my setup of african cichlids if anyone cares to see

[greenearthlawns]

Well I know my photography skills still need work but here is a view of my setup, mostly african malawi cichlids and a 30 gal with some guppies, mollies, gauramis (annoying) and swordtails, have a 10 gal with danios which I breed, every week I do a wc and siphon out the little tiny fry with a straw usually get about 150-200 per week not that all of those survive I've only had about 11 get full grown so far... also I also have a tank for some bigger fish 120 gal with oscar, catfish, sunfish, ck, pleco...
here's the pics of some of my cichlids let me know what ya'll think ok!! :popcorn:

Its all in my living room btw I have 10 tanks at the moment
2 125 gal, 2 10 gal, 1 20 gal, 4 35 gal, and 1 55 gal.... soon to add mabye 2 75 plus some more 20 gals

excuse the mess we have 3 kids lol
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17785 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17785)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=17835 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=17835)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17789 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17789)


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17775&albumid=1552&dl=1237034953&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17775) Golden mbuna mommy again hoding batch # 3!! heres one from her first batch we were on vaca and had put her in a 30 gal by herself what does she do eats all her fry except for 2 survivers we call them thing 1 & 2 lol here's thing onehttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17628&albumid=1552&dl=1236821762&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17628)http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17770&albumid=1552&dl=1237034385&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17770)daddy


http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17779&albumid=1552&dl=1237034953&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17779) kenyi daddy and mommy http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17826&albumid=1552&dl=1237079634&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17826)

my pair of ruby's spawned once but she lost them :( they are in the 55 gal with some haps and ob peacock babies

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17825 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17825)

miss yellow with mouth full of fry
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17784&albumid=1552&dl=1237034953&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17784) babies from previous batchhttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17771&albumid=1552&dl=1237034385&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17771) http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17630&albumid=1552&dl=1236821762&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17630) http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/50/m_4854264a92fb4b94bc8107d0efe5f3d1.jpg dad

my cichlids all thrive on NLS the 125 malawi setup

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17774 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17774)
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=15687 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=15687)
lots of women getting chased especially this girl as soon as I took out my monster red zebra who was harrasing everyone this guy got much more confidence~I really gotta get him some more hap 44 females hopefully soon!!

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17772 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17772)

red zebra and golden mbuna babies

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17615 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17615)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17616 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17616)

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17781&albumid=1552&dl=1237034953&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17781) the mean daddy big bluehttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=15423&albumid=1467&dl=1233851026&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=15423)

he is in the isolation tank right now for beating up others too much
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17830&albumid=1552&dl=1237081054&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17830)

here is my favorite cichlid so far he is called blueberry ob daddy of many ( hybrids ) but he is a beauty
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=15425 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1467&pictureid=15425)

ok here is one of some fry stripping it is the female kenyi

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17833&albumid=1552&dl=1237081054&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17833) http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17834&albumid=1552&dl=1237081054&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17834) all the others came up to watch it was cute...

heres a side view of my 55 gallon malawi tank fish r wondering if I'm gonna feed them...

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17831 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17831)



http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17827 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17827)


love my newest blue dolfin!!http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17622 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17622)
the new 75 gal fry growout tank

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17829&albumid=1552&dl=1237081054&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17829)the stand being built for the new tankshttp://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?pictureid=17778&albumid=1552&dl=1237034953&thumb=1 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/album.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17778)

decoration that was intended for breeding( there are cd's on the inside of each cave for the flat surface, unfortunately it didn't work so we will just give it to the fry to use for hidingout

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17776 (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/picture.php?albumid=1552&pictureid=17776)

WELL, thats about all for now I think that almost well not really but at least kind of shows ya some of what we got going on ~
ANY and ALL suggestions, comments, questions are welcome thanks!!

[Pittbull]

cool deal friend so does your husband give you crap about all the tanks and fish like my wife does hehehe.. nice setups and i do agree with you still need some work on the photo's hehehe just joshen good job..

[Charles d]

nice set up

[nigaharu]

That's alot of nice fishes!

[meanbestorque]

That's a nice structure. How much glue?

[greenearthlawns]

cool deal friend so does your husband give you crap about all the tanks and fish like my wife does hehehe.. nice setups and i do agree with you still need some work on the photo's hehehe just joshen good job..

No!!! he's just as bad as me if not worse lol
Thanks alot guys!

[greenearthlawns]

That's a nice structure. How much glue?
on what the decoration?? lots!!

[jbnebres]

nice tank. my first real tank housed africans as well- their colors and demeanor always kept the tank looking nice and busy. thanks for sharing.

[Cichlidsanders]

Sweet Setup! My place is starting to resemble a pet store with all the aquariums I have running,
but doesn't this belong in the African Rift Lake Cichlids Media Lounge (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=273)

I have 4 tanks going
(55g mbuna w/4 Labidochromis Caeruleus & 2 Metriaclima greshakei, 40g mbuna w/four Pseudotropheus lombardoi, 20g blackish w/one Green Spotted Puffer, & a 10g grow out with a holding Electric yellow lab)
Soon I hope to be running the 55g I found at a garage sale possibly with some S.A. Cichlids (I haven't decided what I am going to put in it yet!)

