Hi all, Is it possible to keep Julidochromis species in a community african tank?, say with some mbuna eg E-yellows & others.
Any feedback would be appreciated.
it is possible but there is a chance the mbuna will knock em round a bit although in saying that I have done it myself without a problem. But they were the first in the tank and other added later.
G'day champ,
I have never tried them in with malawans before so can't say, but i have not had problems with them in tang tanks, when they are the only cave dweller.
I suspect in with mbuna they will be competing for the same area in the tank so the julies might lose out.
cheers,
Andrew.
Thanks Braddo & Andrew, I think I'll reconsider & pehaps set up a small tank just for them. Andrew since you have a lot of Tangs, are the Julidochromis marlieri "Burundi" available & have you had any experiece keeping them?.
Thanks again for your replies.
Heya,
I have 12 juli's in my 6ft with malawi's and tangs. They are fairly large now(6cm) and have bred a couple of times, about half of the babies survived so I would agree that you should only mix them when they are a little on the larger size. I have plenty of rocks for them to hide in so possibly that is why they're so happy.
Cheers,
Alana
g'day champ.
marleri julies hey, 'burundi', yes, i have kept some before and had a breeding pair of them for a little while before my male killed of the girls he was pairing up with so never any successful spawns from them unfortunately. I just found them a little more aggro in the pairs but that might have been becuase they were wildcaughts i'd say, rather than aquarium bred.
Nigel and Sooty have been the guys to get w/c julies off in the past but i am sure there will be some people on the forum with some, they do occasionally pop up at the brisbane auctions.
See how you go champ,
Andrew.
Thanks again for the replies, thanks also Andrew your info was very helpfull.
Cheers
Matt.