When it comes to rocks in my freshwater aquarium, I'm pretty dumb on the creative side. So, I've order plenty of driftwood to have and I thought maybe having some Cichlid stones for some of the hiding fish to have. Is that a good idea?
As far as rocks go...
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Mebbid
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The cichlid stones are okay. Personally I like lace rock for my cichlids. It fits together very easily to make some nice caves for them. It also looks a bit more natural.
Mebbid
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Yeah, it will be fine for any fish tho. My mbuna cichlids are a cave loving fish and its really really easy to make caves with lace rock. I got lucky and found 1 nice sized lace rock with a hole going all the way through it giving me a ready made cave 
Yeah, it will be fine for any fish tho. My mbuna cichlids are a cave loving fish and its really really easy to make caves with lace rock. I got lucky and found 1 nice sized lace rock with a hole going all the way through it giving me a ready made cave
It's hard to find the right rock! Haha!
Andrew McFadden
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If you go with the cichlid stones. Don't forget to pull them out every so often and clean them out, especially if you notice nitrates going up.
Aquamandan
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Yeah, it will be fine for any fish tho. My mbuna cichlids are a cave loving fish and its really really easy to make caves with lace rock. I got lucky and found 1 nice sized lace rock with a hole going all the way through it giving me a ready made cave
Dang, that IS lucky!
Mebbid
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especially because the guy that rang me up at the store told me that they had just got it in about an hour before I came to the store and he was going to buy it himself when he left
Mebbid
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Really? Why second guessing plecos?
Huge boiload and I would like to add more fish.
Mebbid
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What size is the tank?
100 gallons
Mebbid
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Yeah, I wouldn't worry about the pleco's bio load unless you plan on going with the huge breeds. Most are trivial in a tank that size.
Mebbid
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If you like a rubber lip pleco I'd say go for it. They are big while not being extremely massive. They also wont completely take over your tank's bio load. You will have more than enough room for other fish with one of those in there.
If you wanted to punch in their stocking on aq advisor I would say 1 of those would be comparable to 2 Bristlenose plecos for their bio load. Maybe not quite that much.
If you wanted to punch in their stocking on aq advisor I would say 1 of those would be comparable to 2 Bristlenose plecos for their bio load. Maybe not quite that much.
Mebbid
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It is. The rubber lip should get to maybe 8 inches while a bristlenose gets to 5ish. The big plecos get to be well over a foot.
As for ordering online.. live aquaria and aquabid are 2 choices.
As for ordering online.. live aquaria and aquabid are 2 choices.
I'm gonna check those out. Hopefully they'll work with me on shipping times so I can be home to receive the fish!
