Electric Blue Hap Questions

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I have a few questions about these fish. In a month or so I will be getting a 55 gallon (using it to hold fish while I move my 110 gallon, after which it will be empty). Will this be big enough for 1 electric blue male and 2 females? I imagine that there will be a large center piece of holy rock, but thats about it.

Will there be lots of harassment between the fish? I've never kept Africans before. Also, will a pH of about 7.8 be okay? My water is moderately hard, will I need to add minerals to the water?

Thanks
 
What size are they? The fish are like people with great range of aggressiveness. Three inch or less should be ok.

I would buy all of the rocks youa re goignt o use in 110 and put them in the 50G. :)
 
From what I have read, Haps get to be about 6 inches. I was thinking that with only 1 male with 2 females, there would not be much harasmment, or protecting of territory. These would be the only fish in there.

I could get more rock as well.

Any other opinions.

Thanks
 
I would consider a 75 the minimum tank size for those fish. They like to swim and a 55 just doesn't have enough depth (front to back) for fish that hit 6" or more.

Jim
 
I think they should be ok, I once had my spilinotus trio which were 8 inches each in the 60 gal. by themselves and they bred like crazy. I say give it a try.
 
Yeah, I was getting varying info on minimum tank size, one even said 30 gallons. Who knows, maybe I could go larger, but I doubt it.

Also, are there any smaller Africans that have that bright blue color like the electric blue males? Perhaps I could go with a trio of those (Scientific names please so that I can look them up on the internet).

Thanks
 
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Electric blue ahlis?
I've heard those things can get like 8" long!

I, too, was looking for something to contrast with my yellow labs, and I wanted to go blue.
I was looking at the electric blue ahlis, but they were too big.
I think they are a little too aggressive for the yellow labs, but one site said they would coexist "ok".

I started to look for other alternative blue cichlids...

I really like this site:
http://www.wetpetz.com/elecyellow.htm

Psuedotropheus zebra blue / Metriaclima callainos
P. scolofi (scolifi?)
Blue dolphin (Cyrtocara moorii)

I ended up with a bunch of P. zebra blue, which get about the same size and supposed to be pretty tame.
 
I think Pseudotropheus scolofi are a pretty good choice. I personally wouldn't put zebras in a 55... you might get away with it, but zebras can be pretty boisterous.

Ps. demasoni are fiesty blue fish; you need to have a good sized colony (i.e., a dozen or more), but if you do, they are interesting fish and they get along OK with yellow labs. Makes for a pretty tank.

Jim

Jim
 
Oh duh, those other electric blues... :)
Sorry, my brain was not quite working when I typed the first reply.

The regular electric blues have very pale females.
The coloration in the males are pretty intense though.
The different coloration kinda eliminated them as an option.

I think it's the same for the P. scolofi's.
Females are not as intense coloring.

This is why I went with the M. callainos.
The coloring are supposed to be about the same for male and females. :)
 
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