Update! - Rescape: Trigon 350 Mostly American Cichlids.

[Wills]

She looks great Really nice, bigger than I thought as well, have to admit I would have nabbed her if I had gone on my usual Friday night look around (not every week but some after work)

Wills

 

[Liam2368]

Thanks, if she doesn't work out ill be sure to let you know, out of curiosity how much was yours? she's doing well its just my elliotis have turned into terrorists, they should lay anyway now hopefully in a better place than last time.

 

[Wills]

My first one was £5.99 but the new one was £8 (though she is about half the size Elsie was when I got her) Im betting yours was a bit more expensive haha!!

Wills

*edit - Im rehoming my new one tomorrow hopefully

 

[Liam2368]

Haha from there you know it's going to cost you, shebwas £15 and I'd say she's about 4inch, seems a nice dish thus far, tempted to just go for congos as my dithers just because there easy to find and the misses would like them, she's moaning alot because I shifted her favourite fish so should keep her happy. happy misses happy me.

ahh so she hasn't settled down yet? I see they can be hit and miss, what tipped me on getting mine. is i observed her over a couple of days and she was very placid with the firemouths, Krobia, blue acara and geo tank mates well she was. more or less bottom of the hierarchy. I'm sure she will establish herself in my tank she's come out of her shell quite alot and is no push around.

 

[Wills]

No joy for me - they can be lovely fish when they settle down the great thing about Elsie was that 99% of the time she was all show and the other fish just let her get on with it and got out of her way. I really really regret adding the Sev and Chocolate to the tank now, hat it. The tank is really unbalanced now my Geos are al at each other the Mixteco is trying to establish her self, the Choc hates my Severum and visa versa but they get on with it most of the time and my Threadfin is kind of unsure of what to do as he is stuck between it all so just lashes out sometimes. Really dont know what to do with the tank

But yeah the Nic is an issue and I think she is going to get worse, she was having a go at my Agenisous which isnt going to work out for either party they are naked fish so wont be able to take much abuse and they have a poison that makes my arms go tingly.... so it would really mess up a 2 inch Nic....

Wills

 

[Liam2368]

is the chocolate the worst of the bunch? are they fairly new additions and are they all mixed genders?reading your past post your can't have much love for the darn chocolate after all it was to blame for your other nics demise. I do love your Geos!

wow im surprised that she would have a go at a cat, feisty! I can't wait till I upgrade to a 6ft. I'm tempted to. get a small group of Herotilapia multispinosa to go with the nic, with. them being from the same region, won't work with my tank right now but should do when. I. upgrade.

 

[Wills]

Ah no it wasnt the Choc that got Elsie it was a Turquoise Severum I got at the same time, after the attack the Sev spent the night in a bucket and was taken to Frisbies the following day. But its kind of by association I suppose... The weeks prior to getting them the tank was going brilliantly so I thought I would up it a bit and it was just a step too far

Should have just got an L95 and been happy That was the other option compared to the Choc and Sev.

Wills

 

[Liam2368]

was you looking at the l95s from ings? I got tempted by them but after doing research they seemed more like l152s. In frisbies he has a awesome. adonis plec. only around 3-4 inches at the minute it will. get big but it's stunning. has a couple of nice Viejas in too and a tank full of about 15 jags lol!

a nice uaru or a group of Pterophyllum altums would look amazing in your tank.

dont you just fancy starting a fresh from when the tank was going good? , as we know a lot of the fish lark is trial and. error not everything pans out the way we want it too but and its just a massive. learning curve. well is for me anyway lol.

 

[Wills]

Ah right no I didnt know they had some in, I saw a huge one at Pier Aquatics a while ago and its stunning!! Might go have a look at them and quiz them about where they are from, if they are from Brazil good chance they are young 95s other wise they are 152.

Dont want to start from scratch as I do like my fish but just wish it was how it was about a month ago.

But yeah it is an ever curving learning curve.

Wills

 

[Liam2368]

sorry i didnt mean from. scratch i just meant before the new addditions. yeah they had one left about a week ago only £25, not too small either id say 4-5inch.

Ah right no I didnt know they had some in, I saw a huge one at Pier Aquatics a while ago and its stunning!! Might go have a look at them and quiz them about where they are from, if they are from Brazil good chance they are young 95s other wise they are 152.

Dont want to start from scratch as I do like my fish but just wish it was how it was about a month ago.

But yeah it is an ever curving learning curve.

Wills

 

[Liam2368]

a quick video of my elliotis being feisty at dinner time. p. s i spelt severum wrong doh!





http/www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzlZvwFxt0c&hd=1

 

[Liam2368]

bargain day! well popped to a lfs that i havent been to in months, it has a section which is used tanks and equipment, i got my trigon 350 from there and my external filter for under £200 so theres bargains to be had. i picked up
External hydor heater which looks brand new

And i picked up a 2000 l/h powerhead (ignore the heater i was just waiting for it to cool down)

got both of these for £10 Cha Ching!

 

[Liam2368]

Added 9 rosie tetra, little pretty things and good shoalers will probably get another 3 or 6 at weekend, theu love the power head

good to say that the heater works great and holds 26 degrees steady as a rock, had to wire a switch into the powerhead because i dont have enough room to put a timer on my plug adaptor and yesterday fed the fish forgetting it was on and what a nightmare that was lol

 

[Liam2368]

a quick update on the progress of the Nicaraguan, starting to colour uo nicely, had a few feuds with the elliotis but they seem to have backed off on the aggression after eating there eggs.

 

[Liam2368]

got bord today so decided to rescape because i just wasnt happy with the setup also added some more sand i seemed to have siphoned quite a bit out during my waterchanges, also removed the terrible bqckground. i really need to get my camera fixed because the pictures from my phone do no justice at all.