Recent content by Morgie

The tank is Deep Blue, the stand/canopy are from a local company here in NC that I don't remember the name of :/

Current stock is: 2x gold head compressiceps 2x pulcher daffodils 3x leleupis 4x julidochromis marlieri 2x synodontis lucippinis

Sorry I haven't updated this in so long! I've had a lot of life stuff going on lately and kind of forgot about this thread :/ Some pics to make up for it!

It's probably closer to 100lbs of rock, and no. I went to a local pond/landscape yard. An LFS would charge at least $200+ for that amount of rock. ;)

And I got the lights, filter, rocks, and substrate all set up today. :) This week I'll start cycling and get some plants in. Hopefully my driftwood piece will show up this week as well..

Got all these rocks today for 20$ ...

The only plant I'm going to use is vallisneria spirilas, as that's the only commercially available plant I've heard of native to Tanganyika that the cichlids won't destroy haha.

I've got my 55g planted, 20g planted, 10g Kenyan Sand Boa, 10g leopard gecko baby, 24x18x18 gargoyle gecko, and a 10g fire belly toad paludarium. And that's just in my room haha.

The first one looks like a stressed common IMO

Eh, I've bred dwarf gouramis before and that looks like a male to me.

The pictus would eat most of those fish once they were able, just a heads up.

Yes and no. ;) My main opinion on the subject is that as long as the conditions are stable and you aren't adding a whole ton of chemicals to the mix most fish can adapt to your tap water. Would I personally mix fish from different water chemistries? Nope. However on the subject I will say that...

That's actually fairly common behavior for dwarf cichlids. They're grinding the pellet in the throat to break it into smaller pieces. If you soak the pellets in some tank water beforehand they'll have an easier time eating them.

Aquascape plan...

When I was keeping my colony of Apisto borelli I fed them NLS (new life spectrum pellets), Cobalt pro breeder flakes, and a variety of frozen and live food (bloodworms, blackworms, brine, etc) They had great colors and were very lively!