My first planted cichlid tank

[tiger15]

The plants look great. I really like those sailfin mollies too.

Sailfin mollies re wonderful addition to planted tank as they graze algae off plants and not too small. But I had to grow them out to size before introduction to avoid predation. I used to regard live bearers cichlid food until I keep plants. They do well in my tank as I set it up with dolomite substrate for hard water cichlid. I like the wild type over line bred hybrids that resemble pearl gourami with silvery body and gold throat..

Here is a video of a big male displaying.

 

[MrsE88]

Sailfin mollies re wonderful addition to planted tank as they graze algae off plants and not too small. But I had to grow them out to size before introduction to avoid predation. I used to regard live bearers cichlid food until I keep plants. They do well in my tank as I set it up with dolomite substrate for hard water cichlid. I like the wild type over line bred hybrids that resemble pearl gourami with silvery body and gold throat..

Here is a video of a big male displaying.

Nice! Thank you for posting that video. I might have to look for some sailfins once my african fry are done growing out. They look very beautiful and entertaining.

 

[tiger15]

 

[tiger15]

Update Pics of my 75g. The Anubias and Buce are filling up densely. The stocking is only half as heavy as it appears as over a dozen of Kribs and Lamprologus tretocephalus and babies are living in the rock caves beneath the plant canopy.

 

[tiger15]

Update of my 75g.

Rearranged some plants and added a school of Brilliant Rasboras and a small group of bleeding heart tetra. The Rasboras are tight upper water schooler, and the tetra a loose mid water shoaler. The tiger barb have been rehomed to my 125g.

 

[Hendre]

Lots of lovely fish! Are those speckled fish a type of livebearer? And loving the secret snail bridge meeting

 

[tiger15]

I am updating the species collection as of date of the post. I have 4 species of plants: Saggitaria Subulata, Ludwigia Repen, Hygrophila Polysperma Sunset, and 8 varieties of Anubias that I can no longer positively identify as listed below.




I have 15 species of fish for a total of 64 individuals. The population is so large and diverse that I have to keep tract of with a spread sheet. Despite the large population, they don’t look too crowded as half the fish are hiding behind the plants and rock caves.

 

[tiger15]

This is my 9th year update of my 75 gal planted tank set up in 2017. All the original fish inhabitants are gone, except for the direct decendents of the Ngara peacock. The biggest fauna change is adding angel fish, contrary to popular belief that angels and Africans can’t be mixed but works for me. The original plants, mostly epiphytes, remain and are thriving. My tank has turned into an anubias factory, which I harvest surplus regularly to sell in auction.