Tropheus Duboisi Question

[Bremmon]

I bought a bunch of Duboisi from turtleman (Thank Emil!) they are 2 diffrent sizes.. 1st batch is about 1.25"-1.5"... the second batch are about .75"-1"  I eventually want to combine them into a 90g tank I already have set up for them.  Right now I'm keeping them in 2 -20g breeder tanks. I was thinking of combining them and putting them in a 55g for now until they are ready for the 90g. My question is, will the bigger ones beat up on the smaller guys if I combine them.. I know my moliro don't, but I have never kept duboisi before. Any advise would be great... Thanks.

[GrizzlysDad]

They'd be fine together now.

[Stan M.]

x2 on that!

[Ron]

x3.

[Motorcity7.3]

No worries, I have 50 dubs some small,say.75" to 1"+ in a 150gal and there are zero issues with aggression or battling for food,also have 10 or so of my kachese fry in there with them

[four_by_ken]

I agree... I say get them in the 90 gallon now.

[Bremmon]

My only real concern now is that the 90g has 2 very large HOB filters Emperor 400's cycling about 800gph I think.. I'm worried the little guys wont handle all that water movement well... I think I may head to the LFS and buy a couple of established Pro V sponge filters. He sells them for $12 all ready full of gunk and fully cycled.

[Motorcity7.3]

On some of the fry tanks that were running hob's, I just took the blue filter pad material and covered the intake. The water movement,in my opinion,is beneficial. In the 150 I have my dubs, kachese in I have a power head going to keep a "current" going.