Hi,
I had a question about mixing Adult and Juvenile Tropheus. If I already have a single adult Tropheus of the same type (Duboisi) in a tank, is it advisable to add a colony of juveniles with him? Will he be very aggressive towards the other juveniles?
Any info out there would be of great help.
Thanks,
-Kashif.
Hi Kas,
Its hard to predict for sure how a lone T.duboisi will react to juveniles. In a breeding colony adult duboisi don't bother small (spotted) duboisi. I've never had duboisi in a colony, bother T. moori much either. But a lone adult male, with no females to keep him occupied just might take out his frustrations the new tank mates.
In practice...since a colony of juveniles even from a breeder will cost you $100-200, and tropheus are very sensitive its best not to mix them with anything that could stress them or transmit a disease to them. I wouldn't mix tropheus from different tanks unless I'd had zero (tropheus) deaths in either tank for a long time. By a "long time" I mean over 3 months, preferably even longer. Other species going into your tropheus colony should also be quarantined at least a few weeks.
cheers
Sue