Tanganyika: Kilesa and Friends

[ptran]

This is one of my Tanganyika grow out tanks with 8 Kilesa and some friends. Got this group from Rusty a few weeks back. They are about 3"-4" long and growing. There are probably 3 males and 5 females.

Tank size is just 20G long and an AC70 for growing out. I realize that it might be overkill with filtration and flow, but they seem to be fine and happy.
These clowns are so fun to watch!

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[Austy16414]

Love the Kilesa ptran. Nice snag!

[ptran]

Austin thanks bro. One of my favorite Tangs.


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[augusto9605]

really nice!!

[ptran]

Thanks Augusto. Will try to grow them out and hopefully they'll breed.

[morpheus]

awesome. they all look very active and happy in their new home. good luck growing them out!

[ptran]

Thanks Morpheus. Can't wait to see those males mature and fully coloring up.

[ptran]

Building sand dune

Not sure at what size these guys would start breeding. I saw this last night.
Red dots are top of sand dunes.

Kilesa net.jpg

[Austy16414]

Nice. That's a fun fish to watch breed

[morpheus]

pretty cool...looks like they are setting up a little military bunker zone. not sure either what age/size they begin breeding, but looks like a promising start.

[ptran]

Not sure what the mystery of those sand dunes, but it's cool to watch. I will add another 1" of sand so they have more to play with.

[Austy16414]

That's a male digging out a breeding spot to impress a female. Definitely a solid start

[Austy16414]

A lot of open water fish breed in that manner

[ptran]

I get the reason they dig hole to mark teritory but why not dump all the sand in one spot? That's a mystery bro lol.

[Austy16414]

Haha have you tried asking him?