Tropheus Purple Rainbow Breeding Group

It's taken a year (maybe 2) to get this group going. I started with 15 wild, got about 50 fry and set them aside in a grow out tank. A few months later, the main group then went south, down to 6 individuals, 2 males and 4 females. With the numbers down there was too much aggression and not enough fish to diffuse it, so I then added my year old "fry" in with the adutls and the group bounced back and is now doing great.

The sub adult females are starting to show some interest in the boys, so hopefully soon i'll be swimming in Lufubu fry.

Youtube's being dumb right now so in case you can't open the video, i added it to rumble as well.

https://rumble.com/v7fo0qe-purple-rainbow-tropheus-lufubu.html

Drooling.....
Phenomenal display.

Drooling.....
Phenomenal display.

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The shower curtain backdrop does give it a nice touch.

The shower curtain backdrop does give it a nice touch.

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I was wondering what that was with the odd pattern on the right side. Interesting use of a shower curtain for sure.
Is it attached to the aquarium or just kinda hanging in the back?
Maybe I'll try this one?

I was wondering what that was with the odd pattern on the right side. Interesting use of a shower curtain for sure.
Is it attached to the aquarium or just kinda hanging in the back?
Maybe I'll try this one?
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its just hanging over the back, its a 180 with corner overflows on each side, so i used some wire "hooks" and attached to the curtain eyelets to the incoming pvc for the returns. I went this way as the real stuff is pricey and amazon shower curtains are super cheap, like 10$ and up. Not to mention it looks "not too bad".

its just hanging over the back, its a 180 with corner overflows on each side, so i used some wire "hooks" and attached to the curtain eyelets to the incoming pvc for the returns. I went this way as the real stuff is pricey and amazon shower curtains are super cheap, like 10$ and up. Not to mention it looks "not too bad".

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That's actually a great idea. I never would have thought of a shower curtain. Cheap enough to cut to size for any aquarium as well.