What's your favorite Tanganikan Fishes?

[chrishem]

I'm trying to do a tang tank with different type of fishes that has great color to them. I like all types such as Hap, peacock, cyp and others from 3"-9" inches. Since I don't know too much of them, I like your guys input on what's your favorite or recommend for my setup. Thanks!

[tattoo]

haps and peacocks arent tangs......however i am sure you know that.......cyps are some of my favorites......i have kariza blacks.....but favorite are feather fins are benthochromis tricoti but you would need a big tank for them....

[myjohnson]

Petrochromis FTW!

[supadave]

Trophs ... Fronts..... Petros

[myjohnson]

All tangs are tight in general!

I don't see how anyone can go wrong keeping fishes from there.

But the scape should aim for biotope to really set it off.

Dave, your top three is like my top three but just in different orders :)

[jhenry]

Petros, trophs, callochromis, neolamprolugus shellies. In that order

[danielp]

Have had quite a few types over the years.

Brichardi's were 1st and helped sustain the hobby for years trading daffodil fry in at Neptune Gardens.

Adding some steatocranus tinanti to a tank soon.

Starting to really appreciate my Burundi's now.

[armthehomeless]

My favorite tangs:

• Benthochromis tricoti
• Enantiopus kilesa
• Xenotilapia papilio " Tembwe II"
• Bathybates minor
• Cyprichromis sp.
• Cyathopharnyx furcifer/foai

[crazy42bmx]

Im into the trophs like some people. But iv allways kinda been fond of a nice gold head compressicps. Some Neolamprologus Meleagris are cool. A community is fun to do as well, just make some good rock scapes for homes as some can be a little bit aggressive like the Neolamp Buesheri. "nice fish tho" But no matter what you choose your sure to fall into the tang love !

[chrishem]

Those are awesome suggestion, everyone! There is names yall mention that I look up and they are Beautiful. I just finish up the 8ft 180g and I think a community tank be the route I want to go. I got 3 lil kids that would love a mixture of everything. I love to see them go ooooh and aaaah. I already got a 210g w/ trophs and petro.

How about:
Petro (6-8 moshi 6-7")
Small colony of troph (yellow murago)
2-3 type of cyps (10-14 total med size)
6 med. Front
Few bentho
Few comp
Some julido

[JasonC]

In no particular order

cyathopharnyx
frontosa
tropheus
altolamprologus

[alexrex20]

my all-time favorite Tangs are Neolamp. savoryi, which are a member of the brichardi complex, but do not breed in colonies. Rather, they pair off and raise the fry together. As the fry mature, they are exiled from the group (and removed from the tank). They have the most personality of ANY fish I've ever kept/seen.

My other favorites are Neolamp. buescheri.

I couldn't care less about frontosa, Petros or Tropheus. The frontosas are too boring, and the Petros and Tropheus are too hyper and mindless.

[Andrew Campos]

no one mentioned Calvus.. my favorite although sometimes hard to find ...look em up there real nice..

[TaTeR ToT]

I personally love gnathochromis permaxillaris, Google them, they are cool.

Ctenochromis horie are another one of my favs.

[Cichlidfarm]

Interchromis ;0)