[moonlight]

How big of a tank would you need to safely house two L. trewavasae males (+5 females)? For the skae of this hypothetical(sp?) there would other fish in the tank as well. I'v seen the males get pretty nasty but I have never tried to keep two together. Any thoughts?

Mark

 

[Joea]

The larger the better. It's not usually a good idea to keep only two males, it's usually best to keep one or three or more, along with a suitable number of females, depending on the tank size.

A 6 foot, 125 gallon would be sufficient, but even then there's no guarantee you won't have any dominance issues between the two and the possible loss of one. A 4 foot, 75 gallon would be fine for a single male and five females.

 

[jhunbj]

I have 2 3" OB male and 4 4" regular male in my 90 gallon with no problem. I have to agree with Joea, the bigger the better. What variant do u have?

 

[Fogelhund]

My recommendation would be to keep three, to spread the aggression around some. With two, only one fish is the target of the males aggression. I certainly have found the best success with either one male, or three +.

 

[moonlight]

I have 2 males and 4 female Mpangas, they are together now and are all a little over 2'. Here's the thing, I just set up a new 75 and would like to add them but I am worried about having more then one male in the tank in the long run. The new rocks I put in the tank are too big to safely move around everyother month trying to fish out the guy who no longer belongs.

 

[moonlight]

If I added 1 thrid male male, would five females still be ok, or would I have to up those numbers as well?

 

[Joea]

I would try to keep at least two females for each male; three would be even better.

 

[why_spyder]

I like to keep at least 2 - 3 males in a tank. L. trewavasae are more aggressive (from my experience) than L. fuelleborni. My L. trewavasae 'Mpanga' males were quite mean towards other males and female. The L. fuelleborni 'Katale' I have now are very passive towards each other - male or female.

 

[moonlight]

How did the males treat your other tanks mates? ANd what else did you keep with them? Anyone can answer this one and thanks if you do

 

[why_spyder]

My L. trewavasae were mean to pretty well everyone in the tank, but focused on their own species mainly. I've kept L. chisumulae, a Cyno. species or two, Met. sp. "red top" Galilea, and a peacock species or two - my memory is a bit hazy on them since it's been a while since I got rid of them.