I'm going to be posting pictures of my CA cichlids here. They're in a 180 gallon aquarium. I'm not sure what the final stocking will be, as I'm trying different fish, but I'll show what I have so far here, as I can get some decent pictures taken.
First up is my little LFS JD. I bought this fish to help cycle the tank a few weeks ago at about 1.5". It's coming along nicely, is about 2" now.
It's eating well, doesn't seem picky at all. Eating mostly NLS 1mm cichlid pellets and blood worms.
It changes it's color quite drastically, sometimes looking almost all black, sometimes mostly yellow, and other times very stripey. It can make these changes very rapidly too. Pretty interesting fish. Not sure if it's male or female.
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Next up is a bay snook. I got these locally through the MFK Marketplace. I have two of these, both male (presumably), in the 5.5-6" range. Love these fish, very beautiful, and graceful swimmers too.
They're being a bit finicky about their foods. I'm feeding several different foods, and so far they are only taking Fluval Bug Bites Cichlid Formula. They love these. Also, they only seem to take foods floating in the water column. I've not seen them eat off the bottom; I hope that changes. The Fluval pellets sink slowly. I think I need to find more slow sinking pellets.
It's hard to get good pictures of these guys because they are always in motion.
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More to come later...
First up is my little LFS JD. I bought this fish to help cycle the tank a few weeks ago at about 1.5". It's coming along nicely, is about 2" now.
It's eating well, doesn't seem picky at all. Eating mostly NLS 1mm cichlid pellets and blood worms.
It changes it's color quite drastically, sometimes looking almost all black, sometimes mostly yellow, and other times very stripey. It can make these changes very rapidly too. Pretty interesting fish. Not sure if it's male or female.
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Next up is a bay snook. I got these locally through the MFK Marketplace. I have two of these, both male (presumably), in the 5.5-6" range. Love these fish, very beautiful, and graceful swimmers too.
They're being a bit finicky about their foods. I'm feeding several different foods, and so far they are only taking Fluval Bug Bites Cichlid Formula. They love these. Also, they only seem to take foods floating in the water column. I've not seen them eat off the bottom; I hope that changes. The Fluval pellets sink slowly. I think I need to find more slow sinking pellets.
It's hard to get good pictures of these guys because they are always in motion.
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More to come later...
