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charlie_stubbs

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I moved the cichlids i had to a friends quarantine tank, where he will monitor and treat them for Ich, then add them to his own cichlids. I now will run my tank fishless for awhile (to kill any leftover Ich) and will increase ammonia levels to 5ppm, starting my fishless cycle over. My filter, already established and cycled for two months, should cycle quickly this time. I will buy a quarantine tank of my own for future medical procedures. I am asking for suggestions on what to keep in my tank, essentially, What would you do with a freshwater 55 gallon cycled tank???
I have a penquin 330 HOB filter, and more than adequate heater.
I am currently leaning toward 2-3 Angelfish with some cory's (maybe six)???
Any suggestions are appreciated, but i am not going to change to salt water until i am more than a noobtard, so freshwater ideas only if you may. Attached is a pic of my tank empty, if that helps.

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Hillstream loaches require cooler, fast moving water, and high oxygen content. Why on Earth would you recommend such a difficult fish to someone with tank problems?
 
Nolapete said:
Hillstream loaches require cooler, fast moving water, and high oxygen content. Why on Earth would you recommend such a difficult fish to someone with tank problems?
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Precisely. I appreciate the suggestion, but i am a noobtard and need something easy to keep for starters, and am unwilling to change the tank set up as it is.
Why are "tangs" any different from Malawis??? Are they less aggresive?? For the record, the malawi cichlids i had where doing fine for two weeks, until i added two bala sharks which had Ich, which unfortunately spread while i was away for three days and being new, made the mistake of not having a quarantine tank for new arrivals.
 
Tanganyikans are a bit less tolerant of poor water quality than malawis. I think that you shouldn't give up on the malawis. You just had a bit of bad luck with the balas. A good lesson learned though about the importance of quarantining fish before you put them in your main display.
 
Since you're just getting started and like cichlids, have you considered a pair of convicts or firemouths? They are very easy to keep. I just suggested to another person who wanted to keep a pair of firemouths that keeping some fat bodied barbs with them like black rubies or large tetras would be good. A bristlenose pleco would be a good tankmate. The cool thing about convicts is that you'll be able to experience them spawning and taking care of their fry without much effort. In my opinion, that's one of the biggest hooks for staying in the hobby.
 
What I'd suggest that you do is this. Run an extra filter on your main tank and just keep the tank empty until you need it. When you need it, move the filter from the main tank to the 10 and fill the 10 with water from the main tank. After that plug in the filter and the heater and you're up and running. When you're done with it, empty the tank and clean everything with untreated tapwater. Put the filter back on your main tank, so it can get populated with bacteria again for the next time. That make sense?
 
Nolapete said:
Since you're just getting started and like cichlids, have you considered a pair of convicts or firemouths? They are very easy to keep. I just suggested to another person who wanted to keep a pair of firemouths that keeping some fat bodied barbs with them like black rubies or large tetras would be good. A bristlenose pleco would be a good tankmate. The cool thing about convicts is that you'll be able to experience them spawning and taking care of their fry without much effort. In my opinion, that's one of the biggest hooks for staying in the hobby.
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Hadn't considered them, but i seen convicts and thought they were a nice looking fish. will do some research, are you suggesting two of each??? Or just a pair (either/or) in the tank? A problem i had when i bought my yellow labs was the LFS clerk had no idead how to sex the cichlids as i wanted three females for 1 male. He said they were too young to sex??? Would a colony of 1 male with several females be better (i have lots of room)??? Also, i like the upsidedown catfish, and my LFS has an abundant supply of these, so could i substitue these for a bristlenose pleco???
 
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