Hello! Me new!

AguaDulce · 11-26-2005, 04:47 PM

Hi! I'm Sam, i'm new here ^_^ I live in San Antono TX i'm 19

I'm introdusing my self back into fish keeping, now that i got a job and have some spare money, i can go back into my old hobbie! I'm pretty much a newbie at fish keeping, but thats why i'm here! I want to learn and help out with whatever advice i can give! I currently have a 55 gallon tank that is cycling, fishless of course

so its almost ready! I can't wait! ^_^ Well hope to have a good time here! Happy holidays! Bye!

-Sam

Cichlid Man · 11-26-2005, 05:05 PM

Welcome to Fishforums. I'm sure you'll meet lots of people here who are in the same situation as you. One thing I hate about keeping fish is just wondering what to put in a new sparkling tank, I hope you make the right decision anyway. See you around!

AguaDulce · 11-26-2005, 05:10 PM

Hey thanks chiclid man! Yeah u got that right! But i'd like to have some chiclids ^_^ I'd like to have some new world chiclids, which ones do u recommend?

Cichlid Man · 11-26-2005, 05:17 PM

I love all cichlids, but some are easier to look after. Before I give you a whole list of different cichlids to try out, what cichlids do you actually like the look of? I can then tell you if it's a good idea for a noob to keep them or not, and what tank conditions they like, compatibility etc!

You can keep a lot of interesting cichlids in a 55g.

AguaDulce · 11-26-2005, 05:21 PM

aight! Its a 55 us gallon, read my sig :P Well i would like some that dont grow to big maybe 10'' or less, it dont matter if they are messy and stuff, i'd like some that are active and have interesting personalities like an oscar ^_^ but just about any chiclids. i dont want to have lil guppys or mollies, etc, not that i dont like them, i'd just want some fun interesting fish. so anything you'd think is good i'll look into

thanks!

Cichlid Man · 11-26-2005, 05:32 PM

If you want south american; I've had a severum, green terror, 3 angel fish, festivum, and a pleco all in a 65g.
I've also had these central americans sucessfully in a 55g: 3 pairs of firemouths, 2 pairs of convicts, 4 pairs of saji cichlids, and a pair of salvinis.
If you want bigger fish, you could try some africans; I've had a pair of tilapia butterkoreri in a 75g.
You could also go malawi if you want colourful fish, but you would need a lot more fish to prevent aggression.

Georgia Peach · 11-26-2005, 05:37 PM

cool! another cichlid lover! Welcome to the forums! Im glad to see someone else doing a fishless cycle! its sooo much better in the long run!

AguaDulce · 11-26-2005, 05:48 PM

Thanks Georgia Peach! Yes sir! fishless cycle is the way 2 go!

Sweet Cichlid Lover! You can keep angel fishes with some south americans? I'd love some angel fishes! They look real nice! Espeicaly when they are adults! Severums...One of the guys in my LFS told me i could get about 3 of them, and maybe with 3 txs or convicts, how big do convicts grow? So angel fishes can go with alot of the south american cichlids? I"d really like to have some angel fishes

^_^ Well thanks 4 the advice!

AguaDulce · 11-26-2005, 05:50 PM

Oh yes, i'm also getting a fuval 404 this tuesday, so i can prolly just tip my stocking limit can't i?

fishfreaks · 11-26-2005, 09:26 PM

to fish forums, we hope that you'll stick around! Convicts breed like crazy and you may need more than a 55 if you have males and females. Also they can't go with angelfish they are too aggressive

Beerleader · 11-26-2005, 10:02 PM

Welcome to the forums!

Always nice to have a new face

I'm sure you will enjoy your stay here, everyone is great!

