Hard Water Lampeye

[mk_ultra]

I have a 4' long 45gal tank with Tangayikan sand dwellers. I keep Tanganyikan Cichlids and killies. Besides the obvious Tang killie, what would make a good fish for the top strata of the tank?

[Happy Camper]

Any of the Cyprichromis (sardine cichlids) will do nicely. If you have a big tank you can get a small school of them. The 'Blue Flash' variety are pretty small so you could keep a school of about 6.

[mk_ultra]

I keep Cyp leptesoma "Utinta" and have bred the Blue Flash variety-very prolific. I was looking more at the lampeyes to kinda change things up a bit.

[retro_gk]

Hey MK, small world

May I suggest one of the Procatopus species? They max out at 2". I've seen P. aberrans, P. nototaenia and P. similis on stock lists with some regularity.

[mk_ultra]

No kidding what's up!
I didnt know you were a fellow kilie nut.

I have acces to Procaopus but are they a godd hard water killie?

Let me know ASAP, as I have a killie club meeting tomorrow.

[retro_gk]

Not exactly a killie nut, I dabble in a bit of everything

Procatopus are tolerant of a wide range of conditions. A friend of mine keeps his aberrans and similis in LA tap water, which is nice and hard and perfect for tangs.

So long as the water is clean and well aerated, you will be fine.

Be sure to acclimatize them to your water carefully, though

[whuntley]

Rahul said the magic words.

I have kept Procatopus in Santa Clara tap (450 ppm tds) and Fremont (300 ppm tds). They did very well, but are terribly intolerant of low oxygen conditions, IME.

Wright

[imported_john]

Lacustricola pumilus can be found in the Tanganyika :
http://fishbase.mnhn.fr/Summary/spec...esname=pumilus

[retro_gk]

ooh, pretty fish! Haven't seen Lacustricola around, though. How common are they in the hobby?