I looked up the transvestitus- what a gorgeous cichlid!! The only thing I would be concerned about is it looks like they require a very low pH. Mine is around 7.4. My KH3 and GH 5. The discus do fine as well as all the other soft-water species I have, but Im wondering if these little guys would struggle in such a low pH 4-7 is what it says is required on Seriously Fish. If it could work... I think Ive found my cichlid to go with the African tetras in my future build. Im thinking that may be all I add in this tank.
The only other fish that interests me is the African Butterfly fish- but I dont have any idea of its temperament, needs, whether it would be appropriate.etc... haven't really read up on it yet.
Sorry Amy I missed this post somehow.
Like I said, I have never had any hands on experience with nannochromis Transvestitus. I have an old book titled the nature aquarium, by satoshi yoshino and published by tfh publications.
The author describes a west African tank he has set up for these fish.
They are housed with barbus callipterus and aplocheilichthys normani .
The planting is nymphaea lotus green, bolbitis, crinum natans and nymphaea lotus red.
He keeps them in a pH of 7.0 and total hardness of 10°DH.
This is really as much as I have read about them.
I will try to take some pictures from the book with his tank stats.