Back Again With A Bigger Tank

[SBL]

Hey guys, don't know the last time I was on the forums here. Recently, I acquired a 55 US gallon tank. I gave her one of my 29 gallons, she needed a smaller tank and I have been after her 55 for years. Well, I took a well stocked 29, transfered into a 55 and its quite beautiful when there is no algea on the glass. Did a full day of cleaning today, got 2 60g Nutrafin Max flake food for 9 dollars, usually it 9 dollars for one. Also got a small net for my minnows.
Current Stock
1x Male Honduran Cichlid-4.5 inches
1x Female Honduran Cichlid-3.5 inches
3x Juvenile Honduran Red Points-2 inches
1x Female Convict Cichlid-3 inches
2x Black Jack Dempseys-Both-2 inches
2x Bolivian Rams
7x Bronze Corydoras-1 inch
2x Striped Rapheal Catfish-5 inches
1x Spotted Rapheal Catfish-3 inches
15x Mosquito Fish (Wild Guppies)-1 inch

No plants, just rocks, a piece of aspen drift wood, and 2 big pieces of Cedar Drift wood

The Adult Hondurans were a pair and the male likes the convict more. When I remove the Con, he goes to the Female Honduran. So I've had a couple convict x HRP fry batches, none survive due to my cleanings

 

[minnnt]

I'd remove the female Convict personally. Nice to have another HRP fan on board!

Welcome back!

 

[SBL]

I got her as an impulse buy *slaps hand* Soon im getting my other 29 gallon running properly and moving her in. gonna riase fry in a 10 gallon soon as I get more babies, they last batch was umm...sucked into the siphon
I love the HRPs. At they lfs they had a male bred with a female cichlid that was yellow and they seperated the fry batch into two, one in the show tank with the parents and one raised in a hospital tank. Show tank babies look like Yellow Convicts, hopital batch are yellow with a black tail, no stripe kinda strange

 

[GShorty1981]

The 2 JDs are gonna have to go, the stocking needs alot of work.

 

[SBL]

The JD's are small ATM, and pretty soon Im getting an 80 US Gallon for them.

 

[GShorty1981]

Ahh fair enough.

just a heads up, if they are black, chances are they both are female, i have never seen a black male, small males tend to look like small texas cichlids.

 

[SBL]

well, ones clearing up and turning a grey with bright green sprakles

 

[GShorty1981]

Females have the majority of there spangles on there face/gill plate and tend to stay darker plus have rounded off anal fin, and imo prettier than the males.

If you have 2 females, one will 'grey out' a bit, a dominance thing.

A male will be mega spangled from top to bottom, have a pointy anal fin and be a lighter colour.

IMO female Jacks are the nicest looking, better than males, EBJDS, Golds etc

 

[SBL]

They are still young so idk how they will turn out. Also they gray one is defiantly the dominant one