Switching Gears... Opinions needed

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Well, it seems that I've got a good start to a stock list.
5-Astronotus ocellatus (One breeding pair of red tigers, two sub adult lutino and a sub adult red tiger)
4-Caquetaia spectabilis (Picking up three more from a fellow club member at next weekends O.C.A. Extravaganza)
6-Cichlasoma portalegrense (Two breeding pairs, one of which has fry now)
1-Crenicichla semicincta (Wild caught and will double as population control :wink: )
5-Hoplarchus psittacus (These will eventually be the main focus of the tank, currently about 5-6")
3-Hypselecara temporalis (Two of which are a breeding pair that I'll be picking up at the Extravaganza, the fifth wheel is a female.)
10-Geophagus Altifrons (Also being picked up at the O.C.A. Extravaganza from a fellow club member.)
Still wanted and haven't found yet:
Uaru amphiacanthoides... I am on the hunt, so guard your tanks well!
Once I find the Uaru I will be content with the stock list. Ideally I'd like to find either a pair or six sub adults.
I have sold off a lot of the current stock but the tank's still not ready yet. The altifrons are advertised as 3-4 inches, if they are indeed that size they will go in the mix right away, if not they will be in a 125 for a while.
Almost forgot, there's a male and female fully mature (I'd hope so after 13 years) pair of silver dollars that will stay in the tank.
Once all the current fish have found new homes either in my tanks or yours I will introduce all of the SA cichlids on the same day. The tank is in shambles at the moment and will be completely gutted of all decor this coming friday morning. I'll be taking quite a few fish with me to the Extavaganza that have been pre sold and a handful to try and sell on site. If the stars align the tank will be put together and stocked with SA cichlids from the list over the Thanks Giving Weekend.
And yes, I will gladly post pictures and possibly a video... :)
 
Ok, here's the situation. I brought in 6 more tanks from storage. A 30 long, 2-29's and 3-20H's. I'll be moving out all of the unwanted fish that currenty reside in the big tank this Sunday. I also pulled out a box of sponge filters too. I can't just start taking fish out of the tank a ploping them into other tanks. I need to move a lot of fish around in the fish room in order to make this happen and it's going to be an all day project. I'll consider myself lucky if I start catching fish out of the big tank by 12:00. There's about 8 tanks full of water but nothing else, no sponges, no fish, no heaters... The plan is to pull seasoned sponges out of tanks already set up then put new sponges in established tanks. It doesn't help that I brought home a bunch of fish from this past OCA Extravaganza. I got two of the species I was after, the geophagus altifrons, and the caquetaia spectabilis. the guy with the breeding chocolates was a no show. I had cash for him too... And Uaru are still on the wanted list... The altifrons will need to do some growing me thinks, so they will be going into a 125 for a few months and being fed every time my wife walks by, along with massive often water changes... I will update a few times during the day Sunday to keep you all posted. :)
 
i would suggest Oscars and Cichla, but i see it is late.....
 
I figured I'd kind of approach today as a "blog" to force myself to stop and take a break every once and a while to post. I think it will keep me sane... So I guess this would be my first entry...
I got up at 7:00 am, ate breakfast and took a few pics and shot some video. I'm not going to take the time to upload the vids today though...
Here's a quick diagram of my basement for those of you who haven't been here.
The rectangles in RED are banks of tanks.
My basement is only 27'x27'.
The area in the middle is the TV room or family room if you will.
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Here's a shot of all the decor that was removed from the 1200 gallon.
To the right is my wifes 240 with 13 mpimbwe frontosa.
To the left is the 185 with the psittacum and port cichlids and a pair of white oscars.
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This is a shot of what you'd see when walking right into the fish room.
On top starting from the left is a 30 long, 2-29's and three 20H.
Underneath is a 125.
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This is the view looking down the fish room. I'm leaning against the back of the 185 in this shot.
To the left is my chart where I attempt to keep track of water changes in the now 47 tanks set up.
Each tank is assigned a letter or a number. It's size is listed, then the date of when it's last water change is listed and marked with an "X".
Furthur down the line on top of the rack is ten 10 gallon tanks, hospital or fry tanks.
Under them are four 70 gallon tanks. They're typically for breeding pairs.
At the end of the fish room are seven 10 gallon tanks that were set up last nite.
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In this picture to the right are 12 tanks. 5-20H, 1-20L, 4-29's, 1-50B and a custom 40 breeder. To the right of them is my car/girlie calender I use when performing water changes.
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Going to start moving some fish around in the fishroom to free up a few more tanks. Be back in a few.
 
I love these threads! Get to it, so ww can live it a little along the way!
 
Ok :)

Blog entry #2. 10:55 am.

