Julidochromis make a great tankmate. They are fairly easy to come by, eat the same foods and conditions, but have complementary shape and color.Small Haplochromis are always worth a try, as are the C. moorei (the big blue one). Steev --- "Hess, Clay A" <clay.a.hess@boeing.com> wrote: > Compressiceps likely will not be able to compete with the brichardi. I have > tried > twice with poor reults. Just one persons opinion but I would suggest finding > a fish > that occupies a different part of the tank strata than the brichardi. > Clay Hess > 787 Fuselage Systems Integration Manager and Team Leader > 425-931-4322 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Monica H <ninita@hotmail.com> > To: gsas-member@thekrib.com <gsas-member@thekrib.com> > Sent: Mon Nov 19 12:22:54 2007 > Subject: [GSAS-Member] Looking for a new tank/question about tank mates > > Just in case anyone happens to be selling a tank like the one I am looking > for, I thought I'd post here. I moved last weekend and am looking for a > 50-60 gallon nice aquarium with dark wood colored stand with matching hood > and lights to replace my current 40g display tank. This will be a nice show > tank for my living room, and my girl friend is extremely picky about > everything matching and looking "nice". I've been looking on craigslist for > a couple weeks but have yet to find anything suitable that hasn't already > sold. This will be used for my lake tanginkan cichlids. > > And for the question... The fish that will be going in the new tank and are > currently in my 40g tank, are 6 brichardis. I love these fish. They are > very active and colorful, and haven't been at all aggressive to each other. > I have read that they can get very aggressive to any new fish, and if > breeding. I have a LOT of rocks and caves. I will be adding some more > brichardis in the near future, but would be interested in hearing any > feedback about adding other lake tang. cichlids? Perhaps a couple calvus or > Compressicep cichlids? > > I hope everyone is doing well. > Monica > > > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > _______________________________________________ > GSAS-Member mailing list > GSAS-Member@thekrib.com > http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Get easy, one-click access to your favorites. Make Yahoo! your homepage. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs _______________________________________________ GSAS-Member mailing list GSAS-Member@thekrib.com http://lists.thekrib.com/mailman/listinfo/gsas-member