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She's been holding for a week or so... I'll just keep an eye on her and see what she does... Thanks

My cichlid is holding... there's a bunch of little white eggs in her mouth... only thing is, she's alone, hasn't had a tank mate in about 6 months... is this normal? How long will she hold? She's a Red Zebra... Thanks for your help...

Fish Porn?? :rofl: No full body shots yet...

Below are the my owners Jed (the scruffy one) Sandy (thinks she's human) Spazz (who's not so Spazzy anymore)

playing hide and go seek with my dog... and no I'm not kidding... :tongue:

First pic...

Thats the only place I go, Big Al's - I didn't see any when I was in there on Saturday... but I will keep going back till I find some. There's an aquirium club of Edmonton? hehe But I don't think I can contain myself till the end of February.. already got the design for the tank, just need the rocks and the rest of the fish...

I'm in Edmonton... and could use any help you can offer rahim Haven't had very much luck finding any of the fish, even the zebra's or labs... which I thought were fairly common... brrrr... it's cold here today

Thanks Neil, you've been a huge help. I'm sure I'll have a bazillion more questions before I'm ready to actually take the leap and go get them... I'm all excited... :drool:

I have another question... would you recommend ordering off the net (if so, where) or would you recommend one of the local haunts, like Big Al's as a good place... Thank you so much for your help... Ever need help with Guppies or Gouramis let me know... :P

I thought the TetraTec 500PF was rated at 500 GPH.. I'll have to take a look at the box again... Defenitely not breeding... especially after reading the threads about hybrid's and such... and I don't know enough yet... um, but what happens if they do breed? I can't very well sell them... And this is where I am confused... because I already have a pretty much full grown female zebra, would getting juvies cause a problem? Would they be bullied more? Or do you advise getting sexed adults? This all so confusing, but so worth it in the end....

Ok, so after VERY careful consideration and HOURS of research, I think I've got the fish picked out.... Pseudotropheus sp. "Elongatus Chailosi" - 4 Metriaclima estherae - 4 Labidochromis (electric yellow) - 4 Metriaclima callainos - 4 Synodontis multipunctatus - 3 What do you all think? Good combination, or did I miss something a long the way? I'm currently running a TetraTec 500 on the tank, so I should be ok with that. Also, can anyone recommend a good landscaping place in the Edmonton area, one that may cary honeycomb limestone? Thanks guys... and stay warm... -35 supposedly tomorrow

Thank you very much for all your help folks. Really appreciate it

She is about 4.5 inches... and I don't want to get rid of her, she's got quite the "fish-anility" even plays hide and go seek with my dogs, really funny to watch! And will only eat out of my hand, and it has to be me... she refuses to eat from my husbands hand... to get an idea of the fish, we named her Cecilia... and if she could, she'd be wearing a fur coat and diamonds!! I've never seen a fish with her attitude before... (and no, I'm not crazy) :P But that's why I'm asking all these questions, the LFS said that if I added a bunch of fish at once, like 8-10 cichlids she should chill out and if she is overly aggressive they said nothing would be resolved because of the amount of fish... but I dunno... I don't want any fish to be a "victim" But they were also in a 28G tank at the time, so that could have been the issue....

And thanks for the link... tons of info... :thumbs:

Blue Zebra: http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/m_callainos.php When I first got my cichlid, I actually had two, a male and female red zebras. The female killed the male and she is really quite aggressive... So any kind of rock will work? That's good to know... I spent most the afternoon trying to hunt down limestone with no luck... and looking for cichlids, again with no luck... How would I clean the rocks? I read that some ppl use bleach... And I'm in Edmonton :-)

Hey all, I've currently got one femle red zebra in a 75G tank (been running for about 3 months) I want to add more cichlids, maybe some yellow labs and blue zebras. Currently my substrate is just standard gravel, I've got plastic plants and some resin caves. I want to create a really nice rift tank.. just not sure where to start! Limestone was recommended to me, but what are the effects on the water? Also, what other rocks are good for rift tanks? I was also told to have 4 females to every male... is this correct? And how do you tell the sex of a yellow lab? Basically, I don't want to loose a fish in the process of adding new ones... Please help!!!!