So far so good, moved a lot of fish around:
The first tank listed is what the fish came out of, the 2nd tank listed was their destination.
Male Blond HRP 20H-10
Pink con fry 20H-10
9 Amphilophus Chancho fry 20H-10
11 Ameca Spendens 29-10
70 oscar fry 50Br.-29
5" Grammodes 29-10 (not happy and if there's room when this day is over he'll get moved)
12 Geo Altifrons, 6 Rainbow cichlids, 8 F1 Robertsoni 10's-125 in living room.
6" Male Hatiensis 70-10 (not happy and if there's room when this day is over he'll get moved)
Male marble con 185-10
Female grey con w/pink gene 185-10
4" Port cichlid 70-1200
5 3/4" Port cichlid 185-1200
4 3/4" Port cichlid 185-1200
5 1/2" Port cichlid 185-1200
4 1/2" Port cichlid 185-1200
7" Hoplarchus psittacum 185-1200
6 1/2" Hoplarchus psittacum 185-1200
6 1/4" Hoplarchus psittacum 185-1200
6 1/4" Hoplarchus psittacum 185-1200
6 7/8" Hoplarchus psittacum 185-1200
8 1/2" Albino Oscar 185-1200
9 1/2" Albino Oscar 185-1200
Everything that is destined to go into the 1200 is in a storage bin with an air stone. I did not want to risk putting them in the tank even for a few hours. There's some a-holes in there that need to come out first. Besides, they're stressed enough at the moment, they don't need to get more stressed by me catching all the other fish in the tank...
In the process I found two more glow in the dark plastic plants for my sons tank. His tank is a 29 heavily planted with 5 Astroloheros Red Ceibal. Their room is perfect because it's the coldest in the house so the cold water chichlids get their opportunity at the cool down period.
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Here's the 125 grow out tank with the Altifrons, F1 Robertsoni and the rainbow cichlids in it. It's not decorated yet but it will be very simple. Pool filter sand, some rocks to hide the giant sponge filters and a few tall plastic plants.
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Next step is to move out the fish in the 1200 to their respective tanks. There's a couple 70's, the 185, 50 breeder a handfull of 29's and a gaggle of 20Hs ready for them, decorated with all the pipes from the 1200. This should be fun...
 
You're way too busy all the time to get help from you...Though I might enlist you to bring my rocks and decor while I'm in the tank...

Ok, All the fish are moved out of the 1200. Here's what the tank looked like before I started catching fish:
http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f...ove of 2010/?action=view&current=6e85b6b6.pbw
Here's a few shots of some of the fish caught:
http://s47.photobucket.com/albums/f...ove of 2010/?action=view&current=27e86890.pbw
And here's a list of all of them:
Amphilophus Citrinellum 10"
Amphilophus hogaboomorum 12"
Bifas?????? 7 1/4"
Cryptoheros Nigrofasciatus 1"
Cryptoheros Nigrofasciatus 1"
Cryptoheros Nigrofasciatus 3 1/2"
Cryptoheros Nigrofasciatus 3 3/4"
Cryptoheros Nigrofasciatus 4 1/4"
Ex-cichlasoma Bocourti 10"
Ex-cichlasoma Bocourti 9"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 4 3/4"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 5 3/4"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 7 3/4"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 5 1/2"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 7 1/4"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 5 1/4"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 4 1/2"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 5"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 6"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 6 1/4"
hypsophrys nicaraguensis 6 1/2"
leiarius Marmotus 13"
Midas/Chancho Hybrid 9 1/2"
Midas/Chancho Hybrid 9 1/4"
Parachromis Dovii 5"
Parachromis Dovii 5"
Parachromis Dovii 5"
Parachromis Dovii 6"
Parachromis Dovii 4 1/4"
Parachromis Dovii 5 1/2"
Parachromis Dovii 5 1/2"
Parachromis loisellei 7"
Parachromis Salvani W/C 7"
Paraneetroplus Argenteus 6 1/2"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 9 3/4"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 10"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 9"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 9"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 6 3/4"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 8"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus 8"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus Hybrid? 9"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus Hybrid? 10 1/2
Paratheraps Bifasciatus Hybrid? 10 1/2
Paratheraps Bifasciatus Rio Chacamax 10"
Paratheraps Bifasciatus Rio Chacamax 8 3/4"
Paratheraps Fenestratus 6 3/4"
Paratheraps Fenestratus 3 1/2"
Paratheraps Fenestratus 8"
Paratheraps Fenestratus Pink 6 3/8"
Paratheraps Fenestratus Pink 8"
Red Devil/midas??? 11 1/2"
Red Devil/midas??? 12 1/4"
Red Devil/midas??? 11"
Rhamdia guatemalensis 11"
Rocio Octofasciatus 7 1/4"
Rocio Octofasciatus 7 1/2"
Rocio Octofasciatus 7 1/4"
Rocio Octofasciatus 8 1/2"
Theraps Hybrid????? 10"
vieja maculicauda?? Possible hybrid 9"
Vieja Synspilum 9"
Vieja Synspilum 11 1/2"
Vieja Synspilum 5"
The 1200 is full again and is stocked with what can go in at the moment. I think in a couple of months the altifrons will be able to go in. Still in search of Uaru!!!!
Next will decorating the 1200, and I've got to be honest with you... I'm tired! Not sure I'll get to it today... I might make a list of the fish that are in the fishroom though...
Any questions?
 
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