Anyone like cichlids?

hisba · #1 (**permalink**) 06-24-2005, 08:56 PM

These are my boyfriend's fish...
see, he has the fish, I have the reptiles.. now if only he was more into reptiles lol

This is our male Umbee, we are looking for a female currently.

He currently is divided off from and shares a 75 gallon tank with a pair of red devils, this is the female, she is a true midas barred devil

They breed all the time, they did't like me being so near the tank and started flaring up at me, I realized why when the next day the eggs hatched

They have had multiple batches and usually about half the babies stay barred like the female. Also, the red wash on her gills/face, she only gets when breeding.

This is our female dovii, my b/f's orginal female that he had for 7 years died a few years ago, she is half green half common dovii (wolf cichlild)

This is the pair together, they live in a 240 gallon. The flash reflected off the male's eye but I thought i made a cool shot

We also have a 75 gallon with a pair of true red terrors, a 55 gallon full of baby red devils from our pair and a 10 gallon with an asian tiger lobster. My b/f just picked up a 600 gallon that we will hopefully bring home next month!

Love to hear any comments, thanks!!
-April

brownsfan222 · #2 (**permalink**) 06-24-2005, 09:29 PM

nice pics i want a natural tank with a baby bass in it. My uncle used to have like 6 piranhas

hisba · #3 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 08:58 PM

a baby bass would be neat, I've seen one at a store here (not sure if it's legal?). I had a bunch of cichlids a long time ago but then got into reptiles. I'll try to get some pics of the big tank when we get it, probably will set it up as naturalistic as possible as a freshwater tank and load most of the pairs into it.

haroldo359 · #4 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 11:27 PM

very nice! i like the second one.

brownsfan222 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-28-2005, 11:33 PM

what are u putting in the 600 gallon ???

hisba · #6 (**permalink**) 06-30-2005, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by brownsfan222

what are u putting in the 600 gallon ???

I was trying to talk him into doing a huge reef but that would cost too much (we would have to buy a chiller and that would cost too much for now) so it will either be a salt water tank (that's what the prior owner used it for) or it's going to be a huge fresh water set up and we'll put all the cichlids together.

chrispaine · #7 (**permalink**) 06-30-2005, 03:47 PM

I think a saltwater would be sweet, someday..someday... nice pics.. cool fish

eddie · #8 (**permalink**) 06-30-2005, 03:48 PM

Wow.. for a second there, i thought cichlids were the tiny colorful squares of chewing gum and had a 'happy place' episode

yousuredo · #9 (**permalink**) 06-30-2005, 03:50 PM

once you go salt you will never go back to anything else, well at least i didn't....cool fish though...600gl's is a beast of a tank bet yo will need some mechanical help with that one

hisba · #10 (**permalink**) 07-01-2005, 11:12 PM

It is a big tank, I don't know the measurements tho, he's going to get it next weekend it looks like. It sits on a steel stand, has built in wet/dry with sump, I think it has a UV filter and a protein skimmer already. got to rent a truck, lifts and have about 5 other guys in order to move it. We are still renting so it's going to sit in the garage until we are able to buy a home. He says since I want a reef so bad I can get a 24 gallon nanocube later.

Mr. Animal · #11 (**permalink**) 07-12-2005, 11:23 PM

some of my favorit fish

hisba · #12 (**permalink**) 07-18-2005, 06:42 PM

I just wanted to add these pics I took of the Asian Tiger Lobster, I bought for my b/f a few months ago as a gift, he lives in a 10 gallon, he is about 4" or so and they only get to be 5-6". He has molted once, the pics don't capture his color.

I haven't found much info about them online, but we've been caring for him similar as a cichlid (same type of temps, water condition etc). He feeds on guppie feeders, flake food, frozen brine shrimp and beef heart.

brownsfan222 · #13 (**permalink**) 07-19-2005, 12:48 AM

im thinking about turning my 55 gallon into a baby bass tank or a catfish tank. and when they are too big for the tanki will release them in my sisters pond

Pareeeee · #14 (**permalink**) 09-04-2005, 02:39 PM

Here are some of the cichlids I own.

My angelfish, peeking around a leaf at me. Angels are hilarious

One of my Yellow Labidochromis females

And one of my Melanochromis cyaneorhabdos

Lfsabch · #15 (**permalink**) 11-20-2005, 09:23 AM

^make it a shark tank

Pareeeee · #16 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 03:29 PM

does your boyfriend come into Aquachat.com??? I recognize your cichlid photos! especially the one with the flash on the one's eye...
Lemme know what his screen name, this is kinda kool. Small world....

Pareeeee ><((((º>

tmfleo1 · #17 (**permalink**) 11-24-2005, 03:42 PM

Cichlids are awesome fish I've breed and raise several different cichlids among other fish species as well .
600 gal that awesome take some pic after it's setup.

mpgt · #18 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 02:05 PM

What will you do with the Umbee? Are you going to keep it in the 75, or try them all together in the 600?

Jem_Scout · #19 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 03:26 PM

I used to have a Red Devil...Coolest Fish ever! I've had many more fish too but the cichlids were always a favorite of mine.
Your fish are awesome Hisba!

mpgt · #20 (**permalink**) 11-25-2005, 04:45 PM

My male red devil spawned with an oscar. They beat up all the other fish and laid eggs. They didn't hatch.

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