How is my stocking?

The brichardi are likely to be a problem if they are a breeding pair (and a male female couple are likely to breed). They will be severely intolerant of tank mates and claim a large portion of the tank. I've not kept them my self but they have a fierce reputation when breeding.

If you can't off-load handily then leave them be and keep fingers crossed...might be a cause for another tank in due course though :D even a 40G long would be perfect for them if they breed...and you will end up with a really nice little troupe of brichardi so win win !
 
Cool deal coler way to go on the info..

The only thing i could add to this already great info thread is that brichardi's are very aggressive in regards to defending a nest of fry and will hold a fish 3x its size at bay and where ever the fry go the parents go and trouble looms from the parents..

As a hobbyist i have raised brichardi's many times with and without others present in my experience a breeding pair of brichardi's belong to a tank by themselves, my latest endeavor was raising brichardi's with frontosa i no longer have these fish but to see them back down a frontosa 3x its size was pretty amazing to me..

But like was told if you have 2 males shouldn't be a problem only with a pair so at this point if they are small you could wait to see what develops with them and if all is normal and no beat downs are be provided all should be ok..

Just keep an eye on the maturing mbuna and see what unfolds with them at any rate have fun with your fish they are tons of fun to watch.
 
Great article, Coler.

Brichardis in a 55 will take over roughly 1/4 of the tank. They will push every other fish to the other side of the tank. They don't seem to be aggressive to point of chasing a fish to death, but they will keep the rest pushed to one side, causing a pile-up of fish on one side, and 2 fish on the other.

I removed all but several 2 week old fry in my main tank and moved the parents and fry to a breeder. The fry in the MT not only survived but have grown to 1", and now defend their territory against Calvus three times their size. I think a couple of females in a Tang tank would be okay, but in the Mbuna tank they would be out of place and probably stressed.
They live in large colonies in the wild and are always looking to establish those in the aquarium. Neat for a dedicated 55 gallon or 40 breeder, but just not a good community candidate, even for Mbuna.
 
Like I said, the earliest I can get pictures up is wednesday night (out of town). But I'm beginning to think my Brichardis are actually Albino Zebras? They're very similar in shape to the zebras, but are albino... When comparing photos, if my memory is correct, my fish in question have a more blunt face than the brichardis I've seen...

Oh, and PS, thanks for the really nice info :)
 
Should be no problem IDing the 2, as they are quite different. Brichardi have long flowing finnage, with a bit of a V or U in the tail fin, and yellow and black/ brown markings on the face. Pseudotropheus Zebra looks like a typical Mbuna, with classic finnage.
 
The albino brichardi will be entirely white, but have completely different body shape and finnage to a pseudotropheus, as already noted - picture afro's fish but with that colouration and red eyes. Pic of your guys will make it v easy to ID :)
 
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