[Pharaoh]

Looks good.

[LadyBarbara001]

No!!! he's just as bad as me if not worse lol
Thanks alot guys!


Awesome set up.

It's scary when both of you are into the fish! There's no one to say "Enough!" I have that same deal in my house. My husband is just as fish crazy as I am.

[cichlidgirl]

Wow, alot of fish and nice tanks. I bred a ob peacock to a stuartgranti male and the offspring turned out alot like your blueberry. I like my hybrid too LOL

[HaleMoana]

excuse the mess we have 3 kids lol


What mess?!?!?! :ROFL: LOL


Tanks look awesome. :drool:
I am setting up my first cichlid tank now and I can only hope that it turns out like this.

*tagging along*

[duke33]

Cool! All kinds of fishies!

[greenearthlawns]

What mess?!?!?! :ROFL: LOL


Tanks look awesome. :drool:
I am setting up my first cichlid tank now and I can only hope that it turns out like this.

*tagging along*


I'm glad you like my setup... what size tank are u going for? any idea what types your getting ? we're gonna pick more up next weekend I'll post updates when they settle in... Yea I tried to cut most of the mess out of the pics lol Thanks for checking them out...:D

[greenearthlawns]

That's a nice structure. How much glue?


That thing took months of glueing, my husband almost gave up on it but he followed through though!! it came out really cool, we even spray painted it green and black it looked great when he finished it... The fish used to all hide out in there though so they were really hard to catch and didn't get to see them as much, I like the way we have it now so we can always see them and see what they're up to... :popcorn:

[Pittbull]

HEHEHE now i will work on my wife to like fishes yeah right than i woke up hehehe wow i would love it if my wife were into fish like me.. cool deal you guys have fun..

[Ullopincrate]

Nice set ups. I like experimenting myself.

[greenearthlawns]

HEHEHE now i will work on my wife to like fishes yeah right than i woke up hehehe wow i would love it if my wife were into fish like me.. cool deal you guys have fun..

Yeah it is nice to share a hobby but like stated before, it can get scary when neither of you knows when to stop lol :nilly:Like I can't believe we went from having one fish tank to 10 in the matter of 1 yr and now he's building a huge stand and like oh yeah this way "if we want to add more we'll have room and if we want to upgrade later it can hold a 280"... :WHOA:
I though 10 would be the max about 3 months ago and now we are not only considering but actually adding more bc our friend was getting rid of it so who else is gonna take it lol:naughty: more fry being born soon and more fish getting bought... no we are not wealthy but crazy about these africans, going shopping next sunday to get some hopefully (wilcaught) peacocks etc, whatever !! hopefully this will be the end of the buying and we can just breed them... Anyways thanks for the comments anyone got suggestions for us (besides stop the insanity lol)?

[tcarswell]

Damn girl you rock. Those are some awesome tanks.

[tcarswell]

I hope I can find a cichlid like blueberry some day. One of a kind I bet but its a stunning fish.

[greenearthlawns]

I hope I can find a cichlid like blueberry some day. One of a kind I bet but its a stunning fish.

We'll see if he's one of a kind after his fry start to color up,his first batch are only about 2 in... I have seen some really nice ones that look similar to him out there well on youtube anyways... just keep your eyes peeled for one at the lfs's too bad you don't live closer I'd let ya have some ob fry...

[Pittbull]

greenearthlawns (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/member.php?u=45812) wrote:
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Originally Posted by Pittbull@MFK http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/ms_icons/buttons/viewpost.gif (http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=225758&page=2#post2909385)
HEHEHE now i will work on my wife to like fishes yeah right than i woke up hehehe wow i would love it if my wife were into fish like me.. cool deal you guys have fun..

Yeah it is nice to share a hobby but like stated before, it can get scary when neither of you knows when to stop lol :nilly:Like I can't believe we went from having one fish tank to 10 in the matter of 1 yr and now he's building a huge stand and like oh yeah this way "if we want to add more we'll have room and if we want to upgrade later it can hold a 280"... :WHOA:
I though 10 would be the max about 3 months ago and now we are not only considering but actually adding more bc our friend was getting rid of it so who else is gonna take it lol:naughty: more fry being born soon and more fish getting bought... no we are not wealthy but crazy about these africans, going shopping next sunday to get some hopefully (wilcaught) peacocks etc, whatever !! hopefully this will be the end of the buying and we can just breed them... Anyways thanks for the comments anyone got suggestions for us (besides stop the insanity lol)?


hehehe yeah i got a solution to the issue at hand build a 2000gal concrete tank with an extra thick glass in front for viewing and be able to climb in with a wet suit and swim with your fishes.. but cool on you guys having an outlet when your done you will be able to sit back and enjoy.. later my friend..

[SoDakJeep]

wow looks like you got quite a load there. I don't have room for anymore tanks at the moment. I just changed my setup as well. Your tanks look sweet though good job.