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felidacity Private First Class
Posts : 32 Location : North Florida
| Subject: Hi....a little late! 12/4/2010, 11:16 pm | |
| Just wanted to introduce myself. I live in North Florida and have had tanks since I was about 10. I am now setting up a 75 I just got a good deal on and trying to decide what to put in it. This will be a good place to give me ideas! I am a pet groomer and have a variety of dogs,cats and poultry. | |
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KMX Admin
Posts : 16094 Location : Mansfield, TX Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids of all kinds.
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/4/2010, 11:39 pm | |
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bcijoe Warrant Officer 1
Posts : 324 Location : Cape Coral, Fl Favorite Fish: : Betta, Pacu, Clown Loach, Alfbn Pleco, Yellow Fin Barb (Lemon Barb), White Fin Rosy Tetra, Congo Tetra, more
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/4/2010, 11:43 pm | |
| Welcome! Are you keeping fish now besides the 75 you're working on? What kind of fish have you kept in the past? | |
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felidacity Private First Class
Posts : 32 Location : North Florida
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 12:05 am | |
| yeah, I have kribensis in a 29 and a couple of tetras in a 5 currently. Have had bettas and rams in the past...other than the usual community tanks as a kid... | |
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goodpick Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 220 Location : birmingham,alabama Favorite Fish: : Just love fish
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 12:09 am | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 12:15 am | |
| Is there any fish you do not like? with me that list is shorter to start with. Then is there a certain area that most of your favorites come from like South America or Africa or even a north american sunfish tank can be fun. Think about how you want the tank to look Planted, deco, lighting and get fish that will suit the environment you want. |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 1:19 am | |
| also get fish that match your water so your not going to have an issue with it later on.
Any how, welcome to the site!! What part of FL you in? Ft Myers here! Please share any pics questions or ideas you may have!!! |
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Holey Rock of Texas Admin
Posts : 6531 Location : Dallas, TX Favorite Fish: : shellys
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 9:17 am | |
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felidacity Private First Class
Posts : 32 Location : North Florida
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 9:59 am | |
| I am from North Florida, near Tallahassee. Now how would I go about matching fish to my water type?? What things do I need to measure? Then when I know this info, how to I match to the right fish? | |
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jaiko1975 Moderator
Posts : 980 Location : hollywood FL
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 12:06 pm | |
| south florida here welcome | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 3:05 pm | |
| Go ahead and fill a bucket and add the appropriate amount of water conditioner for it and then test your PH GH and KH if possible, then look for fish that are closest to what you've got or post and we can give you some suggestions If you have low PH and low GH you would want to go in the angel/discus and other acidic soft water fish. If your PH and GH are high you would want to head in the African cichlid direction. Its so much easier to pick fish that are close to the water you have than constantly messing with your water parameters trying to keep your fish happy |
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perrone1214 Private First Class
Posts : 41 Location : Lehigh Acres , FL Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 6:11 pm | |
| you cant go wrong with cichlids.... | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 9:01 pm | |
| when you say cichlids that covers alot of species. |
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CSnyder00 Moderator
Posts : 1648 Location : Pittsburgh, PA Favorite Fish: : Luwino Reef Zebra Chilumba, Ocellatus, Any bright-colored freshwater cichlid
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/5/2010, 9:34 pm | |
| Yup! | |
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felidacity Private First Class
Posts : 32 Location : North Florida
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 5:36 am | |
| I love kribensis... which is what I have in my 29. But aren't rams also a type of cichlid?? I like them also.
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perrone1214 Private First Class
Posts : 41 Location : Lehigh Acres , FL Favorite Fish: : African Cichlids
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 6:48 am | |
| aything but south americans ... | |
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jaiko1975 Moderator
Posts : 980 Location : hollywood FL
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 6:56 am | |
| why not? south america has lots of beutifull species. and you also have central,north,and new world | |
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istrober Moderator
Posts : 2643 Location : Lehigh Acres, Fl Favorite Fish: : Africans, Peacocks, Catfish.. pertty much everything that has fins and tail...
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 7:38 am | |
| Yes another FL member!!, glad to have you here.. you can check our library section to choose one of the best cichlids species around.. | |
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BFinley Admin
Posts : 4498 Location : Fort Worth,Tx Favorite Fish: : Frontosa and Red Tail Catfish and All Africans
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 8:27 am | |
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lgsasquatch Chief Wrnt. Off. 5
Posts : 501 Location : Saginaw Favorite Fish: : All i can afford
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 11:05 am | |
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Janie Sergeant 1st Class
Posts : 205 Location : Mansfield Favorite Fish: : Calvus & all Victorian Cichlids.
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proyect01 Captain
Posts : 1196 Location : Fort Myers Fl Favorite Fish: : Aulonocara species
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/6/2010, 7:19 pm | |
| Welcome | |
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felidacity Private First Class
Posts : 32 Location : North Florida
| Subject: Re: Hi....a little late! 12/7/2010, 5:46 am | |
| Thanks guys! I really feel special to have all these smiling faces just for me! | |
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