Tropheus Cherry Spot

[Austy16414]

Tropheus Cherry Spot

Sounds like you need to work on your negotiation skills my friend. Shall we rally up the troops, start a petition and start getting signatures?

You can totally get away with a 55/75 with only 15. Just beef up on filtration and flow, and cut down on scape

[ptran]

+1 on wife has to go...lol.

This guy kept 59 troph colony in a 30G long. So I'm sure you can keep 19 in that 55G with adequate filtration.
http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforum...us+chibongbong

[Austy16414]

+1 on wife has to go...lol.

This guy kept 59 troph colony in a 30G long. So I'm sure you can keep 19 in that 55G with adequate filtration.
http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforum...us+chibongbong

Hahah yea that thread is the epitome of rules are made to be broken. Anyone ever tried to duplicate Quoc's experiment?

[black_knight]

The plan was to keep atleast 2 species. The fish are still small. I've got about 8 months to scheme.

[black_knight]

This is my dominant male. My son has named him Thor. He's not the biggest but he is starting to show the cherry spots, and claimed his territory along with the dancing for the ladies. He won't sit still under the light for a photo. These guys are starting get a little more bullet proof. They are eating some mysis, brine shrimp, and and occasional live freshwater copepods from a freshwater refugium on top of the omega one sinking pellets. 2 meals a day. I don't know what I'll do once they grow out. They are fun to watch. I might grow out a different species, or start up a rainbowfish tank.

[black_knight]

These have been the fastest growing fry, I've ever had.

[moganman]

Looking great! They have grown fast!

[Austy16414]

Good looking fish man, and quite the growers! I'm sure you'll figure something out to keep them

[black_knight]

Good looking fish man, and quite the growers! I'm sure you'll figure something out to keep them

They are beasties! Thanks for getting them for me. I hope your fish room is working out. I haven't forgot about bringing over that 40 breeder for you. Just been so busy with 2 jobs. My wife is bugging me to get rid of it. lol

[Austy16414]

They are beasties! Thanks for getting them for me. I hope your fish room is working out. I haven't forgot about bringing over that 40 breeder for you. Just been so busy with 2 jobs. My wife is bugging me to get rid of it. lol

Think ya got the wrong guy here

[moganman]

That's for me lol

[black_knight]

I clicked on the wrong quote. Harder when you are responding on cell phone. It was for Moganman.

[black_knight]

I'm pretty shocked at the growth rate. I have a few that are still under an inch. They were all the same size when I got them. The largest is just under 2 inches. Not kidding. I just got these end of December. Tropheus I've had in the past put on about 1/2 inch in 3-6 months, with a pretty hefty feeding regime. These guys probably have more algae in the tank to graze and I've got freshwater amphipods in the tank ( that's only last 2 1/2 weeks). The bigger ones are starting to show a color pattern change. I'm letting my wife feed them some times (hoping she'll get attached to them). That's how she got attached to my F. rostratus colony ( I'm the one who got bored with them).

[Austy16414]

Hopefully she comes around on them. Once she sees that nice red, she'll melt like butter. I'm not surprised with the growth, Josiah is bringing in some high quality fish. My bishops from him grew from .5" to 2.5+" in less than 6 months

[black_knight]

Here is my second biggest male- he's alpha the hot pink spots are coming out. My wife today said your tank is looking little small. She may come around after all. I think she's reconsidering since I brought in all the Nanotanks into my office.
I am gonna let her keep feeding them. ��

Photos aren't so great. I spent a half hour trying to find a moment he would stay still.
I took out half the rock last week for more swiming space. I thought I had 15 left but I'm now counting 17.
they have cleaned most of algae of the back of the tank.