African ideas for a 65g

[beowulf]

After I bought Colin's 110g I was thinking of selling my 65g.  Time has passed and I am now debating on keeping the tank and turning it into an African tank.  The idea of this thread is what to put into the 65g.....

If I go with Africans, what would be a good selection of fish that could remain small enough to remain in this tank for a few years at least if not their whole lives?  Which lake should I focus on to get the smaller size I want yet still get some nice color variations?

Any help would be appreciated.

[darkdep]

Tanganyikan shelldwellers, Victorian Haps (lots of colour), or dwarf Pseudotropheus species all remain small and have lots of personality.  I'm a pretty big fan of the Victorians at the moment.

[babblefish1960]

Tanganyika has the most interesting fish of the rift lakes, but have you considered any of the cichlids from west Africa, some very colourful pelvicachromis and kribensis come from there and stay fairly small.

[beowulf]

Thanks for the ideas time to start researching.

[groan]

buy my fish!
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[sniggir]

witha 65 gal you could put together a very nice Tang tank... with some shell dweller's, a pair of judiochromis, 2 calvus, 3-5 cyprichromis, 1 or 2 daphodiles... lots of nice fish yo can have grow into your tank

[dpatte]

for riverine africans, try kribensis and buffaloheads together (this is a plug  )

Im actually thinking of moving on from brichardis and turning my 110 into a two-species only tank...
yellow labs and demasonii - they look gorgeous together - almost like a saltwater tank.
I have a 65 with this setup at the moment and it looks great.

Another idea is a julie tank. always attractive.

[beowulf]

Or you could NOT go africans (I know most of you would never guess I would say that LOL)

You have a nice little SW Nano there why not upgrade

Bruce

LOL the day you want to lend me say....ohhh...$500 to get it going I'll do it 

[sas]

Or you could NOT go africans (I know most of you would never guess I would say that LOL)

You have a nice little SW Nano there why not upgrade

Bruce

        
               Are you feeling OK Bruce
      I know you said you were getting better but didn't realize how much better     . Sorry guilty of threadjacking but just couldn't let that slip by!
       Getting back to topic, I would agree upgrade on your salt......would be a work in progress......if I'm not mistaken you have to go slow with salt and funding could serve as brakes .

[artw]

You have a nice little SW Nano there why not upgrade
Bruce

I agree

[RoxyDog]

meh, you're getting married, who needs a honeymoon?  go with a big reef tank.   

[Mettle]

I agree. Why not transition into a larger sw tank? You don't need to buy EVERYTHING at once. And you could have the two tanks running simultaneously. So that whatever is in your nano can stay in there. And as good deals come up on items in the Classifieds you can snatch them up slowly but surely. It's an easy way of doing things at a reasonable, spread out cost and you won't regret it I don't think.

[beowulf]

Man groan is going to kill you guys lol    Marine is just more work then I want to put into it.  I would have to look into a sump, etc.  Probably upgrade the lighting.  I had thought in the future about it but not now.

[artw]

I disagree
I have done less work with my 20g nano than I ever would have done with a 20g freshwater tank

[Mettle]

Art has a point. I don't have a sw tank but those that I do know with them do far less work than I ever have done on my fw tanks. That's once things are established of course. And it is case-by-case, depending on how much you decide to put in the tank and what you put in.

The cost can be more, but like I said, quite often there are deals in the classifieds and a number of fw pieces of equipment can be used in there as well. And the ones that can't can be sold off or traded for sw equipment. C'mon - you know you wanna. 

[beowulf]

Art has a point. I don't have a sw tank but those that I do know with them do far less work than I ever have done on my fw tanks. That's once things are established of course. And it is case-by-case, depending on how much you decide to put in the tank and what you put in.

The cost can be more, but like I said, quite often there are deals in the classifieds and a number of fw pieces of equipment can be used in there as well. And the ones that can't can be sold off or traded for sw equipment. C'mon - you know you wanna. 

I might wanna but the wife would kill me dead.....The plan is in 2 years the current residents of my 110g (clown roaches etc) will be moved into a 265g, the Africans that are going into the 65g tomorrow would then move to the 110g and then the 65g would become a marine tank and by then one of the 30g breeders I have that needs to be resealed will have been and become a sump.  All part of the grand plan!!!

[mseguin]

I will always prefer freshwater tanks over saltwater (even Africans). I say go with an African riverine, or tangyanikan tank

[babblefish1960]

I agree with mseguin, been there with saltwater for years, and I prefer freshwater, stick with groan's fish and you will be happiest, so will your bride to be.

[groan]

GET OUT OF HIS THREAD!

lol
Leave him alone!!!

Out Out Out!!!

[mseguin]

Hey I'm helping you out here