My new 115G Cichlid tank - What you think? - Aquarium Advice

spoonman · 06-13-2009, 08:16 PM

After asking around what I should put in my now empty 115G tank, alot of people said "go with Cichlids". So today I started it. Here is what I did. Tell me what you think. I got 1 blue frontosa, 1 yellow lab, 1 puffer, 1 Mangano, 4 "assorted Cichlids" and one that I forgot the name that looks like an angelfish. Please if you can identify let me know. If I have made mistakes let me know. I can always change things up. They are all about 1.5 to 2" long and seem to be getting along and exporing their new surroundings. Here are some pics.

spoonman · 06-13-2009, 08:17 PM

Here are some more pics of the new cichlids.

spoonman · 06-13-2009, 08:22 PM

Here is one pic of the overall look of the tank. Oh ya, it belongs to my daughters! They picked out the fish! Forgot, there are also 2 pleco's about 8" long.

brutus · 06-13-2009, 08:58 PM

Like that puffer the other one is called a mono something i think.

crb530 · 06-14-2009, 04:28 AM

the orange one looks like a sun rise peacock and the yello one looks like an electric yellow with nice color and then the all white looks like a snow white

JustOneMore20 · 06-14-2009, 09:17 PM

Puffers don't always play nice with others....so watch that guy.

And I believe Monos (first pic in your first post) are brackish and not freshwater.

Good looking tank!

black hills tj · 06-14-2009, 09:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JustOneMore20

Puffers don't always play nice with others....so watch that guy.

And I believe Monos (first pic in your first post) are brackish and not freshwater.

Good looking tank!

I agree with Kristin. I've always heard of Monos being brackish fish.

spoonman · 06-14-2009, 10:33 PM

What are the requirements for brackish? I did add salt to the tank for the puffer. I was told that the cichlids would be fine with the salt but that the puffer needed it. Is that what brackish is? Sorry for the ignorance. BTW, can someone identify this fish? He is one of the "assorted cichlids" and I think he is beautiful. It is kind of a lavender colored body and yellow top fins and tail and white belly and bottom fins.

spoonman · 06-14-2009, 11:00 PM

After some research (that should have been done before purchase, I know) the mono argentus and the puffer are brackish. I was warned to watch the puffer by the guy at the LFS, but my daughter wanted it so I agreed and he said he would take it back if it caused problems. It has been a full day and night so far and no issues. I hope it stays that way. I like the mix we have right now.

Sicklid · 06-15-2009, 12:28 AM

That last one is a Yellow Tailed Acei... If it were my tank, I would do one of two things: Nix all the other fish except the Frontosa and get a lot more Frontosa, or ditch the Puffer and the Frontosa and add a ton more mbuna...

But, being that the girls picked out the fish, I know that is going to probably NOT be happening, lol...

Seriously, that Frontosa is a baby, but it would do much better in a group. And it eats different stuff than the mbuna. I don't think you have a Peacock either, it looks like you have an Orange Blotch Red Zebra, a regular red Zebra, and a Yellow lab along with the Frontosa and the Acei.