Love that your Chanel focuses on lake Tanganyika. There is so very little video content about the species from the lake. Most of what I find is the hardcore dudes from the 80’s importing tropheus like they were gold.
Cheers for that, as you can tell, I love Tanganyikan Cichlids. Agree that there isn't much content out there about them on youtube. Trying to make them more popular by showing them on my channel.
Very interesting. I just started a "shellie" tank (not even cycled, but brand new) this weekend. I look forward to doing another tank in the future where maybe these would be nice.
@@JasonsCichlids I will! I've got a blank slate to work with right now. Rock shelf, sight line blockers and a substrate mixed from pool filter sand, aragonite and a caribsea chichlid (kind of a crushed shell mix) mix has been placed. Just added the heater yesterday and playing the bacteria waiting game while I complete the build out. My biggest issue is summer time tank temps....It will be very close to the 80 degree mark plus a degree or two on occasion. Open to suggestions for sure. Edited to add: 40 gallon set up and I would love to have a two species tank as opposed to a single
Cheers Abe, glad you enjoyed it. That will be a video in the future once I have spawned them a few times. I like to make the in-depth species videos only once I have done that. Thanks for the suggestion.
Jason ,I had a query...you said during your video do not do much water changes on the Tanganyikan set up as Lake Tanganyika has very stable parameters that dont fluctuate... My doubt is.. does the parameters in Lake Malawi fluctuate a lot?? since water changes on malawi tanks can be in large amounts each time with no issues...
Stability is the key with Tanganyikans and you must do water changes regularly. Weekly water changes of 25% the aquarium volume is generally recommended. That said, there is no real clear cut answer cause of several factors such as your filtration system, stocking levels and the amount of food fed to the fish. That's why its a general recommendation. No, Lake Malawi's water parameters do not fluctuate much either, its just said that Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids are more sensitive to water parameters changes.
im just setting up a rio 125l for some multies . would you recomend any of these aswell or can you recomend any other cichlids for the size of tank i have and also the number of fish i can keep in a 125l tank . thanks
No, unfortunately I don't think it would be a good idea to add leleupi to a 100L aquarium with multies. The tank is a good size for a small colony of multies (6) but the addition of any other type of fish would be too much. Reason for this is you will definitely end up with fry from the multies and your tank will get quite full pretty quickly. Probably not what you wanted to hear but unfortunately I think that's best.
@@JasonsCichlids no mate thats cool , i would prefer you were honest . ill just grab some multies then i think and go from there . i have a 100 gallon tank aswell which i will set up so i can buy other fish when thats set up
Love that your Chanel focuses on lake Tanganyika. There is so very little video content about the species from the lake. Most of what I find is the hardcore dudes from the 80’s importing tropheus like they were gold.
Cheers for that, as you can tell, I love Tanganyikan Cichlids. Agree that there isn't much content out there about them on youtube. Trying to make them more popular by showing them on my channel.
What a commitment 🥇
Thank you for the information and details 🥇🙏
About time someone showcased this wonderful cichlid :) Incredible video.
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Another excellent video Jason ... The quality of your fish is outstanding ... Thank you
Thank you so much mate, a lot went into that one!
Congrats on 4,000!!! Love this video. As if there was any other possibility. 😂
Thanks mate! Glad you loved it!
Great info, thank you! I love my Leleupi.
Glad you liked it, same here mate! They are beautiful little fish
Jason that was very informative on Luleupi...Thanks for the video..
Not a problem, glad you enjoyed it
Great info! 👍🏻👍🏻
Cheers for that! ✌️
Love your work Jason! Setting up a tank for these guys soon
Cheers for that. Glad to hear! Good luck with them mate ✌
Amazing leleupi profile Jason.
Great to watch video . One of my all time favourite Tanganyikan species
Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thanks a lot for that Paul, glad you liked it mate!
Very interesting. I just started a "shellie" tank (not even cycled, but brand new) this weekend. I look forward to doing another tank in the future where maybe these would be nice.
What shellies are you getting Wade? If you want a splash of colour and are into Tangs, definitely consider leleupi
@@JasonsCichlids I will! I've got a blank slate to work with right now. Rock shelf, sight line blockers and a substrate mixed from pool filter sand, aragonite and a caribsea chichlid (kind of a crushed shell mix) mix has been placed. Just added the heater yesterday and playing the bacteria waiting game while I complete the build out.
