Re: seeking supplier of quality malawi cichlids

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Subject Author Date Re: seeking supplier of quality malawi cichlids SpiceySpice 03-29-2005  Re: seeking supplier of quality malawi cichlids Spindoctor 03-29-2005  Re: seeking supplier of quality malawi cichlids JohnQ 03-30-2005
Posted by SpiceySpice on March 29, 2005, 2:06 pm Please log in for more thread options have you tried, trimar, or aquarist classifieds, > Apologies in advance for the cross posting > > 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 Posted by Spindoctor on March 29, 2005, 5:48 pm Please log in for more thread options wrote: >have you tried, trimar, or aquarist classifieds, > > >> Apologies in advance for the cross posting >> >> 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 > Many thanks brain Posted by JohnQ on March 30, 2005, 5:47 am Please log in for more thread options Almondsbury garden center have some nice malawis as do tickenham garden center,but for specifics try asking them to order what you want,i did with my red peacocks and they have grown as spectacularly as i hoped.. > wrote: > >>have you tried, trimar, or aquarist classifieds, >> >> message >>> Apologies in advance for the cross posting >>> >>> 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 >> > > Many thanks > > brain Similar Threads Posted seeking supplier of quality malawi cichlids March 28, 2005, 8:06 am Please help out - Seeking Guppy Photos September 30, 2005, 2:55 am UK Tap Water Quality Reports July 4, 2006, 10:03 am Searching for cichlids on the net July 6, 2006, 4:18 pm danios & cichlids July 24, 2006, 9:05 am Free to a good home. cichlids (zebra). June 5, 2006, 5:09 pm