Neolamprologus leleupi

Another Tang that I've kept for a few months now. They are very prolific!

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and there are THOUSANDS of them!

Wow betty.. you breed them obviously?? Do you sell them, wouldnt mind gettin my hands on a few maybe the work well as dither fish for the tropheus?? anyway, let me know

I wouldn't mind a few for my shellie tank, I would put the Darf Ranibows in the planted tank.

this guys look great...their colors really pop out
great job

Betty, if you are interested in getting rid of a some of those, just let me know!

In large quantities these guys are pretty stunning... nice setup Betty!

Thanks everyone! Yes, I am going to be looking to find these juvies new homes.

They are fairly aggressive and not recommended to be kept with any shelldwellers. Their profile says that they will take babies out of the shells and have been known to kill the female shellies to get to the fry. I don't know how they would do with Tropheus, but they are carnivores, so I'm thinking the different diet requirements and the aggression would make them not the best choice.

I keep mine as a single species. I made the mistake of following a "cookie-cutter" stocking list for a 20 gallon long tank that said you could keep one pair of leleupis with one pair of Julies and a trio of shellies. I purchased a few of each and waited for them to pair off. That cookie-cutter should have mentioned that all Hell would break loose when they reached breeding age and formed pairs. So I had to move the Julies and shellies to a separate tank. That combination probably would have worked better in a larger tank like a 55 gallon.

Breeding sized males are very intolerant of other males, so in a small tank you should only keep one. The pair are good parents and do fine with the fry. This is a nice change from what I'm used to with my Malawis, who eat their babies!

They are still at it, found more babies today.

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dang betty your having good luck with them stones im gonna have to look into them now and liken the sand to
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Nice, love the look of the tank, awesome fish.

the pic where the two are looking @ each other is pic of the month pic for sure

A few fry shots. These are still very small, so no color yet.

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An older video.

Nice pics! I used to keep those till they ran an adult F1 black calvus clean out of the tank. Needless to say I sold them.....