125 gallon grow out growing pains

[magpie]

COTA has Heterospilus now but he has a $100 minimum.

 

[Vukmir13]

magpie I love COTA selection and quality, but that minimum payment is tough to meet if you don't have the room to house the fish. If anyone reading this is in the NYC area and wants to put an order together with me, I'm highly interested. Other than that, I think I'm going to check out my LFS, I live near some super excellent facilities.

 

[magpie]

I know, the minimum is super annoying. :/

 

[Vukmir13]

*UPDATE*
Hello everyone,
I decided to stick with the cichlids I have and closely monitor behaviors specifically the rivulatus. I added 4 more clown loaches for a total of 11, 2 of the 4 purchased are 1", the smallest CL I've ever seen. I thought they may be too small for my setup, however at $4 a piece, I figured it was worth a try. 1 of the 2 little guys is schooling with the group, but the other little guy is hiding behind a rock. I'm going to give him a week or so, worst case I'll pull him out and toss him in a smaller tank to grow out a bit before re-entry into the 125. Except for this little guy, everyone and everything else is awesome. Even my chocolate has come out a bunch more as he's beginning to feel much more comfy. Thank you guys

 

[Vukmir13]

Hello,
Just wanted to post a photo of feeding time. My L137 made a rare appearance so I had to snap a photo. By the weekend, I will post much better quality photos.

 

[Vukmir13]

Snapped a crappy photo of the clown loaches, sajica, and rivulatus also

 

[Chockful O Phail]

Is that cucumber? How messy does it get? I use zucchini often enough and it's a little messier than I'd like

 

[Vukmir13]

I have also fed zucchini before and it seems that the cucumber may be a little less messy. However, it may just be 6 in one hand, half dozen in the other....