Love the collection Andrew...so how long have you had the CICHNess? And make sure to bring a gift to vegas...lol
ado124's Cichla Journal (3/23/10)
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I think it started in February with the azuls (my first cichla) and has gotten progressively worst. WOW, I swear I've been doing this longerinyoface2w1;3154275; said:
Less than 4 months and it's gotten this bad..
Azuls->kelberi->temensis->ocells->monos->orinos (the order in which I got the fish)
Now I just need some intermedia...
Joseph, other than kelberi, what cichla are you trying to get?
Close one! Happy they all made itado124;3154267; said:I forgot to mention the ordeal my juvie orinos went through.
Last week I was supposed to split an order with a buddy so the whole week I was set on getting 5 orinos. We decided it'd be better for my buddy to buy from someone local to them so I was now getting 10 orinos. Not a biggie as I knew a few locals that wanted some of these orinos once they were of size. They arrive from Jeff later that week and I go through my routine of checking for DOA's. The water was bluer than usual so the fish were harder to see. Anyways, I dump them into a bucket with an airstone and start a fast drip. Half an hour later I come down and do a quick swoop with my fish net.
"Nice, I caught all five fish in one swoop" I thought. So I plop the fish into the tank and watch them grinning. I walk over to the tub (yes I use a tub to do water changes as the faucet is faster) with the bucket of dark blue water and start pouring water down the drain.
"WTH, was that!? OH CRAP, I BOUGHT 10 FISH!!!!!!!!!!!"
I jump into the tub and round up the two guys that got dumped and threw them in my tank. I netted out the rest of the fish in the bucket....8....9....10! PHEW!
That is all.
LOL...well right now for the cichla side...anything except....tems, monos, ocells...been there done that...lol...maybe pinimaado124;3154297; said:I think it started in February with the azuls (my first cichla) and has gotten progressively worst. WOW, I swear I've been doing this longer
Azuls->kelberi->temensis->ocells->monos->orinos (the order in which I got the fish)
Now I just need some intermedia...
Joseph, other than kelberi, what cichla are you trying to get?
Nice...you got into the cichness at the right time...i've been in the cichla game a little over 2 years now, but always had farmies untill this year...are you gonna be looking to make some room in your tank...let me know so i can start a ado fund...lol
all i got right now are 2 azuls, 1 kelberi, 4 orinos, 1 mono.
Here's another picture of the group. 
The reason the ocell (the skinny pale looking guy) in this pic looks so underfed, because it is. He was just moved to this tank a day before this picture was taken. Hopefully he'll start eating prepared foods soon and put on some girth. I spoiled them on feeders in an attempt to catch them up to my azuls/kelbs in size and now they're going cold turkey. Aside from that, I liked how I captured the color in his anal fin.
The kelberi in the front of the tank is probably my favorite. He's got so much gold/bling he doesn't know what to do with it. Spangling in the anal fin is developing too
The reason the ocell (the skinny pale looking guy) in this pic looks so underfed, because it is
. He was just moved to this tank a day before this picture was taken. Hopefully he'll start eating prepared foods soon and put on some girth. I spoiled them on feeders in an attempt to catch them up to my azuls/kelbs in size and now they're going cold turkey. Aside from that, I liked how I captured the color in his anal fin.The kelberi in the front of the tank is probably my favorite. He's got so much gold/bling he doesn't know what to do with it. Spangling in the anal fin is developing too
Im in love w/ those zullies. You sure got hammered by the cichness in a hurry. Started off w/ some real stunners as well. I too am really diggin that kelberi that is rockin his bling. If you need help thinning out the zullies let me know.
Jeez... I would spread the love out in a few tanks man... One crash and I would go into a very long depression if I were you..
That is the stuff that dreams are made of though
That is the stuff that dreams are made of though
Already working on that. Moving fish from a 400g and setting up a 340g growout for these guys. Should be in a new home within a month or so.Danh;3155826; said:Jeez... I would spread the love out in a few tanks man... One crash and I would go into a very long depression if I were you..
That is the stuff that dreams are made of though
