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| Subject: My first cichlids  9/12/2009, 3:31 pm | |
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KMX
Admin
Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
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MIKEJ0226
Staff Sergeant
Posts : 158
Location : Phoenix, AZ
Favorite Fish: : African cichlids
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/12/2009, 5:10 pm | |
| Great first fish. They will be nice when the males color up. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/12/2009, 6:18 pm | |
| Yes they will be  Nelson has quality fish, they arrived in great condition. I took those pics right after I put them in the tank. |
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R2 Ranch
Chief Wrnt. Off. 4
Posts : 481
Location : At the bunkhouse
Favorite Fish: : Any that belong to me.
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KMX
Admin
Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/13/2009, 8:37 am | |
| So how was there 1st night to sleep over?  | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/13/2009, 9:20 am | |
| They seem fine.... Still in hiding though but they have spread out more. At lights out they were all grouped and this morning they are a little more spread out in the hidey holes. |
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KMX
Admin
Posts : 16094
Location : Mansfield, TX
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/13/2009, 12:48 pm | |
| Yea I got mine a few days ago and they all hide behind the spoonge filter. | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/13/2009, 5:09 pm | |
| They seem to be claiming their spots now. |
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nitty
Moderator
Posts : 1906
Location : Houston/Atlanta
Favorite Fish: : Mine:
110gal. Eclectochromis Lobochilus Hertae
56gal. Neolamprologus Brichardi
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/13/2009, 6:18 pm | |
| You're gonna love them even more after a few months. | |
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Twin Dad
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 81
Location : Gilbert AZ
Favorite Fish: : Malawi Cichlids
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/13/2009, 8:57 pm | |
| Love Peacocks!!  | |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 10:21 am | |
| Welcome to the addiction...hahaha | |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 10:51 am | |
| I was addicted before I got the cichlids  |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 10:52 am | |
| haha did you have guppies or mollies? | |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 10:56 am | |
| Both along with; plattys, kuhli loaches, dojo loaches, tiger barbs, neons, black skirt teras, and my corys that mate like rabbits..... I know I missed a few....... |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 10:57 am | |
| nice! i've done that too, but as soon as i got my first batch of cichlids, there was no going back! I do have a little tank full of guppies still though.....  lol | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 11:51 am | |
| I don't think I will ever get rid of my 2 community tanks (75g & 20g) I like my live plants too much! |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 11:55 am | |
| lol that's good cuz they prolly look amazing! and cichlids would tear them apart! lol | |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 11:56 am | |
| So I added 2 mollys to both tanks as dither fish last night and fed both tanks 15 minutes later and my lwandas cam out to eat Finally! They seem to be doing much better with the mollys in the tanks with them. Its a constant game of chase between them mollys chasing the lwandas and vice versa.  |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 11:59 am | |
| that's funny. but that's good that you actually get to see them! do they have good coloring? | |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 11:59 am | |
| I have pics in my albums. I need to add some more recent ones.......
My thought on fake plants is if you have them you might as well make the rest of the tank just as tacky! So the cichlid tanks may wind up being truly tacky just because |
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Guest
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| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 12:00 pm | |
| Not too much yet they are only about an inch long. They do have a nice purplish sheen to them though. |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 12:05 pm | |
| Purple is a nice contrast with the planted greens though isn't it? :) | |
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Guest
Guest
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 12:13 pm | |
| It would be if I could trust them with my plants |
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mikeypb234
Corporal/Specialist
Posts : 90
Location : WA
Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids!
| | Subject: Re: My first cichlids 9/16/2009, 12:14 pm | |
|  but what are you gonna do!? haha | |
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