New to MFK - Introduction

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Hello all. I have been using this site for interest/reference for awhile now but haven't had much time to contribute. I went to sign up and realized I signed up back in May of 2005 :D My name is Casey. I live on the Jersey Shore and have been keeping SA/CA cichlids since I was about 14 (I'll be 31 in a couple weeks). Years ago, I regularly contributed to cichild-forum, so you may remember my name from there.

I ended up starting from scratch with the hobby after Hurricane Sandy. I lost my stock from a 240 and a 120 in the storm and I was so upset I ended up selling all of my tanks. My wife and I were in the process of moving into our house (closed the Friday before the storm) and my setups were split between my Mom's house and my In-Laws. Both houses flooded and lost power for 14 days. I recently just dug up some pictures from those setups that I'll share at some point. Maybe the toughest loss was a Thick and Tall 12"+ barred midas whose father you may remember.... Mo's "Bighead", whom I got from Jeff probably 12 years ago.

I had a perfect place for a 4' tank in the new house in which you can see the tank from two rooms. I decided to try something new and started a Malawi tank in a 90 gallon. I always knew I would get back into the American's but I needed to try something new after the loss. My love for the Gold Saum/GT is what finally got me back. I currrently have a 90 gallon - F1 Midas from Arenal, a 120 SA/CA setup, and a 125 mixed Malawi Male setup. I love the 125 but I don't have the same connection to the Malawi cichlids that I have with the SA/CA's. I will likely be selling my Malawi stock and upgrading the 125 to either a 150 or 220.

I'll post some pictures in this thread of my setups. I am very impressed with the knowledge and the quality of responses in general from what I've read on this Site. I hope to contribute when I can since I have a 2 year old and 2 month old :eek:. Looking forward to being a part of MFK.
 
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Picked this 120 up from an *** member at the Fall auction and finally finished the custom stand and canopy yesterday. I'm hoping to post the build in the DIY section.


Few inhabitants:
briedohri


Wild Oscar

GT/Saum
 
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Glad you are back at it. Where did you pick up the Briedohri's
 
Welcome back man. Breidhori are cool. I had one catch duck lips right when he was getting big and looking good. I loved that fish. Big pink thug. :)
 
Very nice, and welcome. I spy with my little eye... A paratilopia bleekeri/polleni, 1 rainbow shark, 4 giant danios, a convict and one other fish... Both pics hiding behind the center log on the left side. What's that?
 
Thanks for the compliments guys! Definitely happy with the stand/canopy. Been quite some time since my last wood project.

smitty03281964 said:
Glad you are back at it. Where did you pick up the Briedohri's
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Thanks smitty. The breidohri is from Dan at cichlidsoftheamericas. Got him last February.

ragin_cajun said:
Welcome back man. Breidhori are cool. I had one catch duck lips right when he was getting big and looking good. I loved that fish. Big pink thug. :)
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Thanks. Sorry to hear about your breidohri. They really are a beautiful species. The pinks, purples, and other pastel colors are so vivid and unique. The saum and the breidohri take turns as the dominant fish in this tank.

Buphy said:
Very nice, and welcome. I spy with my little eye... A paratilopia bleekeri/polleni, 1 rainbow shark, 4 giant danios, a convict and one other fish... Both pics hiding behind the center log on the left side. What's that?
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Good eye Buphy! That is in fact a bleekeri from Rapps. A red-tailed black shark. Been keeping them in most of my tanks since they were the only fish that successfully survived in a Mexican Slider tank back when I was a teenager. 4 giant danios. Split up the 9 I had in my 90. The convict is a Honduran blue "Rio Danli" from Rapps. The blues are incredible on this guy. The last fish you mentioned is a red shoulder/rotkeil severum that came in a bit smaller than expected. He doesn't get much attention at this point and seems to be doing well. He does love this one spot on that center piece of wood. I also have the gold severum. Lost one in the hurricane that was about 10 years old. :(

Thanks again! I'll try to get some more photos up.
 
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