AguaDulce · 11-26-2005, 10:09 PM

Hey! Thanks too all! I will take your advice into consideration

happy holidays!

zerosum · 11-30-2005, 12:55 AM

I'm new to the forum, I have 2 cichlids (electirc yellow and a blue) and I keep them with a figure eight puffer a ropefiesh and a pink tail chelceus..suprinisngly I've had them all for about a year and they get along fine...sometimes the puffers nip at the cichlids but he's calmed down alot on them

zerosum · 11-30-2005, 12:55 AM

oh and if you're gettting new cichlids, I wouldn't get an oscar unless you only want to have oscars

Cichlid Man · 11-30-2005, 06:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zerosum

I'm new to the forum, I have 2 cichlids (electirc yellow and a blue) and I keep them with a figure eight puffer a ropefiesh and a pink tail chelceus..suprinisngly I've had them all for about a year and they get along fine...sometimes the puffers nip at the cichlids but he's calmed down alot on them

A very strange selection I see, but a unique one.

fishfreaks · 11-30-2005, 08:39 AM

zerosum! Hope that you'll stick around!

11-26-2005, 04:47 PM	#1
AguaDulce Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. Age: 23 Posts: 23	Hello! Me new! Hi! I'm Sam, i'm new here ^_^ I live in San Antono TX i'm 19 I'm introdusing my self back into fish keeping, now that i got a job and have some spare money, i can go back into my old hobbie! I'm pretty much a newbie at fish keeping, but thats why i'm here! I want to learn and help out with whatever advice i can give! I currently have a 55 gallon tank that is cycling, fishless of course so its almost ready! I can't wait! ^_^ Well hope to have a good time here! Happy holidays! Bye! -Sam __________________ 55 US Gallon Tank with Penguin 330 Bio-wheel, Emperor 400 Bio-wheel and Fluval 404 Fish: 2x Assorted Angelfishes 4x Black Widow Tetra 2x Male Guppys 7x Clown Loaches 1x Otto 1x Gold Algae Eater Status: Angelfishes sick with fin & tail rot...

11-26-2005, 05:05 PM	#2
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	Welcome to Fishforums. I'm sure you'll meet lots of people here who are in the same situation as you. One thing I hate about keeping fish is just wondering what to put in a new sparkling tank, I hope you make the right decision anyway. See you around! __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

11-26-2005, 05:10 PM	#3
AguaDulce Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. Age: 23 Posts: 23	Hey thanks chiclid man! Yeah u got that right! But i'd like to have some chiclids ^_^ I'd like to have some new world chiclids, which ones do u recommend? __________________ 55 US Gallon Tank with Penguin 330 Bio-wheel, Emperor 400 Bio-wheel and Fluval 404 Fish: 2x Assorted Angelfishes 4x Black Widow Tetra 2x Male Guppys 7x Clown Loaches 1x Otto 1x Gold Algae Eater Status: Angelfishes sick with fin & tail rot...

11-26-2005, 05:17 PM	#4
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	I love all cichlids, but some are easier to look after. Before I give you a whole list of different cichlids to try out, what cichlids do you actually like the look of? I can then tell you if it's a good idea for a noob to keep them or not, and what tank conditions they like, compatibility etc! You can keep a lot of interesting cichlids in a 55g. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers. Last edited by Cichlid Man; 11-26-2005 at 05:19 PM.

11-26-2005, 05:21 PM	#5
AguaDulce Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. Age: 23 Posts: 23	aight! Its a 55 us gallon, read my sig :P Well i would like some that dont grow to big maybe 10'' or less, it dont matter if they are messy and stuff, i'd like some that are active and have interesting personalities like an oscar ^_^ but just about any chiclids. i dont want to have lil guppys or mollies, etc, not that i dont like them, i'd just want some fun interesting fish. so anything you'd think is good i'll look into thanks! __________________ 55 US Gallon Tank with Penguin 330 Bio-wheel, Emperor 400 Bio-wheel and Fluval 404 Fish: 2x Assorted Angelfishes 4x Black Widow Tetra 2x Male Guppys 7x Clown Loaches 1x Otto 1x Gold Algae Eater Status: Angelfishes sick with fin & tail rot...

