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Posted by Spindoctor on March 28, 2005, 6:12 am
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Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent uk supplier of malawi
suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and
a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed
I'm still working out which species to breed, my thinking is
currently to maintain two distinct species each of the 200 litre and
135 litre tanks and grow on the young is the second 200 litre tank.
At present I'm thinking
Placidochromis electra (light blue)
Protomelas taeniolatus (red empress)
and still trying to decide on the other two, my thinking is that if I
go for significant different colours in the males and different
species they should be able to coexist, also by maintaing two tanks I
should be able to avoid inbreeding.
One bit of advice was that I keep two males and four females per
species, with one male being subordinate, which encourages breeding
behaviour on the dominant male, not sure how good this advice is
however.
I do not want to buy the breeding stock from a normal shop, since they
are more likely to be brother-sister, hopefully a decent dealer can
provide better quality. I live in Bristol and while there are a
reasonable number of fish shops in the area, most have a poor
selection of cichlids, if I can come up with something a bit different
and colourful I should be able to find a home for the young when they
get to a reasonable size
Any advice welcomed
Thanks
Brian
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Posted by Joe Blogs on March 28, 2005, 6:37 am
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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:12:01 GMT, Spindoctor
>Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent uk supplier of malawi
>suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and
>a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed
>
>I'm still working out which species to breed, my thinking is
>currently to maintain two distinct species each of the 200 litre and
>135 litre tanks and grow on the young is the second 200 litre tank.
>
>At present I'm thinking
>
>Placidochromis electra (light blue)
>Protomelas taeniolatus (red empress)
>
>and still trying to decide on the other two, my thinking is that if I
>go for significant different colours in the males and different
>species they should be able to coexist, also by maintaing two tanks I
>should be able to avoid inbreeding.
>
>One bit of advice was that I keep two males and four females per
>species, with one male being subordinate, which encourages breeding
>behaviour on the dominant male, not sure how good this advice is
>however.
>
>I do not want to buy the breeding stock from a normal shop, since they
>are more likely to be brother-sister, hopefully a decent dealer can
>provide better quality. I live in Bristol and while there are a
>reasonable number of fish shops in the area, most have a poor
>selection of cichlids, if I can come up with something a bit different
>and colourful I should be able to find a home for the young when they
>get to a reasonable size
>
>Any advice welcomed
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Brian
www.africanaquatic.com they only sell wild fish and import them
direct from Malawi
Most of their fish are allready breeding in their shop.
JB
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Posted by Spindoctor on March 28, 2005, 7:19 am
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wrote:
>On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 11:12:01 GMT, Spindoctor
>
>>Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent uk supplier of malawi
>>suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and
>>a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed
>>
>>I'm still working out which species to breed, my thinking is
>>currently to maintain two distinct species each of the 200 litre and
>>135 litre tanks and grow on the young is the second 200 litre tank.
>>
>>At present I'm thinking
>>
>>Placidochromis electra (light blue)
>>Protomelas taeniolatus (red empress)
>>
>>and still trying to decide on the other two, my thinking is that if I
>>go for significant different colours in the males and different
>>species they should be able to coexist, also by maintaing two tanks I
>>should be able to avoid inbreeding.
>>
>>One bit of advice was that I keep two males and four females per
>>species, with one male being subordinate, which encourages breeding
>>behaviour on the dominant male, not sure how good this advice is
>>however.
>>
>>I do not want to buy the breeding stock from a normal shop, since they
>>are more likely to be brother-sister, hopefully a decent dealer can
>>provide better quality. I live in Bristol and while there are a
>>reasonable number of fish shops in the area, most have a poor
>>selection of cichlids, if I can come up with something a bit different
>>and colourful I should be able to find a home for the young when they
>>get to a reasonable size
>>
>>Any advice welcomed
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>>
>>Brian
>
>
>www.africanaquatic.com they only sell wild fish and import them
>direct from Malawi
>
>Most of their fish are allready breeding in their shop.
>
>JB
Had a look - impressive - I will contact them on return from holiday
Brian
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>suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and
>a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed
>
>I'm still working out which species to breed, my thinking is
>currently to maintain two distinct species each of the 200 litre and
>135 litre tanks and grow on the young is the second 200 litre tank.
>
>At present I'm thinking
>
>Placidochromis electra (light blue)
>Protomelas taeniolatus (red empress)
>
>and still trying to decide on the other two, my thinking is that if I
>go for significant different colours in the males and different
>species they should be able to coexist, also by maintaing two tanks I
>should be able to avoid inbreeding.
>
>One bit of advice was that I keep two males and four females per
>species, with one male being subordinate, which encourages breeding
>behaviour on the dominant male, not sure how good this advice is
>however.
>
>I do not want to buy the breeding stock from a normal shop, since they
>are more likely to be brother-sister, hopefully a decent dealer can
>provide better quality. I live in Bristol and while there are a
>reasonable number of fish shops in the area, most have a poor
>selection of cichlids, if I can come up with something a bit different
>and colourful I should be able to find a home for the young when they
>get to a reasonable size
>
>Any advice welcomed
>
>
>Thanks
>
>Brian