[Stellaluna]

Anybody kept a trio of leleupi with paracyps? I have a 37 gal (36") and have built a tall rocky structure using very holey base rock - it has quite a lot of small arches and caves, nearly all the way to the top of the tank. Otherwise aragonite sand and that's it.

I'm looking at a trio of P. nigripinnis, which "ought" to occupy the upper structures of the rockwork, and the leleupi the lower. I know the nigripinnis will tend to hug the rocks, but there ought to be plenty for them. All fish would go in the tank as juvies at (nearly) the same time so nobody will have already established territory or begun breeding.

Anyone keeping this combination? I have kept a colony of leleupi before with Buenos Aires tetras and it worked out well for years. Never kept paracyps before.

 

[Stellaluna]

I think you might be right. Leleupi are spunky!

Maybe I'll do BA tetras again, lol. I really wanted some sort of Tanganyikan, but it is a relatively small tank (tall with a small footprint) so I don't have a lot of options.

 

[Stellaluna]

What about gobies or another spunky rock-dweller?

Gobies would be great (love em!), and I can always find julies locally, but I assumed they'd be competing too directly and conflict with the leleupi. I've got large groups of calvus and comps in my 150 so I'd like something else for this tank. I'm open to suggestions, though!