will these fish do well 2gether in a 72g bf

[mosammy121]

these i already have,they are in 2 separate tanks until i pick up the tank this weekend.let me know if any of the fish listed are not compatible(proly the tropheus )

1=n.nigriventrus
1=n.pulcher(daffodil)
1=calvus(black)
1=alto gold comp.

2=n.mustax
3=t.brichardi
3=c.macrops (oragetail)
1=alto sumbu (dwarf comp.)

and these are the ones i plan to buy

2=syno petricola cats
3=tropheus moori (cape chipimbi zambia)

oh!! and also a breeder friend of mine owes me a trio of t.bifrenatus so i may need to add those.
does anyone think i can fit 2 or 3 shellies(L.stappersi)

 

[Deb2]

I would not put tropheus in that tank. They are vegetarians and will get bloat if fed animal protein.
Pulcher and brichardi will hybridize and belong in separate tanks. Also the altolamps may hybridize.
Other than that you should be ok, although the brichardi colplex tend to take over a tank if they spawn.

 

[mosammy121]

thanks for the reply Deb2-
"I would not put tropheus in that tank. They are vegetarians and will get bloat if fed animal protein"
i've been feeding my tangs an all veggie diet for about 2yrs i plan to keep it that way,2 questions 1-is this diet not ok for the life of my fish?
2-if it is ok,can the tropheus be added?

"Pulcher and brichardi will hybridize and belong in separate tanks."
at the moment they are,the brichardi i have are not neolamps they are telmatochromis,does that still apply?

"Also the altolamps may hybridize"
i believe i have 2 males,the dwarf i'm not sure of yet,either way they'd be lunch

thank very much for the help.


sam

 

[Deb2]

Oops, didn't see the T. in front of the brichardi and they won't hybridize (at least not as far as I know).
I ran into problems with the calvus on a vegie diet. I don't know if it was the food or other factors but my black calvus got a tumor-like growth at his anus about one week after feeding a vegie diet (I added a couple of T. dubosi to the tank). I returned to feeding animal protein and the calvus was fine, tumor went away, and he went on to spawn many times. A friend of mine still has him.
I don't think that in the long term it is good for carnivors to be fed only vegies but it seems to be working for you. I think that the tropheus will also rip apart the calvus. Tropheus are aggressive and calvus are slow and pretty mild compared to the tropheus.