punman

My experience with fry is that I seem to get more males than females. Maybe just bad luck - I don't know.

You can bury it in the water. I don't worry much about calibration. Just have a good thermometer so you know if the heater needs to go up or down.

I have one for emergencies or as a spare but prefer to use a small AClear with a sponge on the intake tube. Better water circulation.

I agree with fairdeal and did the same. Then I wondered if I should have just spent $40 and bought a whole new filter with sponges, etc.

Tropheus kiriza and cyprichromis except my adult female cyps died so I am patiently waiting for my cyp fry to get to breeding size.

Your fish look great and your picture taking skills are awesome. -Dwayne

I have had tropheus for 10 months. I got 30 'cause I was told you will lose some with time. People said "buy medication and use it at once." I never bought any medications, ordered 30 -1.5 inch fry from Spencer in Winnipeg in May 2008 and they started breeding two months later. I feed only NLSpectrum and have never medicated and never lost a fish as they matured. They spent time in a 90 gallon and 180 gallon tank. I pared the group down to 22 fish and they will be permanently in the 90 gallon now. One-third water changes every 10 days and twice a day feedings. Maybe I am lucky - I don't know. I am no expert but I would say don't add other cichlid types and make sure you are committed to the water changes. If you know you will be lazy on that, or not sure, then start with cheaper, hardier cichlids. I have not had problems but it sounds like when you do have tropheus problems, they can go bad fast. If you have at least 15 fish, that is quite a loss and they generally are not cheap fish.

I don't anything about it but that is really interesting!

I ordered an iron one through Gold Aquarium in Calgary four years ago. Reasonable price and very good quality. I don't know if they still do that or not.

If you want to raise fry you could put the fry in their own tank, but for two fish I doubt I would bother. If you are serious about the idea, next time isolate the female in her own tank or strip the fry after 3 weeks from the mother. I'd probably just leave the 2 fry and let them fend for themselves although they might get eaten.

I started with Malawi five years ago but got into Tanganyika a bit three years ago. This week I sold my last Malawi cichlids and all the fish I have left are Tanganyika. I'm not anti-Malawi by any means, it is just that this is where my interest lies at the moment. If you are just starting out though, I'd say go with Malawi - usually cheaper and and less strict care needed.

I don't need one in my 90 gallon with two A Clear 110s but need a power head in my 180 as the canisters don't stir things up enough for me.

I spent over $400 on a group of juvenile mail-order tropheus in the late spring and was uncertain about feed as I heard they needed "vegetable matter."I also heard they were a sensitive fish and sometimes hard to maintain or even keep alive. I had been using NLS for my other cichlids and decided to just do the same with these guys. Not one of thiry tropheus got sick or died. In fact they started breeding two months after I got them and they were two inches and under when I got them. So for eight months it has been nothing but New Life Spectrum and they go crazy at feeding time. They don't seemed bored with their food.

Thanks for sharing. How are the Kirizas getting along?

I did not see anything that really jumped out at me and said "must have."

I received two. You could come get one of mine - but I have no scanner. I am in SW Calgary. Probably not worth going out in the cold tho'.

When I got my 90 gallon tank a few years ago it was the largest tank I had ever had and I thought it was huge. Now that I have a 180, the 90 just seems average. I have 5 tanks running at home at the moment and I don't want any bigger tanks.

I have had the #4 for six months from GoldAq. $58 I use it in my 180 for better flow with my canisters.

I have bought parts for AClear at Golds but sometimes it is not worth it as it costs half of a new setup anyways.

Beautiful - thanks for sharing.

I had a 180 gallon in my living room of our bungalow for two years. No Problems. It is now in the basement because there is more room down there. I have a 90 in the living room now - it has been there 3 years. I have a question about the gorilla rack itself. How much tank weight do you think each shelf can support?

Yeah, when buying one, expect that format and sometimes rounding up eg. 179 = 180 gal But if you are calculating for medications and stuff maybe use the "true" volume.

Are you doing plants in your 125? If not, wattage does not matter.

My fish seem to breed more when they are watching Desperate Housewives but I make them sit 10 feet from the TV.

Loos nice. I used paneling for mine - painted the paneling black and used magnets as well. Nice enough to cover a metal stand but your looks really nice.