Recent content by Davemac

ok 90 gallon tank you could have five bar cichlids pair, callochromis sand sifter are nice cyprichromis or cyps jumbos, tang killifish, a trio of featherfins ventralis, julidochromis for the rocks maybe a pair of lemon cichlids and pair of shell dwellers in one corner occelatus gold or multis...

these featherfins I have seen since fry parents came from the lake five years ago they have been tank raised looked cool even as fry  male parent is lovely blue/green with splotches of darker colours

sometimes you also have to take what you get with regards to availability of fish so if ratio of male to female is off... so be it featherfins from the lake are often only available in pairs so you take what you can and don't be put of by recommended ratios people who have kept these fish are...

all good stuff guys yeh they just growing out in forty gallon then into 60x24x24 only reason I got two males is should the alpha male die I still have a unit not just females, if second male gets too bashed up later I have room to move him but they are not as aggresive as ventralis, that's my...

cheers guys should be with me for a decade fingers crossed 

just pick these guys up when shop opened at nine could not wait they are quite rare opthalmotilapia heterodonta nayanza-lac only juvenile at moment but should colour up nice 2 m / 2 f 

your ph will go up and down as will conductivity and tempreture just let it cycle first then if still too high add peat to filter or better still boogwood will lower it a small bit try and stay away from ph down! more stable high ph be a lot better than an unstable lower one where cichlids are...

no let the cycle continue and no more water changes are required until your nitrates are 160 ppm or higher as this will slow your nitrite eating bacteria, once nitrite starts to spike above 5ppm cut back on ammonia by half the amount everyday even skip a day it may help:)

this is hagrid boss of my tanganyikan tank in his own cave he looks mean has big teeth and is a predator (nelamprologus tretocephalus ) but really a big softie does not eat fry and for a male five bar he has only one fish he chases that is my neolamprologus lelupi who is nastie!

cyprichromis mpulungu or utinta be good for top half of tank here is a snap of my breeding male mpulungu 

eBay for shells julidochromis transcriptus gombi be your best bet with multis I have both breeding in same tank no probs they stay quite small  hope that helps

nice looking cichlids I have not ventured into Malawi fish yet! got hooked on tanganyikans and they speed they breed may have no room for a while ... more tanks yipeee! 

cheers been trying to buy and collect rocks from here there and everywhere fishless cycling is sooooooooo boring but better for my new fish when they arrive. thanks for the kind comment hope the fish like it may change the lighting to led to give a shimmer affect and not so bright as the...

just finished adding last plants towards end of nitrite spike taking ages well only 13 days so far should be done in a week then I can put some tanganyikans in this one third tang tank  think my cyprichromis will love it what do u think?

I have moved multi shell dwellers moving in the shell is only way... I placed a glass jar in the tank filled with water and placed the shells in it under water as not to break the surface with the shells if you do you create a air pocket vacum and the fish may get trapped inside shell, then lift...