Hi, I have recently purchased 6 x Thorichthys Maculipinnis (Ellioti), 5 x Thorichthys Meeki (Firemouth) and 5 x Hypsophrys Nicaraguensis (Nicaraguan Cichlid) and thought I would share there progress as they grow.
They are homed in a 180 gallon dimensions 6’ x 2’ x 2’ which I hope will be adequate for life and they have been in there for just over 1 week. i am running 2 x FX6 on this tank and plan to carry out 30-40% water changes every week. The aquarium and filters have been established for the last 5 years so the set-up is biologically mature.
I have a Temp Controller which does a good job of keeping the temperatures between 25.7 and 26.0 degrees Celsius. These are my other parameters.
Nítrate- between 20-40ppm (seems a bit high]
Nitrite - 0ppm
Ammonia - 0ppm
PH - 7.6
I do not plan on adding any more stock of either cichlids or dithers unless something goes wrong. They were smaller then I had originally anticipated with the Thorichthys are all approx 1 inch long with Firemouth’s being the deeper and larger overall. Nic’s are very small only 1/2 an inch.
I am feeding them a mix of flake food and crushed cichlid pellets and spirulina wafers whilst they are small. so far so good, they seem to have settled in well and are very active and come to the front of the tank begging for food. They are constantly picking for food in the sand substrate and have shown no signs of intra species aggression although there is a lots of posturing and the odd chasing going on amongst their own species.
I will post some photos and video of them the day after they were introduced and post some more as they grow. Would appreciate any feedback from people who have kept these species either together or in single groups.
Cheers
They are homed in a 180 gallon dimensions 6’ x 2’ x 2’ which I hope will be adequate for life and they have been in there for just over 1 week. i am running 2 x FX6 on this tank and plan to carry out 30-40% water changes every week. The aquarium and filters have been established for the last 5 years so the set-up is biologically mature.
I have a Temp Controller which does a good job of keeping the temperatures between 25.7 and 26.0 degrees Celsius. These are my other parameters.
Nítrate- between 20-40ppm (seems a bit high]
Nitrite - 0ppm
Ammonia - 0ppm
PH - 7.6
I do not plan on adding any more stock of either cichlids or dithers unless something goes wrong. They were smaller then I had originally anticipated with the Thorichthys are all approx 1 inch long with Firemouth’s being the deeper and larger overall. Nic’s are very small only 1/2 an inch.
I am feeding them a mix of flake food and crushed cichlid pellets and spirulina wafers whilst they are small. so far so good, they seem to have settled in well and are very active and come to the front of the tank begging for food. They are constantly picking for food in the sand substrate and have shown no signs of intra species aggression although there is a lots of posturing and the odd chasing going on amongst their own species.
I will post some photos and video of them the day after they were introduced and post some more as they grow. Would appreciate any feedback from people who have kept these species either together or in single groups.
Cheers