Introduction: HI EVERYONE

[Deezy7]

Hi everyone!
Thank you for being a part of this forum.
I look forward to hearing everyones knowledge and assisting when i can.
I live in Melbourne Australia so haha.. covid and lockdown is still happening.
I currently own south american cichlids who are still babies at the moment! But not to worry i have a 6ft tank set up.

Andy

 

[Ch4rlie]

Welcome to the forum

Your 6 foot cichlid tank set up sound intriguing, would be cool if you can post a few pics of this.
We're a nosey bunch you see!!

Enjoy the forum.

 

[AilyNC]

Welcome. It's an unofficial rule I just made up that newcomers must post pics.

 

[Deezy7]

Babies are currently housed in a 3ft. Would love to show u guys what I have.

Ollie the oscar
Tezza & Dori the green terrors
Zuko - festae
Lee - blackbelt
JD - jack dempsey
2 clown loaches - Team Rocket

 

[AilyNC]

Looks like a great size tank

 

[Ch4rlie]

Looks bigger than a 3 foot tank but pictures can be deceiving

Clown loaches are cool, I like them, but better in larger numbers, 6+ more I would suggest as they are social fish.
But the tank won’t be big enough for them when they’re adults though, they grow pretty big tbh

Chromobotia macracanthus – Clown Loach (Botia macracanthus, Botia macracantha) — Seriously Fish

www.seriouslyfish.com

There may be stocking incompatibility with the other fish, in particular with aggressiveness amongst the black belt, the Oscar, red and green terrors when these fish get bigger just to warn you.

 

[BoomerXIV]

Hi everyone!
Thank you for being a part of this forum.
I look forward to hearing everyones knowledge and assisting when i can.
I live in Melbourne Australia so haha.. covid and lockdown is still happening.
I currently own south american cichlids who are still babies at the moment! But not to worry i have a 6ft tank set up.

Andy

Hi and welcome!
I'm just a beginner here, but I'll try to help if I can. Cheers from fellow Andy

 

[matthew12098]

Welcome to the forum! I'm new here too, still in the re-learning process after leaving the hobby for a year or two, hopefully we can help each other out

 

[Deezy7]

@Ch4rlie

I know right? It looks bigger but everyones living perfectly at the moment. Theres no significant aggression as of yet (maybe because they're juveniles) but everyone stands their ground.

Given theres multiple cichlids who are aggressive - high possibility they won't lock onto one target.

In my other post I've mentioned i have the 6ft tank when theyre older, so fingers crossed I can have a monster tank without anyone dying

Thank you for the clown loach tip - i'll get more hehe

 

[Deezy7]

Food for thought though;

Anyone here with birchir experience? I sound crazy with all these predator cichlids but I just love em.

Also!
I'll be setting up tanks to house: a black nasty cichlid pair so that'll be fun.