How do you fight the urge

[mudbuttjones]

I've narrowed my focus to continually improving the setups I have versus setting up droves of new tanks.

It's cheaper in the long run.

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[johnny potatoes]

When I first got ornatum about 2 years ago, they were approximately 1" and
started growing them out in a 55 gal, just the 6 without any other fish.


I found them to be very aggressive with each other at that tiny size, as it appeared they were on the road to killing each other off.
I added 6 slightly larger Guianacara sp, and a few lemon tetras, overnight this was enough of a distraction to halt all intra-species aggression.
Within a year they were too large for the 55 and were moved to the 150.


I probably should have reduced the population of Guianacara, and not had any more than 10 fish in the 150, and it would have been much better if I had had even fewer.

In the second to last pic, what's the white fish with the two dark stripes?

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[jaws7777]

guianacara

duanes would have to give the specific species

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[Joecool44]

Simply don't as long as I have money I have fish lol I'm a junior in high school and I don't really have to worry about bills or kids lol but I always make sure I never go over my limit on electricity and water!! But it is hard to I just bought a RTC and wasn't thinking long term so now I gotta upgrade to a 270 gallon pond.


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[jaws7777]

Yeah i saw that thread. Not trying to preach but maybe rethink that stock. Unless the pond is under way i wouldnt do it not right for the fish its like living in a closet

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[duanes]

That is , as jaws said, Guianacara sp. They was sold to me as G. geayi, but are probably either sphenozona or owroewefi. To me is very difficult to tell most of the Guianacara species apart.

In the second to last pic, what's the white fish with the two dark stripes?

 

[jaws7777]

Duanes i gotta ask....where do you get your fish ?



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[duanes]

I seldom go to LFSs, a majority are found with members of the Greater Chicago Cichlid Assn, or even more often with members of the local Milwaukee Aquarium Society.
We do group orders, and do a lot of trading within the group, and have mini-auctions of fry at every meeting, and at least 2 major auctions per year. Fish often end up being $1 or $2 each, if not less when acquiring large bags of fry.
I was able to get the Guianacara 20 juvies for $20 from a gcca member.
I also belong to the American Cichlid Assn and have traded with, or received cichlids from other members across the country.
and use on-line sources when I just can't wait, and something I want appears on a list, places like Wetspot, Jeff Rapps, Cichlids of the Americas etc etc

 

[duanes]

Although I'm downsizing because of an impending move, I have still have 25 species of cichlids in my tanks at the moment. Here is a breakdown of where they came from.
6 species-Milwaukee Aquarium Society
4 species -trade with members of Capital Cichlid Assn (Washington DC area)
3 species Greater Chicago Cichlid Assn
3 species Cichlids of the Americas
2 Wet spot
And of the above, at least 8 and another species, are also members of the American Cichlid Assn

I also keep 3 species of catfish from MAS members, 2 species of live bearers, and 2 species of killifish, also from MAS members
And koi and goldfish in my pond, from MAS members

 

[jaws7777]

Pretty impressive D

out of all if you could only keep one or two which would it be

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