]v[onster Cichla League

[High City Rida]

lol, that was my bad. It sounded like I was talking about the tank after I read how I typed it. But I'll do that... now if I could just figure out what type of pbass it is.

Give it sometime to grow. It is hard to tell at that stage unless you can trust the supplier. And that isn't always 100% sure bet. Just be patient and maybe look for some for sure bet's in your area that way you will have no doubt's.

 

[Davey_8313]

the lfs had it listed as peacock bass, that's it. I knew that much, so I got him. My very first one, but already working on getting probably two more.

 

[mjuniorc]

just keepin it easy to update...

to all our CICHLA LEAGUE MEMBERS.... introduce your selves here also... it's also a more in depth introduction for all of us and the CicHlA FaM ~ BaMz.... thanks... mike~
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101225

Up to date list guys

1. Catfishlover106 Founder
2. SilverDragon Co founder/Banner maker
3. Sabotage
4. Bogwood Bruce
5. Bassman24
6. zfoster22
7. Guerillah
8. Ceeej31
9. High City Rida
10. Morledzep
11. VenomSS
12. gnuisance
13. xcuter
14. nomis
15. Oscarboy
16. getfish
17. Fan Wow!
18. haynchinook334
19. g_morin
20. redbellypirahna4
21. HPIZZLE
22. jiapei
23. Gdub1221
24. troutking
25. Ph33nom
26. redtailking
27. dvsgp6
28. elcarbonel... correction~ECarbonel
29. Milokai
30. Peter Mizzi
31. Eleven Bravo
32. Famous323
33. Davey_8313
boosten audi.... is pending(Still thinking. Can you smell the smoke?)

55. R1 Ridah The newest Og to the leauge!
69. mjuniorc~flippin the script

 

[silverdragon]

ok sweet, so power heads are going in as soon as i get paid! im exited! lol..
so this picture idea.. are we posting pics of ourselves and our member #'s??

 

[bOOsteN aUdI]

I think he meant breathing heavy. My power heads aggitate the water at 685 time an hour so I say it is a must just to get that Oxygen where you need it. You should have no dead zones in your tank. Dead zones- areas where oxygen dosent get to and no fresh water exchange is happining.

i deff meant breathing* thanks

Christian don't listen to Boostin. Even if he is correct to a point. I scored Darn near perfect on my Act and Sat's but Like your doing Christian you have to study and study hard. I graduated top of my class but I was a real Hard *** as a kid and loved living the Hard Knock Life for sure. Christian how many times a day do you think we all get to see our fish? The same amount of time that you do. But if you stick to the course you can get a great job and still enjoy your fish. You have to just grin and bear it right now. If cutting back to one fish is your plan then go for it But I would at least keep three or four. No matter what after all that school work your going to need to relax too... imo.. Former Nerd. Current OG. Geek. I just love to learn. No matter what you decide we are going to be here for you now or later.

The Reason: Cichla Rules Everything Around Me.

lol dont listen to, even though its true i gave bad advise! do good in school!

I have been sick as a dog all weekend long. But any who.

My daughters 9th Birthday was this weekend and she had a great time and got lot's of gift's. I wanted to thank all of you who prayed for us through our hard times over this past summer as you who know it was a true Blessing to see her happy and still with us for this Birthday. Thank you all and most of all Thank you Jesus.

I have been in contact with a few of you this weekend and happy to see that we obtained three new members to the leauge. The Movement Is Going Strong. Go Cichla or go home!

So I think we should do an all member cichla picture thread posting in the number of your member #. What do you all think of that?

still praying for you bradda! anyways feel better!

 

[sabotage]

i deff meant breathing* thanks



lol dont listen to, even though its true i gave bad advise! do good in school!



still praying for you bradda! anyways feel better!

sounds good bro!!!!!! workin on a another monster!!!!

 

[silverdragon]

hey brothers! as you can tell from my album pics, my tank has black gravel as the substrate but as everyday goes pass i want to switch to black sand more and more.. any of you guys use sand as your substrate? Is it better then gravel?? I like the look of it but dont wanna go through all the trouble of changing it around if it dosent hold that much of a benefit..

 

[bOOsteN aUdI]

hey brothers! as you can tell from my album pics, my tank has black gravel as the substrate but as everyday goes pass i want to switch to black sand more and more.. any of you guys use sand as your substrate? Is it better then gravel?? I like the look of it but dont wanna go through all the trouble of changing it around if it dosent hold that much of a benefit..

i will be more then happy to tell you that if you want to switch over to sand in your cichla tank then you are out of your mind! first off your tank is going to be a cloudy mess since cichla are ramboncious* not sure on spelling. second off is it is a monster pain in the *** to clean sand, you cant just dig your syphon into the sand like you would with gravel.. you have to hover, sucking up more then you please. fish waist gets caught in ever crevice, behind plant under driftwood, in sand pits, in the corners and you always see a pile of crap in your tank swirling around even right after you do a water change. another thing is i dont know if it hold biological bacteria as would gravel.. there is less surface space and no water pockets between sand like there is with gravel, so less oxgen can be reached into the gravel. i would imagen fine sand would be even worse. sand also acts as a natural buffer and will raise your ph extremely high which i really dont recommend for cichla and other soft water fish. i have sand now in my aulonocara african peacock tank and i had sand in my sps coral tank which i dealt with for about 7-8 or years, its a pain (i just broke the reef down and made it into an african tank) if anything you can always do what i did and go with fine gravel... thats the closest thing i will ever get to sand in my cichla tanks.

 

[silverdragon]

i will be more then happy to tell you that if you want to switch over to sand in your cichla tank then you are out of your mind! first off your tank is going to be a cloudy mess since cichla are ramboncious* not sure on spelling. second off is it is a monster pain in the *** to clean sand, you cant just dig your syphon into the sand like you would with gravel.. you have to hover, sucking up more then you please. fish waist gets caught in ever crevice, behind plant under driftwood, in sand pits, in the corners and you always see a pile of crap in your tank swirling around even right after you do a water change. another thing is i dont know if it hold biological bacteria as would gravel.. there is less surface space and no water pockets between sand like there is with gravel, so less oxgen can be reached into the gravel. i would imagen fine sand would be even worse. sand also acts as a natural buffer and will raise your ph extremely high which i really dont recommend for cichla and other soft water fish. i have sand now in my aulonocara african peacock tank and i had sand in my sps coral tank which i dealt with for about 7-8 or years, its a pain (i just broke the reef down and made it into an african tank) if anything you can always do what i did and go with fine gravel... thats the closest thing i will ever get to sand in my cichla tanks.

Thanks for your input b00st, can always count on you for advice looks like ill stick with the black gravel ive got in there..

 

[Morledzep]

hey brothers! as you can tell from my album pics, my tank has black gravel as the substrate but as everyday goes pass i want to switch to black sand more and more.. any of you guys use sand as your substrate? Is it better then gravel?? I like the look of it but dont wanna go through all the trouble of changing it around if it dosent hold that much of a benefit..

Besides what Boost said.. sand is HELL on filters, canister and HOB filters in particular. May not be as much of an issue for a sump?

deciding to avoid sand is probably the best decision you've made recently.. lol.