90G Nicaraguan Tank

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Jmart159 said:
Looks pretty good. How many fish are you putting in and are you going to add anything else to fill the upper region?
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Thanks.... :) I have ordered 12. Will be weening out most of them hoping a pair or two to be formed.. Gonna watch their behaviour and decide on the decor if more is required.
Any suggestions on keeping them? I thought of species only tank, any idea how many I can keep in there?

rocky2 said:
set up looks good :)
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Cheers bro...
 
fishfanatic46 said:
Looks awesome, I'm keeping Nics now for the first time and love their personality, can't wait to see your tank stocked


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Thanks Noah... Yea I am keeping them for the first time as well. Any pointers? :)
 
Beautiful set up

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Mine love to dig so the sand will be great, I started with two females and a male and got a pair almost immediately. I've had eggs once but no fry, they haven't seemed overly aggressive even with eggs. I have them with a pair of sajica and 3 Silver dollars which will have to move soon as they are growing the quickest by far


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elisuwe said:
Beautiful set up

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Thanks buddy...

fishfanatic46 said:
Mine love to dig so the sand will be great, I started with two females and a male and got a pair almost immediately. I've had eggs once but no fry, they haven't seemed overly aggressive even with eggs. I have them with a pair of sajica and 3 Silver dollars which will have to move soon as they are growing the quickest by far


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Yea I got the sand for their digging behaviour. Possible to show me your Nics? Do they grow fast?
How many you suggest in my tank? And the ratio as well ;)






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Gar88 said:
Hi all,

Been long since I spent any time in setting up a Cichlid tank. Since I am able to source some of the nicaraguensis fries, I will be dedicating this tank for it.
Tank size is 4'x18"x2'
Substrate white sand
Filtration 30G sump with a 1400 LPH pump
One wave maker
Overflow is with a O box and a durso stand pipe.
The sump is seeded with active media.

Will be receiving the fries in day or two :)
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That is a beautiful tank! I particularly like how you arranged the wood. :)


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Gar88 said:
I am keeping them for the first time as well. Any pointers? :)
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Great looking setup! I have kept and bred Nics and really enjoyed them. I found them to be a bit tricky to pair up so starting with a large group like you are doing is definitely the way to go. They are also pit spawners as their eggs are non adhesive. I initially started with a single female and then ended up acquiring a male in hopes they would pair. They seemed to go through all the motions but just never spawned. So, when I came across two more females I picked them up as well. A week later, the male had paired up with one of the new females and I had fry shortly there after. Once the fry went free swimming the parents were very aggressive and claimed 3/4 of my 125gal. They can be pretty rough on each other so I would try and keep a group of either 1M/3F or 2M/4F to help spread out aggression.

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Good luck!

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Thanks Chris for sharing your experience. I must say u first thought of making a similar setup like the one in your signature after looking at your pic on google :D. Couldn't do it as I was short of few pieces of wood.
Anyways, good to know that my inspiration was from you, thanks.
As per the supplier who is actually a hobbyist, the sizes are at 2-3". So would it be possible to sex them at this age?
And for 90G what is ur suggestion? 2M & 4F ? Is it too much for this tank?
Also can you let me know on their growth? Fast or slow?
Sorry for bombarding you with so many q's :D

Will be tweaking with the setup as I would be making more caves for them.

And btw... Your pair looked amazing....

Cheers...
 
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