Fire mouth Breeding 180gallon monster tank

[Whoisjaime]

Just wanted to share a little about about my Firemouth Cichlids. After about a month in my 180 gallon tank we had our first batch of fry that are now swimming freely. Will be moving them and sharing their phases of growth over time in a 10 gallon breeder tank.

Please feel free to ask any questions!

 

[Whoisjaime]

Another angle!

 

[tlindsey]

Another angle!

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Welcome aboard!
It's always exciting to see fish kept in home aquariums spawn. Your 180 gallon setup looks nicely aquascaped.
We have picture of the month and tank of the month contest. I recommend you enter.

 

[Jexnell]

Welcome to the fishy family!

 

[Chub_by]

How are they doing? Firemouths are such underrated fish.

 

[Whoisjaime]

How are they doing? Firemouths are such underrated fish.

 

[Jexnell]

Beautiful!

 

[Whoisjaime]

Beautiful!

I’ll pass your compliment on to the new parents!

 

[tiger15]

Yes, firemouth is underrated because it is common and cheap. It’s a surprise that someone would devote a 180 gal for the most common fish. I tried other rarer Thorichthy species such as Elioti and aurium, but ultimately returned to keeping a firemouth because it is an easy fish to keep, and beautiful in its own right. Firemouth has the reddest breast of all Thorichthys, and having been domesticated for such a long time that it is disease bullet proof. Other exotic Thorichthy species I kept aren’t as easy, and I lost a number to bacterial infection.

 

[Simonas]

Beautiful fish and a top 5 fish for me and have been since I started in 1992 but I am still looking for a firemouth like I remember them looking back then greyer background which contrasted so well with the red throat and a bigger fish than we see now