help with my cichlids ASAP

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
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rivendel;2716785; said:
wow nice set up you got there.. i have 10 gal with goldfish on it and 50 gal again goldfish again my wife loves goldfish, so i purchase my own 50 gal and it hurts my pocket hehe but its ok i enoy watching fish it gives me a relaxation sorry for lost words.... and my question is this guy is offering me 125$ for this==>45 green terrors, 10 Electric Yellow, 12 Macaw Chiclid (Hypsophrys nicaraguensis), 12 Geophaus, 5
Neolamprologus brichardi, 3 Red Shoulder Severums, All fish are from 1 to 3" in size!<== is this a good deal? and can i put this all on my 50 gal?
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I don't mean to be a jerk but many people have already told you that you CAN'T (this isn't exactly true but for now we'll pretend it is) put anything else with the cichlids you currently have. Please either listen to people who are trying to help you or stop asking the same thing over and over.

Here are some links to some of those fish you just listed:
http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?h=greenterrorcichlid Green terror information (fyi, you couldn't keep 45 adult green terrors in the same aquarium unless it was MASSIVE)
http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/312.htm Macaw Cichlids (pretty big, 9 inches meaning that for those 10 fish alone you'd need about a 125g tank)
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=geophagus_altifrons Geophagus, again very large cichlids. You'd probably want a 90 minimum for these, they're not very aggressive from what I've heard.

The 5 Neo. brichardi could arguably be fine in a 30g, but I'd go bigger because they will breed and get very territorial.

The severums are also fairly good size fish, but three could be in a 55 without an issue.

So all toll'd, with that group of fish you just mentioned, you're looking at over 1000 gallons of aquarium space to make everyone happy.

My advice to you is to stop worrying about what's a good deal, find what you like and accommodate that/those fish. The cichlids you have now are incredibly rare and very cool. Put JUST THOSE in your 55 gallon tank and watch how they mature and color up. You will be surprised.
 
NewETown;2717344; said:
I don't mean to be a jerk but many people have already told you that you CAN'T (this isn't exactly true but for now we'll pretend it is) put anything else with the cichlids you currently have. Please either listen to people who are trying to help you or stop asking the same thing over and over.

Here are some links to some of those fish you just listed:
http://www.aqua-fish.net/show.php?h=greenterrorcichlid Green terror information (fyi, you couldn't keep 45 adult green terrors in the same aquarium unless it was MASSIVE)
http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/profiles/312.htm Macaw Cichlids (pretty big, 9 inches meaning that for those 10 fish alone you'd need about a 125g tank)
http://www.oceanlight.com/lightbox.php?sp=geophagus_altifrons Geophagus, again very large cichlids. You'd probably want a 90 minimum for these, they're not very aggressive from what I've heard.

The 5 Neo. brichardi could arguably be fine in a 30g, but I'd go bigger because they will breed and get very territorial.

The severums are also fairly good size fish, but three could be in a 55 without an issue.

So all toll'd, with that group of fish you just mentioned, you're looking at over 1000 gallons of aquarium space to make everyone happy.

My advice to you is to stop worrying about what's a good deal, find what you like and accommodate that/those fish. The cichlids you have now are incredibly rare and very cool. Put JUST THOSE in your 55 gallon tank and watch how they mature and color up. You will be surprised.
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===>Please either listen to people who are trying to help you or stop asking the same thing over and over.<====

im a rookie and will make big mistakes and ask questions a lot thats why im here coz i trust all the member here there;s nothing wrong if i ask again and again, if some people here are sick and tired of my stupid questions then dont read this thread at all....
 
Like I said man I didn't mean to sound like a jerk, that's the drawback of text. I was trying to show you how large the fish you mentioned get and give you an idea of the amount of space you'd need to accommodate everything you've been talking about. Again, the thing everyone has been saying to you is that you need a larger tank (which I think you got?).

Everyone has also said you should do some research, and I agree. You can quickly/easily become far more experienced just reading. If you're a book person, there's many different books specifically on the cichlids of Tang and Malawi, but if you're like most people now and prefer the internet I really would recommend going to the species profiles at cichlid-forum.com and just reading through them.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=1

That's the link to the specific group of fish yours fall in to. Just click through, read and enjoy! Research is a major part of the hobby. Most of my free time I have that I'm not hanging out with my friends I just re-read my fish books and look up new species and tanks! When you finish your new tank make sure to post it and keep us updated on your haps.
 
NewETown;2723749; said:
Like I said man I didn't mean to sound like a jerk, that's the drawback of text. I was trying to show you how large the fish you mentioned get and give you an idea of the amount of space you'd need to accommodate everything you've been talking about. Again, the thing everyone has been saying to you is that you need a larger tank (which I think you got?).

Everyone has also said you should do some research, and I agree. You can quickly/easily become far more experienced just reading. If you're a book person, there's many different books specifically on the cichlids of Tang and Malawi, but if you're like most people now and prefer the internet I really would recommend going to the species profiles at cichlid-forum.com and just reading through them.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/category.php?cat=1

That's the link to the specific group of fish yours fall in to. Just click through, read and enjoy! Research is a major part of the hobby. Most of my free time I have that I'm not hanging out with my friends I just re-read my fish books and look up new species and tanks! When you finish your new tank make sure to post it and keep us updated on your haps.
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The link you provided leads to the Malawi Haplochromines. This is not even close to the pundamilia nyererei. For they are victorian cichlids.
This would be the correct link. ;)
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/p_nyererei_python.php
 
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