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- Tucson. Arizona
Dear Neil and All- We'll it took quite a while to cycle my 150 community tank focused on dwarf cichlids. The water is now non-conductive,6.4 ph and 79F. I am having to wait at least a month to accumulate $$$ for the plants. I thought I would share the community with you all and get some helpful advice.
CICHLIDS
8 mature Laetacara curviceps
6 sub-mature L. dorsigerer
6 Cleitharcara maroni
2 mature Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
2 baby M. ramirezi (blue)
3 Turquoise baby Wattley discus; 2 high finned
3 Apistogramma agassizi (Red/Gold)
3 A. cockatuoides (double red-but they are orange)
3 A. agassizi (Double orange) - the male's a knockout
3 A. agassizi [Santarem] Do all these females recognize their species?
Do they recognize strains?
A bunch more coming from Neil including Pelvicachromis taeniatus.
1 pr. Nannacara anomala
NON-CICHLIDS
1 fem albino bristle nose cat fish
6 Corydoras panda
1 Indian algae eater
17 Pristella maxillaris
9 Cardinal tetras (golden)
7 Black neons
3 Moenkhausia pittieri
3 Copoeta oligolepis (Checkered Barbs)-the one inch male is mighty agressive
15 Glowlight Tetras
3 Hyphosennobrycon potosi potosi (rosey)
5 Blue tetras
3 Bloodfins
3 Silver Hatchets
Lot's of plants-many red, brown, copper and maroon. Feather rock (AKA lace rock), African bogwood. Have decided against the gouramies. That'll be another large tank.
The only live food available here is black worms. Frozen we have daphnia, brine shrimp nauplii, adultbrine, mysis shrimp, blood worms,
white and black mosquito larvae, red wrigglers (live), meal worms, krill,
etc. What should I feed? What should I not feed?
12 baby kribs made it in the community tank and the males are already over an inch-females much smaller. Wonderful markings more each day.
Been feeding them frozen baby brine and Fry Bites. They graze on the algae incessantly. How big should they be before I sell them to LFS and how much is fair?
I feel 16 again. So glad to be back in the hobby even ifit now demands a
king's ransom.
Michael Barclay
CICHLIDS
8 mature Laetacara curviceps
6 sub-mature L. dorsigerer
6 Cleitharcara maroni
2 mature Mikrogeophagus altispinosus
2 baby M. ramirezi (blue)
3 Turquoise baby Wattley discus; 2 high finned
3 Apistogramma agassizi (Red/Gold)
3 A. cockatuoides (double red-but they are orange)
3 A. agassizi (Double orange) - the male's a knockout
3 A. agassizi [Santarem] Do all these females recognize their species?
Do they recognize strains?
A bunch more coming from Neil including Pelvicachromis taeniatus.
1 pr. Nannacara anomala
NON-CICHLIDS
1 fem albino bristle nose cat fish
6 Corydoras panda
1 Indian algae eater
17 Pristella maxillaris
9 Cardinal tetras (golden)
7 Black neons
3 Moenkhausia pittieri
3 Copoeta oligolepis (Checkered Barbs)-the one inch male is mighty agressive
15 Glowlight Tetras
3 Hyphosennobrycon potosi potosi (rosey)
5 Blue tetras
3 Bloodfins
3 Silver Hatchets
Lot's of plants-many red, brown, copper and maroon. Feather rock (AKA lace rock), African bogwood. Have decided against the gouramies. That'll be another large tank.
The only live food available here is black worms. Frozen we have daphnia, brine shrimp nauplii, adultbrine, mysis shrimp, blood worms,
white and black mosquito larvae, red wrigglers (live), meal worms, krill,
etc. What should I feed? What should I not feed?
12 baby kribs made it in the community tank and the males are already over an inch-females much smaller. Wonderful markings more each day.
Been feeding them frozen baby brine and Fry Bites. They graze on the algae incessantly. How big should they be before I sell them to LFS and how much is fair?
I feel 16 again. So glad to be back in the hobby even ifit now demands a
king's ransom.
Michael Barclay