Biggest Cichlids you got!

[Chris J]

Let me see 'em, all types/continents/species. And it doesn't have to be all around huge, big for its species is fine too. I wonder who's got the biggest shelly?

 

[Chris J]

I'll start off with a couple of mine.


My 8" Oscar - Herman




My 8" Oscar - Peewee


My RES/3rd Oscar - Squirt



Peewee, Herman, Hans(Parrot), Pluto(Albino Zebra), Donald and Daisy(Tinfoil Barbs)



My 5" Orange Swimming Hockey Puck Hans

 

[RAH]

How big is that aquarium?

 

[Chris J]

125 gallon

 

[RAH]

125 gallon

Oh ok it looks small from the pictures so I was a little concern.

 

[Chris J]

They like to hangout on one side together and are bullied by my albino zebra that is half their size.

 

[RAH]

They like to hangout on one side together and are bullied by my albino zebra that is half their size.

Sounds like oscars

 

[Chris J]

Painted my background and added some more homemade fake plants.

 

[Horsegirlmaddy]

That is a large parrot!! And your oscars are gorgeous, WOW. What do you feed them?

 

[CichlidSensai]

My big guy

 

[Mrs.h2012]

Painted my background and added some more homemade fake plants.

Completely unrelated.. But how do you make homemade plants?

 

[CichlidSensai]

Oscars from the past. Kinda miss the planted/sand tank!

 

[Horsegirlmaddy]

Bad photo, but this is my red devil. He's a pretty big boy lol

 

[Chris J]

I feed them a mix of tetra cichlid logs, pellets, flakes and crisps 2 times a day and frozen flounder and shrimp like twice a week and feeder fish like once a month.

The homemade plants are made of fake plants from Michaels arts and crafts store which I cut to size and make sure to remove any wire core from and then hot glue them into bottle caps for anchors. I buy 2-3 plants at like $5-$6 a piece and can make 3-4 large plants or 5-8 med/small plants from each. If you figure 3 tall plants at a LFS can cost $8-$12, it's not a ton of savings but every little bit helps.

 

[Chris J]

Nice oscars Sensai, I can't imagine not having mine.

That's a big red devil maddy, I had one but had to rehome him due to him beating up on my oscars and killing my other parrot.

 

[njvgl2090]

this is my 12 inch jagXtexas hybrid-he's nuts!

 

[jmay33]

I feed them a mix of tetra cichlid logs, pellets, flakes and crisps 2 times a day and frozen flounder and shrimp like twice a week and feeder fish like once a month.

The homemade plants are made of fake plants from Michaels arts and crafts store which I cut to size and make sure to remove any wire core from and then hot glue them into bottle caps for anchors. I buy 2-3 plants at like $5-$6 a piece and can make 3-4 large plants or 5-8 med/small plants from each. If you figure 3 tall plants at a LFS can cost $8-$12, it's not a ton of savings but every little bit helps.

How do you make the plants aquarium safe?

 

[RAH]

this is my 12 inch jagXtexas hybrid-he's nuts!

That fish is cool looking. I want one now. How big is he?

 

[Chris J]

@jmay the plants are just plastic, I just rinse them and in they go. Just have to make sure you get plants that don't have a full wire core. The ones I get have about 3" of wire at the base of each stem, so I cut it just above that. Other than those 2 things I use normal hot glue and plastic bottle caps.

 

[jmay33]

@jmay the plants are just plastic, I just rinse them and in they go. Just have to make sure you get plants that don't have a full wire core. The ones I get have about 3" of wire at the base of each stem, so I cut it just above that. Other than those 2 things I use normal hot glue and plastic bottle caps.

That is awesome! Thank you so much! I've always wondered about doing that. When I make my first ones, which will hopefully be soon, I'll post a picture.