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Posted by JaqJon on June 12, 2005, 2:03 am
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I am about to set up my final 2 tanks. these are ABSOLUTELY the last tanks I
can have - just got no more space. I already have a large coldwater tanks
and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large community tanks, one holds
gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish and geophagus and two smaller
ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small 20
gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to chose fish
that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of Malawi cichlids for
the larger tank but my natural water ph is low - around 6.6 (it's buffered
up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft and I think the basic
maintenance of keeping the water correct for cichlids might be too much. So
I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids such as rams and kribs? Maybe they
will look a bit lost in a largish square tank? So I thought maybe
elephantnose? but what else mixes ok with them? Or killifish maybe? Maybe
they'd be good for the smaller tank? Or just a couple of elephantnose in the
small tank on their own?
I can't make up my mind!!!
I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
another tank.
Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common here
as in the US.
Thanks
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Posted by Scat on June 12, 2005, 10:10 am
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Hi there,
Im starting up my first malawi cichlid tank and am using aragonite/
coral sand to buffer my water. You could also use Proper PH 8.2 which
will automatically set your tank at that level.
Im also in the UK and plan to buy fish off the net.
Here's a UK link or two with a large selection of fish:
http://www.malawifish.co.uk/
http://www.rift-valley-cichlids.co.uk/10000/info.php?p=2&pno=0
For more info on cichlids see here:
http://www.cichlid-forum.com
good luck
kim
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Posted by NetMax on June 12, 2005, 9:12 pm
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>I am about to set up my final 2 tanks. these are ABSOLUTELY the last
>tanks I can have - just got no more space. I already have a large
>coldwater tanks and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large
>community tanks, one holds gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish
>and geophagus and two smaller ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
> The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small
> 20 gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to
> chose fish that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of
> Malawi cichlids for the larger tank but my natural water ph is low -
> around 6.6 (it's buffered up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft
> and I think the basic maintenance of keeping the water correct for
> cichlids might be too much. So I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids
> such as rams and kribs? Maybe they will look a bit lost in a largish
> square tank? So I thought maybe elephantnose? but what else mixes ok
> with them? Or killifish maybe? Maybe they'd be good for the smaller
> tank? Or just a couple of elephantnose in the small tank on their own?
> I can't make up my mind!!!
> I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
> another tank.
> Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common
> here as in the US.
> Thanks
With the exception of lake cichlids, most other cichlids would do fine in
your water. Rams, Kribs or any of the other Apistos, Angelfish,
Jewelfish etc.
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www.NetMax.tk
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Posted by JaqJon on June 13, 2005, 2:55 am
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>>I am about to set up my final 2 tanks. these are ABSOLUTELY the last tanks
>>I can have - just got no more space. I already have a large coldwater
>>tanks and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large community tanks, one
>>holds gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish and geophagus and two
>>smaller ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
>> The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small 20
>> gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to chose
>> fish that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of Malawi
>> cichlids for the larger tank but my natural water ph is low - around 6.6
>> (it's buffered up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft and I think
>> the basic maintenance of keeping the water correct for cichlids might be
>> too much. So I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids such as rams and
>> kribs? Maybe they will look a bit lost in a largish square tank? So I
>> thought maybe elephantnose? but what else mixes ok with them? Or
>> killifish maybe? Maybe they'd be good for the smaller tank? Or just a
>> couple of elephantnose in the small tank on their own?
>> I can't make up my mind!!!
>> I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
>> another tank.
>> Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common
>> here as in the US.
>> Thanks
>
>
> With the exception of lake cichlids, most other cichlids would do fine in
> your water. Rams, Kribs or any of the other Apistos, Angelfish, Jewelfish
> etc.
> --
> www.NetMax.tk
Malawi's are lake yes? So how about a couple of Oscars? would the tank be
big enough to allow them to grow? Or firemouths? and can anything else be
kept with them (thinking of something to clean the bottom like a banjo or
some type of plec.
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Posted by NetMax on June 13, 2005, 1:04 pm
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>>>I am about to set up my final 2 tanks. these are ABSOLUTELY the last
>>>tanks I can have - just got no more space. I already have a large
>>>coldwater tanks and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large community
>>>tanks, one holds gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish and geophagus
>>>and two smaller ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
>>> The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small
>>> 20 gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to
>>> chose fish that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of Malawi
>>> cichlids for the larger tank but my natural water ph is low - around 6.6
>>> (it's buffered up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft and I think
>>> the basic maintenance of keeping the water correct for cichlids might
>>> be too much. So I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids such as rams
>>> and kribs? Maybe they will look a bit lost in a largish square tank? So
>>> I thought maybe elephantnose? but what else mixes ok with them? Or
>>> killifish maybe? Maybe they'd be good for the smaller tank? Or just a
>>> couple of elephantnose in the small tank on their own?
>>> I can't make up my mind!!!
>>> I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
>>> another tank.
>>> Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common
>>> here as in the US.
>>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> With the exception of lake cichlids, most other cichlids would do fine in
>> your water. Rams, Kribs or any of the other Apistos, Angelfish,
>> Jewelfish etc.
>> --
>> www.NetMax.tk
> Malawi's are lake yes? So how about a couple of Oscars? would the tank be
> big enough to allow them to grow? Or firemouths? and can anything else be
> kept with them (thinking of something to clean the bottom like a banjo or
> some type of plec.
Yes, the 3 big lakes are Malawi, Tanganyika and Victoria. Very soft water
would probably be too much of an extreme for them long term.
Tank sizes for Oscars are 55g for 1, 70g for 2 etc. You might find that
keeping an Oscar in a 35g would be too much effort (cleaning, filtering,
water changes and limitations on what you can put in with him (almost
nothing).
Medium sized cichlids are an option, but if they didn't get along, there
isn't much room for the loser. The same applies to smaller cichlids except
their territorial range is a bit smaller, and you are able to give them more
cover as well (medium-large cichlids are more apt to demolish your cover).
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www.NetMax.tk
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>tanks I can have - just got no more space. I already have a large
>coldwater tanks and 4 trops of different sizes. main is a large
>community tanks, one holds gouramis and rainbows, one holds bush fish
>and geophagus and two smaller ones are hospital.quarantine tanks.
> The bush fish are being moved to a bigger home which leaves me a small
> 20 gal tank and I have a new square 35 gal tank. this time I want to
> chose fish that are a little more unusual. I had been thinking of
> Malawi cichlids for the larger tank but my natural water ph is low -
> around 6.6 (it's buffered up to 7 on main tanks) and water is very soft
> and I think the basic maintenance of keeping the water correct for
> cichlids might be too much. So I was thinking maybe the dwarf cichlids
> such as rams and kribs? Maybe they will look a bit lost in a largish
> square tank? So I thought maybe elephantnose? but what else mixes ok
> with them? Or killifish maybe? Maybe they'd be good for the smaller
> tank? Or just a couple of elephantnose in the small tank on their own?
> I can't make up my mind!!!
> I have to get these right because I have no room to just move them to
> another tank.
> Anyone any suggestions? I'm in the UK so certain fish aren't as common
> here as in the US.
> Thanks