post your cichlid setup here!

[mre3810]

My First Cichlid Tank

This is my first cichlid tank. Open to suggestions and do I have enough rock?

 

[jwh0818]

This is my first cichlid tank. Open to suggestions and do I have enough rock?

Looks good! Can't ever hurt to add more rock but I don't see many fish so that's plenty if that's all the fish there

 

[mre3810]

The tank is a 75 gallon. I currently have 13 small around 2" mostly Mbuna.

 

[jwh0818]

I would add more rock and make some caves really

 

[mariah]

This is my first cichlid tank. Open to suggestions and do I have enough rock?

Id add more. Double what you have at least. They like really small spaces to hide. Also, if they are being chased they can get away. The more places the better because they will each pick their own space

 

[SonicsDC25]

May as well post my setup since I've yet to do so My 55g setup below, first pic is day 6 after the tank was set up and the 2nd pic is day 23 (excuse the algae on the glass in 2nd pic). Got purple algae growing on 3 rocks and the brown algae is starting to dissipate, looking for all that brown algae/diatoms to turn into lush purple or green algae. Might be converting to green/purple algae faster, but what can you do when all 12 juvs are grazing all day lol. In the process of creating a time lapse video of the algae growth, will post it in a month or two when there's sufficient video footage.

 

[jwh0818]

Very nice sonic!!! Love the rock work

 

[fishyfriends3]

That's super sonic.

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[smithpants94]

Holy cow, Sonic, I can't believe that's a 55! Your rock work and scape is incredible

 

[tanders89]

My 75g tank filtered by a fluval fx6 and a ehiem G90, stocked with a Electric Blue Jack Dempsey, Green Terror, Cherry Flowerhorn and common pleco. I do 25% water changes twice a week and feed them blood worms, brine shrimp and carnivorous pellets.

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[SonicsDC25]

Thanks all, funny watching them peck my arm when I was cleaning their snack off the glass just now lol

Tanders that Dempsey is looking great ^_^

 

[joecoones]

Getting back into fish keeping! My juvenile mbuna tank with home built "distressed" bow front stand

 

[jwh0818]

Getting back into fish keeping! My juvenile mbuna tank with home built "distressed" bow front standView attachment 226172View attachment 226173View attachment 226174

That's a very nice tank and fork! Love the stand as well! Welcome to AA!

 

[erikmoseley]

Ha a fork!

 

[erikmoseley]

Getting back into fish keeping! My juvenile mbuna tank with home built "distressed" bow front standView attachment 226172View attachment 226173View attachment 226174

I love the stand!

 

[joecoones]

Lol thanks. Works great for zucchini snacks

 

[jwh0818]

Lol thanks. Works great for zucchini snacks

Ha a fork!

I almost thought it was part of the setup until I saw the zucchini on the end!

 

[joecoones]

I picked up this little guy in a mixed/unknown tank.. Think he's a kenyi?

 

[jwh0818]

I wanna say yes but make a thread in the cichlid section for better help

 

[erikmoseley]

Definitely a kenyi