The Lil' Guys (possible Load Warning)

[koltsixx]

Figured I'd post a couple of pics of my growouts and their tankmates. I'm always givin the big guys the spotlight and ignoring the 75, so I figured I'd throw them into the lime light for awhile. Stock right now is a pair of Loisellei, 2 Lyonsi, and a Bocourti as well as some dithers. Namely some Blood Parrots and 3 Multi-barred SD's around the 2 inch mark. I'm looking to thin my stock out soon though. Hoping to sell the Lyonsi, Bocourti. and 2 of the Parrots. By the way BP's are the shiznit as dithers, you just gotta make sure they've got a serious tude on them. I've had a 6 inch BP that was the Alpha of a tank that had a 10 inch Green Terror, 12 inch Lyonsi pair, 11 inch Synspila and a 9 inch Hatwegi. He kept everyone in check and that some how made sure all my fish had perfect fins.

 

[Bderick67]

Good lookin grow out tank with good lookin grow outs

 

[cacichlids]

I love the whole setup, great job. Those plants look superb

 

[m1ste2tea]

looks good, nice and clean.

 

[Ctrl_Alt_Dlt]

wow! Thats great!

 

[jonjoker]

pretty sweet tank

 

[blksubykid]

Uber Clean!

 

[Gruff Master]

Great tank stocked with great fish!

 

[koltsixx]

Good lookin grow out tank with good lookin grow outs

Thanx man! My current fav's are the Loisellei pair, Multi-barred SD's and a group of 9 Hogaboomorum I recently aquired from Aquamojo.

I love the whole setup, great job. Those plants look superb

Thanx man, I really appreciate the compliment. I personally really like the set-up too, except for the black and white sand. I'd love to change, but changing out sand substrate is a major pain. I am planning on doing a DIY 3D background when I get back from vacation though for all 3 of my tanks.

looks good, nice and clean.

Thanx, I'm running a Cascade 1000 as well as a HOB and soon a DIY Algae filter I wanna try that I saw in the DIY section here. On top of that the tanks all receive about a 40% water change every 2 days the only think messing up all that hard work is the scratches on my tank.

wow! Thats great!

Thanx I appreciate that!

pretty sweet tank

Thanx man! I appreciate the compliment.

Uber Clean!

Thanx! I do my best to make sure my fish are happy and that my set-up looks clean.

Great tank stocked with great fish!

Thanx Bro! I try to choose my stock carefully, though it's always hard with cichlid comm.'s. I'm hoping they'll growout fine and stay compatible if not I've got holding tanks for them until I sell the aggressive ones off. Lyonsi are amazingly easy going I'm just waiting to see how it goes with the Loisellei. I actually hope to try and mix the Loisellei with my large pair of Lyonsi(about 12 inches), Synspila(8 inch) and a Pearsei(12 inches) once they put on another inch or too. Seeing as the Loisellei are a little aggressive I'm hoping the size difference will help keep their temper in check.

 

[flowerpower]

Very nice set up and stock. That young lyonsi looks great.