Nanochromis! At first I thought they might be N. transvestitus, but given that the larger fish has the caudal stripes, I'm going to say N. splendens. Either way, I'm jealous! These are awesome fishes; interesting behaviours, not hard to breed if you care for them properly, and always easy to sell. Really, really nice fishes.
These can be delicate. Who will be their tankmates?
Currently, small chocolate cichlid, 4 kribensis, 5 1"ish redhead tapajo, Cory cats. I am going to move the chocolate and tapajo to the 220g once they have more size. Cory cats to either the 120 or the 260.
The sooner the better as far as the Nanochromis are concerned. Neotropical and African cichlids don't speak the same language, which is often the root cause of all kinds of issues. Do you have a smaller tank that you could devote to the Nanochromis and some dithers?
I have a 29g with some cherry shrimp.
I don't know the first thing about shrimp (except for quite a few recipes), but a 29 without any competition for the bottom would be a happy place for a pair of N. splendens. Pair bond formation in Nanochromis can be testy, but a 29 should give them enough room to get out of each other's way, if necessary, provided you have set it up with lots of hiding places and some distractions, e. g. dithers, like relatively laid-back tetras and such.
So you can't wait till my Festae and Carpintis grow out and some need rehoming.....
Both will be gorgeous fish for sure... but looking for something a bit “different”
Fill that 300 with an African Peacock's, now that's a change
Boo! Lol, the 300 is one of the tanks Im happy with. The big community with the midas/red devil, bala sharks, bichirs is super active and the fish all get along pretty well.
I was shocked when Amazon has Red, White and Blue ones for sale.....
