I need help with a new 20 Long I am setting up...

[tcarswell]

5 gallon bucket!!! Whoa how long does that last you?

I vacuum seal half of it and the other half lasts about 3 months. I have a lot of fish especially cichlids (6 tanks full of fish total) so around a pound a month I think. I also do not overfeed lol if thats what you guys are thinking.

My haps livingstonni electric blue etc eat a lot of the stuff so do my catfish they love it and grow quickly on the stuff.

 

[tcarswell]

My O's have not even finished a little 2oz. bag of Cichlid Gold mini pellets. I bought the bag about 1 month ago. (well they did get ich and didn't eat for quite a few days)

How much do baby Oscars eat? They only eat 1 or 2 mini pellets and then they don't want anymore. Every morning when they see me they come to the front of the tank and beg for food but only eat those 1 or two pellets each and then they ignore me lol.

I'm just wondering because my Pacus would eat 10-12 pellets each the last few times I fed them.

most African Cichlids will beg for food until they literally get a terminal case of bloat so you have to get a feel for it. I have only had one fish get bloat and it was not too severe he was back to normal in 2 days. All my fish eat NLS with one exception that being my senegal bichir. Even my lima and tigershovelnose eat the stuff with a gusto.

 

[Texs]

most African Cichlids will beg for food until they literally get a terminal case of bloat so you have to get a feel for it. I have only had one fish get bloat and it was not too severe he was back to normal in 2 days. All my fish eat NLS with one exception that being my senegal bichir. Even my lima and tigershovelnose eat the stuff with a gusto.

Good to know bro thanks for the heads up.

 

[tcarswell]

Good to know bro thanks for the heads up.

For sure. Bloat is probably one of the biggest causes of cichlid death (next to and along with improper diet) my friend killed off a ton of his fish before figuring it out.

 

[JakeH]

You choose your filter setup yet?

 

[Texs]

The more I have thought about what you and tcars have told me the more set I am on getting 2 AC 30s because 2 AC 50s might be too much for the yellow labs.

 

[blockhead595]

Breeding Convicts!!!!! Perfect tank for them and they are VERY active.

 

[Texs]

I know convicts are good fish to keep...but...

The reason I got into fish keeping was that I was starting to have a large amount of stress and it got to the point where it was affecting me and the people around me.

Someone suggested I keep fish. Although I have always liked fishing and admiring fish I never really thought about it.

So fish are so therapeutic to me that I have found myself falling asleep on my couch in my office where I have my Oscars about 3 or more nights a week.

This made me want to get a setup in my bedroom and I wanted black on black with nice lighting and I knew I wanted cichlids and I wanted colorful ones and I love the bright almost "highlighter" yellow on the yellow labs.

So even though convicts are nice they are not colorful enough for what I envision in my bedroom.

 

[JakeH]

You are wise not to open this thread for stocking suggestions. If you know you want Labs, stick to your guns. If not, I would say start a new thread about that. cough...cough..Loaches...cough...

 

[Texs]

You are wise not to open this thread for stocking suggestions. If you know you want Labs, stick to your guns. If not, I would say start a new thread about that. cough...cough..Loaches...cough...

You know I started thinking about what you and that other guy said and I might just move my O's to the 20 long.

What could I get in the 14 gallon? Exodons would be awesome if I could find them.

What about some baby convicts and then move them to the 20 when I move the O's to the big tank when I get it?