Mokos

Everything has been good the last few days. Might try to rescape or just take out some rock and toss in flower pots just so there is less chance for injury. Just set up a 30 and might move the 2 electric yellows over as she spat her fry out and are ballsy fish to stand up to a front that could just eat them. I think there buggin the fronts to much now that their breeding all the time. Just to try and catch those buggers.....

I am regretting that decision to clean up.

Ha! May have found the problem.... Chatting with my lovley wife about it all. I was away last week and during that time my 16 inch common plec passed. Bless my wife who isnt terribly into fish, took him out.i asked if she noticed when she thought he passed. But she wasnt sure on the exact day she noticed him not moving... My guess is he had at most 2 1/2 days to fester.Could explain the (cysts) on the females. I must have made an error when I tested the water when I got home, doh!! At least now it makes a little more sense as to their behavior.

Just thinking aloud but I think brown algea is common in newer tank set ups? I did clean my sump tonight with tank water. Found alot of grubby stuff which I cleaned/ rinsed with tank water. Which I know is normal but there was alot of it lol. Mind u im only used to cleaning canisters which are tiny in comparison. Again thinking aloud folks Jeff

Little update their all swimming nicely and are regular females still have the white (cysts). But they dont seem affected. Now wierd thing is water parameters.... 0.25/0/80. Find it wierd because I check twice a week normally. And that read tonight also have a bit of brown algae not alot but im thinking to much waste and food possibly? So did a w/c and added prime. Haha im not skilled in math so I just did a double dose.... Hoping that takes care of some of it. Im new to prime aswell and am open to suggestions for its amount use. I just find it wierd how the tank went from cycled to its current state. I did get a big cycled sponge from a member a while back to help cycle. Not a big emergency any help is appreciated

Hey thanks for the help guys, ill keep on the salt like u said jvision. I switched my tank around 2 weeks ago to get more caves in their. And I have a little bird in Harolds ear for a couple more females, but well see as their harder to find at that size. They all seem regular had a couple pink feces after the krill but I took that as normal. Ill keep an eye on em theres no bloat yet. the odd scale seems to be flaking off but I think its from aggression when the lights go out. Ill see about getting some melafix aswell Thanks again guys!

Ive noticed a growth on the tail fin of 1 female front, and not to sure what it is. Shes had it maybe 4 days ish and its gotten a little better after more salt and w/c. While the other female got into a spat with alpha male I can assume. She had a few fine scrapes on her head amd is healing fine, but it almost looks like she has the same spot on her head aswell. Ive looked online last night and tonight and didnt find anything really. Their both flashing their fins aswell. Shes also swimming sideways or angled in one spot. So I gave em peas amd letting them fast for a day then ill do peas again. Im guessing shes got swim bladder due to constipation so ill see. Water parameters are 0-0-20ppm nitrate. They all seem to be happy and eat like pigs, but my gut has been telling me their is something underlying since I got them. I feed them every other day with pellets and twice a week they get frozen krill or mysis. Ive just started adding garlic to their pellets aswell. ( just dripping very little in a cup and swish it around kinda thing). Sorry for their life story haha but I think thats everything Jeff

Hey looks real nice! Like the background aswell!

Haha that would be good joke to not tell my spouse what I did with the blender last night..... Oooo id be on yhe couch tho. Well ill maybe try a small batch and see what I get do what u said and thaw some out and add a couple things. Just play around Thanks!!

Hey everyone, Just curious if anyone would like to share their secret recipe? Looked online and theres so much to pick from.... I have fronts that id like to treat. Silly question but I have about 500 grams of frozen krill and 250 of mysis shrimp. Could I mix em together add some spirulina and garlic then refreeze it? Maybe add whole shrimp and some peas? Thanks everyone Jeff

Thanks man, ill give her a couple chances. Otherwise ill do what you suggested, an egg tumbler and go from there. Jeff

Thank ya..... Pure luck for sure Im fairly certain their mpimbwe.... 99% sure.

Went down just after dinner and noticed her tubes right down and the big male a nice blue. Did a quick water change with cool water and off they went. I was privileged enough to watch them both do their thing. very cool and my wife even took part in watching which I thought was great. To late now but ill see if my video turned out ok and post it sometime. If anyone would like to give tips thatd be great. Dont have my hopes to high but well see if it all pans out.....

Id say 3 is some type of peacock, and 5 id say is nimbochromis livingstonii. Others im not sure more than likely a "mixed" african. Background looks great, nice set up. You might want to get a bunch of rocks for hiding places as you have a wide range of cichlids tho. Just lookin back looks like your deco is hollow perfect for caves! Id still try and make some more if it was me Jeff

+1 Sounds like a nice tank! Post more pics when you get it all up :