Well, Lets See Your Fresh Water Tanks!!!!!

wangotango

wangotango

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Originally Posted by yannifish
They are african cichlids. WangoTango, very nice tank. Would an african cichlid be ok in a 40g with danios, angels, groumis, a pleco, and a fiddler crab?
I really don't think that my tank is the right setup for the yellow labid (type of cichlid). I bought two of them years ago on an impulse. They're doing well, but do chase each other a bit. They ate all my neon tetras too, so I'm trying to get rid of them.
I'm not as knowledgable with fresh as I used to be, but I'd leave the cichlids out.
-Justin
 
eddie1973

eddie1973

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You should only mix Africans, with other African Cichlids . You may be missing other fish if you don't follow this advise. Depending on the type of African Cichlids depends on the tank size. Hope this helps.
Eddie
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Originally Posted by yannifish
Nice tanks! stdreb27, What kind of fish is down to the right of the danio? Is it some kind of tetra?

In the first pic? That is a basic black neon tetra - Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
 
ophiura

ophiura

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Originally Posted by yannifish
Does anyone have a fiddler crab?

They should not be fully submerged all the time, and should be kept in a "species" type tank to show them to their best. In the wild, they live on mud flats and such intertidally.
I would NEVER mix African cichlids with tetras and such, totally inappropriate.
Like saltwater tanks, freshwater fish have different needs in terms of tank size, water parameters, fellow inhabitants, etc.
Even all African cichlids should not be kept together....and I cringe when I see African's with South American cichlids (which often require lower pH water). And even community fish, like tetras and mollies should not be mixed personally.
I see so many people cram different types of freshwater fish together and it really does not work out.l Research it as much as you would a saltwater fish, IMO.
This tank is no longer set up (but I've thought about going back to FW
)


 
yannifish

yannifish

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Originally Posted by ophiura
They should not be fully submerged all the time, and should be kept in a "species" type tank to show them to their best. In the wild, they live on mud flats and such intertidally.
I would NEVER mix African cichlids with tetras and such, totally inappropriate.
Like saltwater tanks, freshwater fish have different needs in terms of tank size, water parameters, fellow inhabitants, etc.
Even all African cichlids should not be kept together....and I cringe when I see African's with South American cichlids (which often require lower pH water). And even community fish, like tetras and mollies should not be mixed personally.
I see so many people cram different types of freshwater fish together and it really does not work out.l Research it as much as you would a saltwater fish, IMO.
This tank is no longer set up (but I've thought about going back to FW
)
I like that tank. If I ever st up another fresh water tank, it will probobly be a cichlid tank. As for the fiddler crab, I have one in my community tank (angels, danios, groumis, shark, pleco) and it is very cool. I have had it for about 6 months. If it needs to get out of the water, it will clime up the heater. It has even molted. Does anybody have killifish? I am thinking about getting a pair.
 
yannifish

yannifish

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Originally Posted by bjoe23
I would NOT click on this because when i did like 30 of the kept popping up, i closed them all, and they still kept coming. Probably a virus or something
Thats weird. Keep 'em coming!
Welcome to page 2!
 
stdreb27

stdreb27

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Originally Posted by ophiura
In the first pic? That is a basic black neon tetra - Hyphessobrycon herbertaxelrodi
lol, cool, I know very little about fresh water fish. They were breeding them in an agg class my friend was in, and he has mentioned previously that they were trying to make some hybrid something or another so I figured that is what he was talking about.
 
bjoe23

bjoe23

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Originally Posted by yannifish
Thats weird. Keep 'em coming!
Did you click it and it was fine?
 
eddie1973

eddie1973

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Originally Posted by bjoe23
Did you click it and it was fine?
I got to the page with no problems. Its a video of someones fresh water fish.
 
ssssoma

ssssoma

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Originally Posted by bjoe23
I would NOT click on this because when i did like 30 of the kept popping up, i closed them all, and they still kept coming. Probably a virus or something
That's weird... it's just a link to a video on picasa

well try just going to
That's a link to my album, and the video is in there.
 
ssssoma

ssssoma

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Originally Posted by Krista921
omg sara i want your puffer!!!!
what kind is it and how much!!
i neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeed one!

Me?
My puffers go by a few different common names... "south american puffer", "asellus puffer", "amazon puffer"... scientific name is Colomesus asellus.
They are very cute and peaceful, but you really have to keep up with making sure they get plenty of plant snails to munch on. This species has the biggest problem with overgrown teeth out of all the freshwater puffers... (or so I've read.)
Even though I fed mine hard pellet foods and snails, their teeth would still overgrow and I would have to clip them short with fingernail clippers every few months or so.
I had those guys for nearly a year and a half and both died all of a sudden :(
I rarely see them in pet stores. When I do, they're normally around 12 dollars each.
http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/puf-asel.htm
 
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