"Correct" Krib Tankmates

[wintermute]

I've recently posted about possibly turning a 29 gal tank into a Tanganyikan tank. The other option I've been considering is turning it into a krib tank. What "regionally accurate" tankmates would go well with a pair of kribs in a 29? Congo tetras? Upside down catfish? Others? Thanks for the help.

 

[Orion]

**pssst...go for Tanganyika **

Pelvachromis pulcher are actualy a west african species of cichlid. They come from the rivers and streams, and so they are often seen with fish from South America because the water conditions are similar. At least in my area there aren't many fish species available from around there (that I know of). There wouldn't be anything wrong with stocking fish like tetra's in a tank with kribs.

I would keep in mind though that congo tetras do get to be rather big for just a 29 gallon tank.

 

[wintermute]

Oh, I know that Kribs are come from "soft" rivers, but I usually like to keep fish from similar areas together. If I threw in some, say bleeding heart tetras, it would constantly bother me that I had fish from S. America and Africa in the same tank. Nuts, I know.

Also, I'd rather go for the Tanganyika tank, but I have to get the Kommisar (if you catch my drift) to approve the funding. So the krib tank idea would be a back-up plan.

So, congo tetras are too big. I wonder what else is out there...

 

[wayne]

There are quite a few suitable available african tetras floating around right now, and west african killifish work out too. Also check out the smaller riverine synodontids - schoudetanii is a really, really pretty fish

 

[Cichlid-Man]

Oh, I know that Kribs are come from "soft" rivers, but I usually like to keep fish from similar areas together. If I threw in some, say bleeding heart tetras, it would constantly bother me that I had fish from S. America and Africa in the same tank. Nuts, I know.

Thats not nuts, i like people this way personally. And if i could do it with every tank and fish i would.

This might be a very helpful site to you since you like biotypes. Just click the biotype and if gives information about it...plants, fish, etc. In this case it'd be the west or central african rivers (though i'm sure you knew that). You could also search river by river if you wanted to.

Freshwater Fish Species by Country

 

[Orion]

C-man- I saw that link a while back duing a google run and didn't click into it. I wish I had! That is a really neat resource, and from what I've read it's pretty darn accurate.

And no, it's not nuts at all to think like that. I think biotopes can make some of the most interesting tanks of all.

 

[wayne]

There was a comprehensive book authored by Dr Anders Lamboj a year or two ago, the first decent comprehensive guide. That would be 30 dollars well spent if you get interested in W Africans.