My cichlids

nstiesi · 05-23-2008, 04:32 PM

Hi there. I just made my meet 'n greet post a few days ago, and I just noticed the freshwater section. I have been doing freshwater for many years, and have been into African Cichlids for the last 3.

My current setup is a drilled 55 gallon with a mix of Tanganyika and Malawi. I don't have shots of everyone, or even a full tank shot at the moment (its still on my camera at home), but I figured I'd post up what I got and say "hi".

The business end, I built this out of walmart plastics. Does a pretty good job.

Interesting pic of my A. Calvus. I saw a video on lake tanganyika, these guys are slender for a reason. He is always angled in some interesting position. In the wild this is a defense mechanism:

Pair of J. Ornatus, parent and child right here. Long story, but the parents bred for the first time during a spring break week from college, and when I got back one of the parents had columnaris (cotton mouth). It died, but I noticed this one surviving fry when scooping the dead guy out. Man, the fry was TINY when I found it, it has come a long way:

N. Brichardi

L. Caeruleus. I had one just like him, but twice the size, until he decided to jump into the overflow, get sucked down the standpipe, clog my filter, flood the floor, and die in the filter.....ugh

Ps. Socolofi. Definitely my biggest. I actually found this gem at my local marine fish store.

Thanks for lookin!

lcstorc · 05-23-2008, 05:22 PM

Beautful fresh water set

michael_cb_125 · 05-23-2008, 05:31 PM

Awesome FW tank. I really like the African Chichlids

05-23-2008, 04:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
nstiesi Sea Pen Join Date: May 2008 Location: Hollywood, FL Posts: 334 View Gallery Karma Komment	My cichlids Hi there. I just made my meet 'n greet post a few days ago, and I just noticed the freshwater section. I have been doing freshwater for many years, and have been into African Cichlids for the last 3. My current setup is a drilled 55 gallon with a mix of Tanganyika and Malawi. I don't have shots of everyone, or even a full tank shot at the moment (its still on my camera at home), but I figured I'd post up what I got and say "hi". The business end, I built this out of walmart plastics. Does a pretty good job. Interesting pic of my A. Calvus. I saw a video on lake tanganyika, these guys are slender for a reason. He is always angled in some interesting position. In the wild this is a defense mechanism: Pair of J. Ornatus, parent and child right here. Long story, but the parents bred for the first time during a spring break week from college, and when I got back one of the parents had columnaris (cotton mouth). It died, but I noticed this one surviving fry when scooping the dead guy out. Man, the fry was TINY when I found it, it has come a long way: N. Brichardi L. Caeruleus. I had one just like him, but twice the size, until he decided to jump into the overflow, get sucked down the standpipe, clog my filter, flood the floor, and die in the filter.....ugh Ps. Socolofi. Definitely my biggest. I actually found this gem at my local marine fish store. Thanks for lookin!

05-23-2008, 05:22 PM	#2 (permalink)
lcstorc Sunshine Reefer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Cocoa Fl Posts: 26,433 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: My cichlids Beautful fresh water set __________________ Peace LYNN Lynn and Franks saltwater adventure Lynn's 20g clown tank Lynn's 90g of sunshine Lynn's frag tank experiment A reef tank is like a race car. The faster you go the harder you crash.

05-23-2008, 05:31 PM	#3 (permalink)
michael_cb_125 Reef Shark Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Charlotte,NC Posts: 5,600 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: My cichlids Awesome FW tank. I really like the African Chichlids __________________ All Fish are "Semi-Reef Safe"

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