Tropheus in a Tang community tank?

[zoggy]

Hi all,

I'm currently piecing together a Tanganyikan comunity tank. The tank dimensions are 140cm long, 75cm wide and 60 cm tall. It runs a large sump that is slowly evolving as I adapt it from a salt-water system to fresh. Currently there's some filter foam and about 400 bioballs in there. Once I get some more glass cut there'll be more foam and possibly some more bio filtration.

Current residents are 2 Julidochromis transcriptus and 6 Synodontis multipnctatus. In the next few weeks there will some shell dwellers added, 8 or so Lamprologus brevis and a few, maybe half a dozen?? Eretmodus cyanosticus.

So the question is, what else to add? I'd like some sand sifters eventually, Xenotilapia spilopterus perhaps. Some Opthalmotilapia ventralis would be nice but I think my tank is too small personally so that won't happen. Was wondering how Tropheus might go in this tank? Would it work and would it be problematic? What sort of numbers should I add? And probably most important, what sort of diet would keep the Tropheus happy (alive) while still being suitable for everyone else?

Thanks for your thoughts.

Dave.

[zoggy]

This is pretty much the tank as it is and an how the aquascape will stay. Don't mind the 2 brevis, they were cheap and are just there to bolster numbers until I pick up some better quality ones after Christmas. They'll then be temporarily rehomed in the sump until I can find another hobbyist who would like them.

[Supercobwe]

A fully grow tropheus will be too big for your shell dwellers plus the tropheus are pure vegetarian which can't handle any high protein food but NLS would be suitable for this community tank if you decided to include tropheus. Good luck.

Cheers, Ryan