My biggest issue is summer time tank temps....It will be very close to the 80 degree mark plus a degree or two on occasion. Open to suggestions for sure.
Edited to add: 40 gallon set up and I would love to have a two species tank as opposed to a single
Thank you for the great content. I have Leleupi, they have not spawned yet but I'm hopeful. Keep up to great content.
Glad you enjoyed it. Good luck with your leleupi!
Nice video! How long before juveniles start pairing?
Hey great video love the tips
Maybe do a special on cyathopharynx fercifer resha and foai types I’d love too see what you come up with
Thanks Abe
Cheers Abe, glad you enjoyed it. That will be a video in the future once I have spawned them a few times. I like to make the in-depth species videos only once I have done that. Thanks for the suggestion.
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Cheers for that 👍
Lovely yellow fishes
They are 👍 nice to see a species of fish where the females are just as colourful as the males
My Leleupi had fry... do i need to move them? I have a community tanganyika tank?
Congrats on your spawn. Yeah, I suggest you catch them out
Q: I’ve moved my hero Fontosa out and was hoping to give him some Calvis and leleupi tank mates. And thoughts. Good bad idea?????
I am interested to know if you would keep Fairy Cichlids (Lamprologus Birchardi)?
I used to when I was a teenager. Bred them by the thousands! Beautiful little cichlid for beginners.
Is it normal for leleupi to have red coloration on their gills, as shown in 8:26? I have 10 leleupi & several of them have that coloration.
Yes, I believe so as all mine have had it and lose it as they continue to mature.
@@JasonsCichlids if from the Congo side.
How to save the fries of 1-6days old?
Very hard to save them when they are so young. What is happening? Are the parents eating them?
They are a beautiful fish, wish we could have them up here
Really John? Can't get them in the NT no matter what shipping preparation you do?
@@JasonsCichlids no we have a allowable list and they aren’t on it 🥹
@@johnmaude5065 That really is disappointing. Wonder why leleupi specifically aren't allowed when other Tanganyikans are.
@@JasonsCichlids the only fish that’s similar we’re allowed to have is Lamprologus ocellatus
Wow really? That is surprising. I guess if they got out in the wild, they would be small enough to get eaten and not take over.
Jason ,I had a query...you said during your video do not do much water changes on the Tanganyikan set up as Lake Tanganyika has very stable parameters that dont fluctuate...
My doubt is.. does the parameters in Lake Malawi fluctuate a lot?? since water changes on malawi tanks can be in large amounts each time with no issues...
Stability is the key with Tanganyikans and you must do water changes regularly. Weekly water changes of 25% the aquarium volume is generally recommended. That said, there is no real clear cut answer cause of several factors such as your filtration system, stocking levels and the amount of food fed to the fish. That's why its a general recommendation. No, Lake Malawi's water parameters do not fluctuate much either, its just said that Lake Tanganyikan Cichlids are more sensitive to water parameters changes.
@@JasonsCichlids Thanks Jason...great info
Gday mate do you have some for sale, do you ship? Thank you
No sorry I don't ship.
I havve a pair. The male chases the smaller female around so much, she hides behind a filter. But they have had two "batches" of fry !
They certainly can have funny attitudes at times, also can swim upside down!
They do, interesting little guys!
Beautiful but Neolamprologus Multifaciatus are better parents and the siblings don’t eat their own siblings
Agree, Multies are pretty much the easiest fish to breed because of both those factors. They are great
leleupi hate corys ime
im just setting up a rio 125l for some multies . would you recomend any of these aswell or can you recomend any other cichlids for the size of tank i have and also the number of fish i can keep in a 125l tank . thanks
No, unfortunately I don't think it would be a good idea to add leleupi to a 100L aquarium with multies. The tank is a good size for a small colony of multies (6) but the addition of any other type of fish would be too much. Reason for this is you will definitely end up with fry from the multies and your tank will get quite full pretty quickly. Probably not what you wanted to hear but unfortunately I think that's best.
@@JasonsCichlids no mate thats cool , i would prefer you were honest . ill just grab some multies then i think and go from there . i have a 100 gallon tank aswell which i will set up so i can buy other fish when thats set up