AngelThoughts
Aquarium Advice Apprentice
I am new to the fish hobby... I don't really think that my lil 5g with a couple of platies in it counts as a challenging tank I've had them a couple of months...no problems (knock on wood).
Here is my situation. I recently bought a 36g bowfront tank and it is set up but has no water in it yet. I really haven't decided what I want to put in it. I WAS going to just do some gouramis or something but then I saw a few cichlid tanks around here and on other sites and thought they were sooo much more striking. I also noticed a bit more challenging (which I have time for and don't mind working on. But then my tank may be too small most people I've seen with any sort of cichlids seem to have at LEAST 55g.
I am also intimidated to actually get any being the newbie that I am. Would you recommend to stick to regular old community freshwater fish or to try a cichlid tank?
Are there some good sites you would reccomend where I can read up on this family of fish and that might have some good resources for me to do research on the care etc? Thanks in advance.
Here is my situation. I recently bought a 36g bowfront tank and it is set up but has no water in it yet. I really haven't decided what I want to put in it. I WAS going to just do some gouramis or something but then I saw a few cichlid tanks around here and on other sites and thought they were sooo much more striking. I also noticed a bit more challenging (which I have time for and don't mind working on. But then my tank may be too small most people I've seen with any sort of cichlids seem to have at LEAST 55g.
I am also intimidated to actually get any being the newbie that I am. Would you recommend to stick to regular old community freshwater fish or to try a cichlid tank?
Are there some good sites you would reccomend where I can read up on this family of fish and that might have some good resources for me to do research on the care etc? Thanks in advance.