want cichlid tank

[bethkira2000]

:grinyes:Okay I was watching Planet Earth on animal planet last night and holy cow. they were doing the freshwater segment and they showed a clip of a river and in this shot were nothing but cichlids. I mean there were reds,blues,yellows, strips, some with polkadots some with strips and polkadots. I want a tank with nothing but cichlids in it.

[judgemax]

lol, cichlids become very addicting, they have the color of salt fish, with half the hassle, lol, do you have hard or soft water, and how big of a tank, do you have room for..lol

[the fox]

Ya cichlids i think are by far the most interesting fish.

[bethkira2000]

I would love a 65g maybe, my 55 is going to be salt And I have hard water unfortunalty.
They are so pretty.

[krytan]

Ya cichlids i think are by far the most interesting fish.

:iagree:
I find Americian cichlids far more interesting than African, my JD is the daddy.:grinno:

[Star_Rider]

:grinyes:Okay I was watching Planet Earth on animal planet last night and holy cow. they were doing the freshwater segment and they showed a clip of a river and in this shot were nothing but cichlids. I mean there were reds,blues,yellows, strips, some with polkadots some with strips and polkadots. I want a tank with nothing but cichlids in it.
I believe those were African Cichlids.

I saw the piece last night on Lake Malawi,Victoria and Tanganyika.

the water may vary from these lakes.
the ones on the mounds??

do you have a hardness of your water? it will help determine which species you can go for. or how much work you may have to do.

while I agree some cichlids are colorful..I can attest that their vibrant colors are no match for many Marine species.

[bethkira2000]

I know and yes it was the one on the mounds. I don't think it can happen right now anyway. But the shot was just beautiful

[MiramichiMob]

Do you think any of those episodes would be available for download anywhere?

[bethkira2000]

I have no idea where to look, it would be neat though, I love the shows, love your avatar too.

[jpappy789]

go for tangs! ;) by far the most interesting personalities!

There are some differences in pH and hardness between each lake but nothing major IMO.

[destined_love7]

http://dsc.discovery.com/convergence/planet-earth/planet-earth.html

[jpappy789]

OMG thanks destined!!! Really neat site

[bethkira2000]

wow that rules

[charlie_stubbs]

I have a 55 gallon malawi cichlid tank. They're awesome fish, very brightly coloured. I also use a food that says "with colourburst", though thats probably just a word they made up to sell more food.
I have electric yellow labs, electric blue johanni, and a couple of different Zebra species, all in groups of three. I have an upsidedown catfish in there as well, that was very small when i got him, but now is fat as a Christmas goose