Mixing tanga with malawi?

Haha, gibbs lor!

Seriously, it's not a good idea to mix. Lake Tanganyikan fishes have gone through a very long period of isolation and have developed very "specialised" form of feeding. Altolamprologous for instance, thrive in rocks where they slip in and out (because of their slim profile) easily, taking their prey by surprise but at the same time avoiding larger preying fishes by hiding in rocks.

In my mind Lake Malawi fishes is probably at earlier stages of development where the fishes are mostly free swimming open water, mid water feeders and therefore they tend to be adept at catching prey in open water. In a tank condition, due to the confined space, it's difficult to mix and yet expect no casualties. there is a whole host of issues to figure out. I guess you can mix, but u probably need to think through quite a lot of issues, and Tangans are not exactly cheap. It's gonna be an expensive experiment!

hi spakase,

i do agree with you tanga are expensive.
i have only successfully mixed cheaper N.bichardi with malawi.

i am thinking about larger julies example J.regani or J.malari...
wonder if they are suitable?

Originally Posted by Spakase

Haha, gibbs lor!

Seriously, it's not a good idea to mix. Lake Tanganyikan fishes have gone through a very long period of isolation and have developed very "specialised" form of feeding. Altolamprologous for instance, thrive in rocks where they slip in and out (because of their slim profile) easily, taking their prey by surprise but at the same time avoiding larger preying fishes by hiding in rocks.

In my mind Lake Malawi fishes is probably at earlier stages of development where the fishes are mostly free swimming open water, mid water feeders and therefore they tend to be adept at catching prey in open water. In a tank condition, due to the confined space, it's difficult to mix and yet expect no casualties. there is a whole host of issues to figure out. I guess you can mix, but u probably need to think through quite a lot of issues, and Tangans are not exactly cheap. It's gonna be an expensive experiment!

[TaNgS_RuLe]

Originally Posted by TOM32

You won't be wronged, mind to elobrate what are the other tangans similar?

haha.. i mentioned alrdy leh, tropheus, simochromis, petrochromis. Gobies (tanganicodus, spathodus and eretmodus) should do well as well..

Regards

Originally Posted by ksc133

hi spakase,

i do agree with you tanga are expensive.
i have only successfully mixed cheaper N.bichardi with malawi.

i am thinking about larger julies example J.regani or J.malari...
wonder if they are suitable?

From my experience, julies do fine with tropheus, which are similar in behavior to malawians, so I believe they should be fine..

[johannes]

singa aquarium still open?