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update, growing out nicely, won't be long now!

I had 5 in a 100 that only got occasional water changes. they're pretty forgiving. if you're personally picking them, get all females, or if you want to encourage spawning, only get one male. males have the squiggles on their cheeks, females don't. I'd say you have room for two and some other...

long ago I had 2 jacks and 2 pikes in a 55 and a few other things. everyone was themselves and no fighting. of course my jacks were only about 4" and the pike were about 5"... I think the key is to give them tankmates that won't bully, and yet can hold their own, and enough filtration to handle...

it's my finding, that a Jack Dempsey will be fine with any CA/SA cichlid big enough to take care of itself. where you'll have problems is if the tank is too small for him to have his own territory, or you have a breeding pair. if there's only one he should be ok. I had jacks in two tanks first...

ok, I aquired a complete saltwater setup. it came with a 30 gallon, a 50 gallon, stand etc. along with it there are several power heads, which I figure I can find a use for, but then there's this Aquarium Systems protein skimmer, which I don't anticipate needing in my fresh water stuff. so, my...

ok, tank re-sealed and holding water. man, I'm thinking re-sealing aquariums is not my career path. doesn't look bad, but took a while longer than it should have.

your tank is pretty small. most of the issues are related to the need for territories. while small and peaceful, your keyholes and whatever dwarf cichlids you pick are going to get territorially crowded. my advice, feature your keyholes and use small tetras and such as dither. T-bones and...

so, it looks like, through them, you can go African, or African. my advice is look at the fish they list on their site, then do a google search to look at what they really look like. some sites have amazing photos and you'll be disappointed, and some sites have really bad photos and you'll miss...

they're here, all accounted for and alive!

Rotkeil are showing up today, 20 gallon tank ready to go! I'll post a photo and have some input on how buying Fish from Fla. is. so far, the guy has been really great to deal with. this is the guy I bought them from: Aqua Research Center

so maybe a good question is how do I keep my cichlids from rearranging and destroying live plants? they are constantly moving the fake plants around. I finally had to silicone gravel into the plastic bases to keep them from floating.

I've been reading on the nitrogen cycle. nitrates, which is what I'm having high readings of, is the last stage and the only real solution proposed for the problem is water changes. I'm wondering if changing to a larger more efficient filter will effect the nitrate levels. the two Penguins are...

the Penguins aren't working, that's the point of the post. I'd like to avoid simply adding more equipment to the tank, especially huge sponge filters. I was thinking about replacing the Penguins with something more effective. I already have a whisper 30-60 bubbler and 2 airstones creating...

yes, just a small caulking leak. it leaked about 1 cup per day

ok, so I know I'm technically a bit overstocked. I have a 100 gallon tank, 60x16x24, and I'm running two Marineland Penguin 350s. water's clear, test results are good with the exception of nitrates, which run consistently around 80 mg/L. I have 4 adult severum, 3 firemouths, 7, 3" convicts, and...

I forgot to give the update on this thread. I simply found and bought another 100 gallon tank. now though, I'm looking at the leaky tank thinking, I should reseal this one... anyone done this? I could use any advice.

ok, I bought a small batch of Rotkeil Severum. now it's about shepherding them into maturity and hoping romance breaks out.

I plan on selling to the local fish stores, so yeah, maybe 1"- 1.5" ok, so that's solved, 50 for breeding, and 28 for grow-out. any reason against the Sajica? they're nice looking, easy to breed, and not too common, at least not here, and they don't get too big for people to keep. p.s. the...

only one of my 100s is up with a community in it, the other is empty (there's a thread on that situation) would I be better off using the 50 as the breeding and the 100 to grow out, or maybe the 100 to breed adn the 50 to grow out. my thought was, the 28 is a bit cramped, but growing out a...

ok so I've narrowed it down to these two at the moment. mainly because both are available and within budget. Heros SP. Rotkeil (red shoulder or red head Severum) Cryptoheros Sajica (T-bar cichlid) they're both available in batches of 10-12, and both rather small. the Tbars are between 1/4" and...

no, I just wanted them, and they're too small at present to stick in the community. so, my options are to go ahead and stick whatever I choose in with them, or wait until these guys grow up a bit and then go forward. I need to loof for a thread on the Frontosa, from what little I've heard, they...

so, I'm on my way... sort of. I set up the 28 gallon which will act as the breeding tank. and something came up and I ended up with a few fish I really wanted, but not really in this tank. on the bright side, the tank is now cycling nicely, and I'll have it ready when I'm ready to make the jump...

I'm a huge Severum fan, so I always think there first, but they can be bit and expensive, I worried they might not go as easy. that's why I thought in the Cryptoheros family, they're small cheal and easy to breed, and you only ever see convicts in the stores, never the yellow or gold. also...

any advice on where I should start looking for my starters? I figure get a batch of 6-10 and hope for at least one pair. anyone buy on aquabid? ebay?

stopped by the LFS today. the owner seemed very open, and while there a guy walked in who was breeding Jewel Cichlids and selling to him. good sign. so one store open to buying from me. tempted to start with something fairly easy, maybe the gold convict (Aequidens metae) or one of the...