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11-26-2005, 05:32 PM	#6
Cichlid Man Super moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 2,093	If you want south american; I've had a severum, green terror, 3 angel fish, festivum, and a pleco all in a 65g. I've also had these central americans sucessfully in a 55g: 3 pairs of firemouths, 2 pairs of convicts, 4 pairs of saji cichlids, and a pair of salvinis. If you want bigger fish, you could try some africans; I've had a pair of tilapia butterkoreri in a 75g. You could also go malawi if you want colourful fish, but you would need a lot more fish to prevent aggression. __________________ If you have a big enough tank with enough hiding places, pH of around 7, you can keep virtually any fish together as long as all the fish are around the same size and these two groups of fish are avioded: Serrasalmus Tetradon(figure eights and dwarfs are the exception). I keep a successful community of fish in a 4 foot tank including the following families: Cichlids, tetras, loaches, gouramis, barbs, rainbows, livebearers, killiefish, catfish, puffers.

11-26-2005, 05:37 PM	#7
Georgia Peach Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Gray, Georgia Age: 42 Posts: 1,706	cool! another cichlid lover! Welcome to the forums! Im glad to see someone else doing a fishless cycle! its sooo much better in the long run! __________________ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ *Cichlids have more personality than most people I know !*

11-26-2005, 05:48 PM	#8
AguaDulce Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. Age: 23 Posts: 23	Thanks Georgia Peach! Yes sir! fishless cycle is the way 2 go! Sweet Cichlid Lover! You can keep angel fishes with some south americans? I'd love some angel fishes! They look real nice! Espeicaly when they are adults! Severums...One of the guys in my LFS told me i could get about 3 of them, and maybe with 3 txs or convicts, how big do convicts grow? So angel fishes can go with alot of the south american cichlids? I"d really like to have some angel fishes ^_^ Well thanks 4 the advice! __________________ 55 US Gallon Tank with Penguin 330 Bio-wheel, Emperor 400 Bio-wheel and Fluval 404 Fish: 2x Assorted Angelfishes 4x Black Widow Tetra 2x Male Guppys 7x Clown Loaches 1x Otto 1x Gold Algae Eater Status: Angelfishes sick with fin & tail rot...

11-26-2005, 05:50 PM	#9
AguaDulce Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. Age: 23 Posts: 23	Oh yes, i'm also getting a fuval 404 this tuesday, so i can prolly just tip my stocking limit can't i? __________________ 55 US Gallon Tank with Penguin 330 Bio-wheel, Emperor 400 Bio-wheel and Fluval 404 Fish: 2x Assorted Angelfishes 4x Black Widow Tetra 2x Male Guppys 7x Clown Loaches 1x Otto 1x Gold Algae Eater Status: Angelfishes sick with fin & tail rot...

11-26-2005, 09:26 PM	#10
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	to fish forums, we hope that you'll stick around! Convicts breed like crazy and you may need more than a 55 if you have males and females. Also they can't go with angelfish they are too aggressive __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

11-26-2005, 10:02 PM	#11
Beerleader Senior Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Lexington, Kentucky Age: 35 Posts: 382	Welcome to the forums! Always nice to have a new face I'm sure you will enjoy your stay here, everyone is great! __________________ **P.S., I'm a GIRL!!!** ~Ashley~

11-26-2005, 10:09 PM	#12
AguaDulce Fishy Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: San Antonio, Texas U.S.A. Age: 23 Posts: 23	Hey! Thanks too all! I will take your advice into consideration happy holidays! __________________ 55 US Gallon Tank with Penguin 330 Bio-wheel, Emperor 400 Bio-wheel and Fluval 404 Fish: 2x Assorted Angelfishes 4x Black Widow Tetra 2x Male Guppys 7x Clown Loaches 1x Otto 1x Gold Algae Eater Status: Angelfishes sick with fin & tail rot...

11-30-2005, 12:55 AM	#13
zerosum Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Age: 26 Posts: 2	I'm new to the forum, I have 2 cichlids (electirc yellow and a blue) and I keep them with a figure eight puffer a ropefiesh and a pink tail chelceus..suprinisngly I've had them all for about a year and they get along fine...sometimes the puffers nip at the cichlids but he's calmed down alot on them

11-30-2005, 08:39 AM	#16
fishfreaks M&F Couple Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: PA Age: 21 Posts: 4,272	zerosum! Hope that you'll stick around! __________________ VOTE FOR FISH FORUMS

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