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    Malawi eyebiter with other cichlids

    Let me understand this better. You want to put a eye biter into a mixed tank?
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    What's on your Christmas wish list?

    Funny thats my wish list too!
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    Aquarium Accessories For Sale.

    where abouts are you located ?
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    Need plans for 12' x 18" wood stand

    I want to put my 125's beside each other they currently sit on a stacked steel stand. I want it to one piece and i am concerned about flexing.
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    New to Rift Lake cichlids and need some guidance

    What is your water kh and gh ppm ? Dump the eco complete that will make your water softer and Cichlid's prefer fine sand to sift through. .You could have a look through this thread and Google the ones that you like. I would think Julies would be common and a few would be ok. I would prefer...
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    Pleco with frontosa?

    If you're adding the Pleco into a established tank you want to give the Pleco lots of places to hide.I would use PVC tubing until the Fronts get used to the new addition.
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    75 Gallon Lake Tanganyika Setup

    I would like to see someone use the height of a 75 and do a colony of Neolamprologus brichardi they will colonize a rock stack that went right to the top for good measure some shell's and a couple leleupi
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    Lighting question

    the brand name escapes me they were called plant/aquarium lights any of the cheap lights advertised for plants are good for cichlid colors
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    Lighting question

    any light that is higher in one spectrum will be dimmer ive used walmart plant lights that are quite red but look amazing with cichlids.
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    1st Mbuna Tank

    The labs and acei usually wont be much trouble given hiding lots of nooks to hide in the the red zebras on the other hand may be trouble .the male in all three of these species usually have egg spots "usually" so that can help with id.
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    lake tanganyika tank progress thread

    Here the pic ;) sorry it took so i had a crisis with another tank the under water pump shorted luckily i lost no one. anyways heres my mini tang tank havent built the lighting yet borrowed another for now.
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    lake tanganyika tank progress thread

    No pics yet just glued in the background. Specs 20g long for my first two cichlids paired up daffodils . Black Styrofoam rock background,20lbs black sand about 60 lbs of petrified wood , black and orange . 8 led lights custom idea . hob filter may use ac110 to get my current or a small hob...
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    Favorite first fish

    have a tank full of rasboras Microrasbora erythromicron not really starter but there are cherry barbs and of course corys in there
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    venustus odd body shape

    Poor thing he does looked deformed. Hes pretty small yet get some good food into him and wait, his stomach looks more sunken then it should be.
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    what type of cell phone do you use?

    bb torch .
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    my adonis pleco

    Nice! I love baby Adonis .
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    Led vs. T5.

    depends what size and wattage of your t5. Generally speaking leds dont like deep tanks for planted but work very nice for no plants. I have a planted tank with t5 ho's and i gave up on stopping the algae growth its insane; however my Cichlid tanks with led never grow algae except where sun hits...
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    Jaguars was told I had a male and female?

    generally the smaller is the female but you want to vent them see link. http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?144892-jaguar-sex-%28vent-photos%29
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    Favorite Cichlid Species?

    Sa/ca would have to be Oscars they are the greatest wet pet .
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    Ugghh think i found the worlds biggest Detritus worm.

    lol nope but he was a fat one my can is full of mulm i think he ate himself to death.
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