trumpet Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Could I please have an opinion on how many Leleupi I might be able to keep long term in a 5 foot community tank. Thanks in advance for the advice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloydashton Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 Leleupi form pairs, if you get more than 1 pair in a tank the males will go at it and the strongest tends to kill the other. Whilst they are juvies they go great though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trofius Posted March 21, 2014 Report Share Posted March 21, 2014 I recon 2-3 pairs should be ok if the rock piles are spaced nicely. I had 2 pair in my 8x2x2, and they pretty much ignored each other I now have 2 pairs in a 2 foot cube, the boys give each other a nudge, but that is it so far..fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trumpet Posted March 23, 2014 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Thankyou for the replies. I actually already have exactly 10 Leleupi in a small tank which after many months of very slow growing some are finally a little over 4cm. I did put the biggest one in my display a week ago and it seems to be doing fine. I’m just trying to work out how many I can keep hold of in my 5 foot display and how many to move on. I would love to keep all 10 as this lot have superb colour and I don’t have any other real yellows but I thought it would probably be too many, so I was just trying to get an idea of what the maximum might be. Should I just put them all in and take some out later when they are bigger or if it doesn’t work out,, or move some on right now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trofius Posted March 23, 2014 Report Share Posted March 23, 2014 Throwing them all in will work for a while, but once they get to 6cm, all hell will break loose i recon. I would keep 6 throw them in and hope some pair up, remove any excess, leaving 2 pair what other fish do you have.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
