My tanganyikan Setup

[xinanlove]

hi bros, below is my tanganyikan setup , any ideas where can i improve on? Sry for blur pics, took them using my handphone.

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[fotoudavid]

Very nice, you need to have more hiding place for them.

[dwarflala]

a gradual slope would be nice too!

[Ben555]

Good job, always happy to see folks trying out different things.

Keep it up

[aquarius]

Your tank is too small for the tropheus dubosi. They need at least a 3ft tank when they reach adults and they'll grow very fast. Btw did you buy them from NKS for abt $30+ ?

[xinanlove]

Your tank is too small for the tropheus dubosi. They need at least a 3ft tank when they reach adults and they'll grow very fast. Btw did you buy them from NKS for abt $30+ ?

for mine they grow very slow, changing them into 4ft tank when adult size. I bought from y618 and qianhu

[aquarius]

From the pic you have some of them that looks like the german dubosi i saw quite sometime back at NKS. They had 2 tanks of dubosi, the normal one and the $30+ german ones. The front part of the german ones looks more whitish... like the band abt the show even at that young age while the normal ones don't really exhibit this.

I've kept a few pieces of the normal ones b4 and even when they are almost adult in size only 2 of them show the white band (not promenient somemore) while the rest is almost black in colour. Really curious to knw whether other people who have kept the normal ones also have the same experience as me.

[xinanlove]

so mine is what type of dubosi?

[aquarius]

From the two places you bought, it's very likely the normal taiwan fish which cost below $10 but you've got a few good pieces there.

[xinanlove]

i find them very cute, whenever i put my hand near the tank they will swim very fast towards it, and bought 18 of them , 1 died last month ago due to bloated..

btw they grow quite slow right?

[aquarius]

They are fantastic fishes to keep!! They're always so lively and energetic and i really enjoy watching them. They can eat alot and they always seem to be hungry so DON'T overfeed them. They can grow very fast!! Do check out www.cichlid-forum.com for more info about them and to drool over the setups of the overseas' hobbyists.

[xinanlove]

They are fantastic fishes to keep!! They're always so lively and energetic and i really enjoy watching them. They can eat alot and they always seem to be hungry so DON'T overfeed them. They can grow very fast!! Do check out www.cichlid-forum.com for more info about them and to drool over the setups of the overseas' hobbyists.

you seems to know them very well

at what size when they fade thier colours? i can see few of them got yellow band forming

[aquarius]

I started keeping dubosi a few yrs back but later got rid of them and now i have ikola, red rainbows and muragos.

For the "better" quality ones, the white dots fade out and the white bands show up at about 3inches to slightly smaller than 3inches in size. I've seen foreign hobbyist's fishes not only change colour from a young age but the white band is also very broad and clear unlike mine.

[xinanlove]

for mine the white bands have show up a little, but the white dots have a little fade already

is there any fish i can keep with them together? i saw a type like mine but the band is red in colour at qianhu, may i know what type of dubosi is that?

[aquarius]

All your questions will be answered at www.cichlid-forum.com