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As anyone who knows me will attest, I am a huge lamprologine fan. In fact, that is nearly all I keep. Though species from the Telmatochromis genus are not necessarily my favorite in the tribe, I do enjoy keeping temporalis and “temporalis shell” (smaller cousin to the regular temporalis).
Early yesterday evening, I was looking through the fish list of one of my favorite online vendors. I always eagerly look forward to new fish lists when they come out. After keeping cichlids for more than two decades, I still get excited about the thought of buying new fish. When I look at these lists, I see fish that I would love to work with. Then I am reminded why I don’t. Many years ago, I established a cichlid keeping niche and I’ve stuck to it. Why? Keep reading.
It’s no secret if you follow my blog that I’m a huge Lake Tanganyika lamprologine fan. In fact, that’s almost all I keep. If you’re not familiar with this Lake Tanganyika tribe of cichlids, think julies and shellies. Though there are more genera in this tribe than Julidochromis and ‘Lamprologus’ (the typical julie and shellie genera), they all can be considered dwarves except for maybe calvus and normal compressiceps in the Altolamprologus genus.
How much do you care about your fish? Seriously. Are they “just fish” to you? Or does the death of one of your fish really bother you? Maybe the effect on you is somewhere in between.