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Update! Hi everyone! I've been busy as heck with school so I've had to stay off the board. I have most of my tests done, just one final for sure, possibly two (depending on how well I did on the last test for one class). Otherwise, I'm pretty much done and can spend a little time enjoying my tanks now!
I made a HUGE mistake of getting some fish from Xtreme, including 3 julies. The decimated just about everything in the tank, and they also died. In fact, only 1 fish that I got from Xtreme survived, a little yellow leleupi (Neolamprologus leleupi). I lost all my plecos and most of my paracyps (sorry, Tim :().
Finally, everything settled down and the remaining fish did well. I tried to get some cyps through mail order, but the guy kept not calling me back. When I did get a break between exams, he had sold some of the fish I had wanted. Then he didn't call me back again so I gave up.
With a mostly empty tank, I decided that I would no longer try to do a Tang tank. I just cannot get the fish.
I went to Fish Ranch II to replace my plecos. While I was there, they had a tank full of electric yellows (Labidochromis caeruleus). I had fallen in love with them long ago so I decided to get a dozen. Now the tank has color and movement!
The paracyps had breed and I had two fry that had survived a month after being spit out, but the electric yellows killed them off the first night. I'm down to just two female paracyps so no hopes for more breeding. I've given up on them, unfortunately.
My next step will be to find fish that I can mix with the electric yellows. I know they're mbuna, but they're not nearly as aggressive as most mbunas. I'd like to mix them with more of the lesser aggressive cichlids, but I'm not sure which ones yet. I haven't had time to look it all up. I'll post a thread asking for suggestions.
I have a number of plants doing well in the tank; although, the electric yellows have nibbled holes in some of my favorite ones. I realize that cichlids and live plants don't really mix so if I lost the plants, so be it. I'm enjoying having them in the tank for now.
I'll try to get some pics later, maybe after I've completed all my finals. Just imagine the tank as pictured before with some added plants and a bunch of electric yellows swimming around.
I made a HUGE mistake of getting some fish from Xtreme, including 3 julies. The decimated just about everything in the tank, and they also died. In fact, only 1 fish that I got from Xtreme survived, a little yellow leleupi (Neolamprologus leleupi). I lost all my plecos and most of my paracyps (sorry, Tim :().
Finally, everything settled down and the remaining fish did well. I tried to get some cyps through mail order, but the guy kept not calling me back. When I did get a break between exams, he had sold some of the fish I had wanted. Then he didn't call me back again so I gave up.
With a mostly empty tank, I decided that I would no longer try to do a Tang tank. I just cannot get the fish.
I went to Fish Ranch II to replace my plecos. While I was there, they had a tank full of electric yellows (Labidochromis caeruleus). I had fallen in love with them long ago so I decided to get a dozen. Now the tank has color and movement!
The paracyps had breed and I had two fry that had survived a month after being spit out, but the electric yellows killed them off the first night. I'm down to just two female paracyps so no hopes for more breeding. I've given up on them, unfortunately.
My next step will be to find fish that I can mix with the electric yellows. I know they're mbuna, but they're not nearly as aggressive as most mbunas. I'd like to mix them with more of the lesser aggressive cichlids, but I'm not sure which ones yet. I haven't had time to look it all up. I'll post a thread asking for suggestions.
I have a number of plants doing well in the tank; although, the electric yellows have nibbled holes in some of my favorite ones. I realize that cichlids and live plants don't really mix so if I lost the plants, so be it. I'm enjoying having them in the tank for now.
I'll try to get some pics later, maybe after I've completed all my finals. Just imagine the tank as pictured before with some added plants and a bunch of electric yellows swimming around.
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