Neolamprologus brichardi/Neolamprologus Lelupi tank

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OK, so I'm looking at starting from scratch with my cichlid tank in terms of fish kept. I currently have 1 of each of the fish mentioned in the thread title.
I've just done a little research and found they can be kept in the same tank but I cant find any info on male to female ratios.
Tank is a 50 gallon bow front so how many of each fish would you say was a good safe number of each fish to keep?
 

toddnbecka

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Unless you want a species tankful of brichardi, don't allow a pair to become established. If you want to breed them, remove the leleupi and add 5 more brichardi. Then remove the extra brichardi after you have a pair, and figure out what you're going to do with hundreds of fry. Same w/the leleupi for pairing, but you can keep one or two other species with them in the tank.
 

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leluepi do better in pairs not trios. You could get a few more and let them pair up, but only one pair in a 50 gsllon, the males will fight. Brichardi will take over a tank if allowed to breed. The older juvies will help protect the younger ones. Very interesting colonial behavior and worthy of a species tank. The combo would work for a while, but in the long run the leluepi will suffer at the hands of the territorial brichardi colony.
 
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