75 Gallon Tanganyikan Setup

[Bwirtz]

Looking good.
Its a good combination because the C. microlepidotus, which are actually not so docile, have nobody they like to bother.

The only downside is the gravel. The Xeneotilapia cannot show their full spectrum of behavior. Such as the typical sifting sand through the gills or building their breeding sites.

It is sand not gravel, just the grain size is not like play sand. It is Caribsea Ivory Coast sand. The xeno play and dig all day long in it.

 

[DJRansome]

Just because they call it sand...the grain size needs to be small enough for the fish to sift it through their gills.

Ivory Coast sand is 1.0mm to 2.5mm and pool filter sand is between 0.45mm and 0.55mm.

 

[REDTAILPUPPIES]

idk about you, but variety is nice to me, and in a word of mainly cichlids, we need V A R I E T Y. I'd say maybe Tanganyika killie, and cuckoo catfish.

 

[Bwirtz]

Just because they call it sand...the grain size needs to be small enough for the fish to sift it through their gills.

Ivory Coast sand is 1.0mm to 2.5mm and pool filter sand is between 0.45mm and 0.55mm.

You ain't wrong lol