instance) or
some utaka (more peacefull than mbuna). It would
be wise to add the rest of your fish at the same time
and rearrange your tank a bit so the lab won't be too
territorial (maybe add some hiding places too; don't
know how your tank is set up now...)
As a last remark (then I'll stop yapping):
IMO you would be better off with the kribs in a tank
of their own (a small 10-15 gallon tank) with some
target fish, because I doubt rift lake species
combined with west-african is such a good idea...
I never tried it though so I might be wrong.
Anyway if it works out... let us know !
HTH
Klaus
-----Original Message-----
From: William M Lee <wl...@lynx.dac.neu.edu>
Newsgroups: rec.aquaria.freshwater.cichlids
To: Klaus Vancamelbeke <kl...@intersight.be>
Date: Wednesday, January 14, 1998 11:16 PM
Subject: Re: Pseudotropheus daktari: what temperament?
> Hi,
> I have a yellow lab and a krib in a large 55 gallon tank. I'm
>hoping to add small and peaceful african cichlids. What do you think is
>compatible? TIA!
>
>
> Sincerely,
> William Lee
>
JOSEPH RIZZI
I know different people appreciate different things. My favorite fish
in my large African aquarium are my Hapalachromis Moori(sp?). They are
just a plain but very pretty blue and they never bother any other fish.
As I watch them they just (there are 2)swim in formation around and
around, never stopping except when they see me then they rush to the
glass. I know they consider me a food source and I cannot expect some
kind of reciprocal relationship here,but I still enjoy how they dance
around in place, trying to get my attention with their many tricks. I
have a fry tank right next to it and I'll be staring in there trying to
count to see if I've lost any, I'll feel these eyes staring at me and
as I turn to my left, they will be perfectly still, staring straight at
me. I don't know which one of us looks more silly. I always laugh.
I like my yellow labs, too, but have more trouble with them because I
have males and females and the males always want to and the females
seem to never want to....hmmm. The golden julie I've been told is mean.
If that is the fish I think I might have had once, it is the meanest
fish I ever saw...............................................Zee
In <69dtnb$8lt$1...@isn.dac.neu.edu> wl...@lynx.dac.neu.edu (William M Lee)
writes:
>
> Hi all,
> I have an electric yellow and a krib in a 55 gallon tank and I'm
>hoping to find other compatible fish for them. I'm in search of
>something that doesn't grow over 5" and is rather peaceful. The krib
and
>elec. yellow are getting along great. I've seen regal peacocks being
>sold at stores but I'm not sure about their temperament. I want to get
a
>golden julie but none of my local pet stores ever have any. Are there
>any other peaceful african cichlids I can keep? TIA!
>
>
> Sincerely,
> William Lee
Nugent
I think the jewels are west african too, and mine are pretty docile. I
hear they are very rambunctious when spawning/parenting, though. Don't
know about the Electric yellows, but they would do fine with kribs, I
think. I had a johanni, but he couldn't deal with more more aggressive
fish I had.
Good luck!
Meg
dr
HAPLOCHROMIS MOORII
LAMPROLOGUS BRICHARDI
LAMPROLOGUS LELEUPI
They're great, they all have personalities, get some if you can...