My 125gal American cichlid tank **updated picture**

Fish- 2 electric blue cara frys, 2 rainbow cichlids fry, 2 fire mouth frys, 2 green terror frys, 2 clown loaches, 2 black convict (mating pair), 2 calico convict frys and common pleco. Right now to grow out and choose which I like to keep.
       Driftwoods are still floating so stones are placed on top. Plants are giant amazon sword and Anubias. [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Go go go go go!!!! Need more plants tho sir...

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Tank looks great! How big are your fry?

 - Looks like a great start Wes. Should be fun to watch the baby's dart in and out of that pile O woOd. With a high protein diet these fish will get big and fat in no time. +1 for your new adventure  

How will driftwoods start to sink. They're in water since the swap.

This is a reason I choose Malaysian driftwood. Sinks right away.

KaraWolf wrote:might sink faster if you pull them out to boil. Tank looks awesome!

Thanks guys.
I have a 6yr old kid size log in there with 6yr old kid arm and leg size pieces. Compare wood sizes with my kid's size. Cant boil that in a pot.  But how long will take naturally.

I can't imagine using any type of wood besides that which sinks. Suppose I wood think about a way to attach it to slate rock using aquarium safe epoxy and stainless steel lag screws. Maybe scrap the the epoxy and drill a hole in the slate rock. To hold the woods together you could use stainless screws.

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You can place them in a clean garbage can and pour boiling water over them

My question is whats average time for driftwood to sink naturally. Meaning just soaking the darn things. No boiling or whatever.  

it really depends on what kind of wood it is, some can take months to finally sink.

Nice setup. Say, do you want to another blackbelt to the tank, 3in??? FREE, pm me

Thanks.
Too many blk belts atm. Then when they grow would have rehome some. Alot of work to rehome.

how big are your fry?

3/4 in to 2in

Thanks

tank looks awesome!

Looks great Wes

Thanks donna. Still looking for more plants that cichlids cant mangle much. And still waiting for this coming Thursday to pick up some frys from shawn aka madness.

Thanks infamousRedlineZ

Re: plants; I've done best with large leafed ferns and large leafed Anubias species with large type cichlids.  Whenever I get the opportunity to set up a 3-4 hundred gallon to house Bass, catfish, and pike this is what I'll use to plant large woOds. Plants that are delicate end up getting ripped apart over time by fish thrashing through them.

I've had great success with Amazon Swords in large cichlid tanks.

My pike tank had half a dozen or more foot tall swords. The trick is to plant them closer to hardscape areas, or use larger river rocks to lay around the plants in a protective ring. I used them like a teepee structure to guard my swords, and the pike or catfish never bothered them.

4 crenicichla lenticulata 12"+ and an achara catfish (Leiarius marmoratus) that was pushing 16"

Sorry meant to put positive not negative rep.
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Have frys right now to grow out and CHOOSE WHICH TO KEEP once full grown and colorful..
125gal American cichlid tank. 6ft long.
Equipment= 3 canister filters, 1 sponge filter, uv sterilizer, timed 48in t5 6500k lighting, timed 48in t8 blue actinic lighting (stimulate blue sunrise and dusk), 700gph wavemaker to circulate tank water, white silicia sand substrate,  and tons of driftwoods in middle till they stop floating. Lol.
Fish- 2 electric blue cara frys, 2 rainbow cichlids fry, 2 fire mouth frys, 2 green terror frys, 2 clown loaches, 2 festivums, 2 Synodontis eupterus, and common pleco. Right now to grow out and choose which I like to keep.  
Plants= 1 fake plant and various Anubia plants.
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Great looking tank, loving that driftwood

Thanks sonicDC25. Cant wait for the cichlids to grow to pick out which are compatible with each other and are colorful. Right now I do believe I have some that dont work out when they all get big but for now. Its just to fill the emptiness. Came from african cichlids being overcrowded to American cichlids being a few to determine what works out in the tank. Alot of learning for the American cichlid side.

I do miss my african cichlids but I know where to visit to see them. Denizaari's house.

They all seem to still be happy. The fry are starting to develop their stripes. I can't wait till I can introduce them to the rest of the tribe. Won't be for 6-12 months. You're more than welcome to come over anytime you want. Just don't bring any fish stuff, the wife might ban you from my house!!! LOL.

Hey. American cichlid keepers.
Is this list of cichlids good? I mean compatible.
Fish- 2 electric blue cara frys, 2 rainbow cichlids fry, 2 fire mouth frys, 2 green terror frys, 2 clown loaches, 2 black convict (mating pair), 2 calico convict frys and common pleco.

SiRWesDragon wrote:Hey. American cichlid keepers.
Is this list of cichlids good? I mean compatible.
Fish- 2 electric blue cara frys, 2 rainbow cichlids fry, 2 fire mouth frys, 2 green terror frys, 2 clown loaches, 2 black convict (mating pair), 2 calico convict frys and common pleco.

**DING DING DING**

  .oO LETS GET READY TO RUUUUMMMMBBBBLLLLE!   



I think you gotta good start with introducing the fish small. Breeding Con's can get funky though and may terrorize the tank if they spawn. You may get lucky and have them keep to their own if their territory is at the far end of the tank. But the odds are they may push all other occupants to the last 10% of the tank...... or worse. 

You've done your research about adding cichlids small but this is no guarantee . Your cichlids are on the medium/low side of aggression so your odds are a bit better. But Convicts seem to me a passive aggressive critter with horrible aggression traits during a spawn.

They are spawning and territorial to only the left side of tank where the sponge filter is at. Great place to spawn I guess. I wont let the black convict fry get big. No buddy wants them (fish stores for credit)! I'll remove parents when fry are snack size for the rest of group.

fishNAbowl wrote:
**DING DING DING**

  .oO LETS GET READY TO RUUUUMMMMBBBBLLLLE!   

I think you gotta good start with introducing the fish small. Breeding Con's can get funky though and may terrorize the tank if they spawn. You may get lucky and have them keep to their own if their territory is at the far end of the tank. But the odds are they may push all other occupants to the last 10% of the tank...... or worse. 

You've done your research about adding cichlids small but this is no guarantee . Your cichlids are on the medium/low side of aggression so your odds are a bit better. But Convicts seem to me a passive aggressive critter with horrible aggression traits during a spawn.

Starting small was madness and you fishbox. The choices of cichlids were partial fishbox and Google.

Have frys right now to grow out and CHOOSE WHICH TO KEEP once full grown and colorful..
125gal American cichlid tank. 6ft long.
Equipment= 3 canister filters, 1 sponge filter, uv sterilizer, timed 48in t5 6500k lighting, timed 48in t8 blue actinic lighting (stimulate blue sunrise and dusk), 700gph wavemaker to circulate tank water, white silicia sand substrate,  and tons of driftwoods in middle till they stop floating. Lol.
Fish- 2 electric blue cara frys, 2 rainbow cichlids fry, 2 fire mouth frys, 2 green terror frys, 2 clown loaches, 2 festivums, 2 Synodontis eupterus, and common pleco. Right now to grow out and choose which I like to keep.  
Plants= 1 fake plant and various Anubia plants.

Looks good Wes.

Updated picture. All real plants except the tall one. 3 canister filters on. One has purigen pack. Looking clear?[You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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Looks great Wes!!!

I like it! Glad it worked out

Crystal clear! And the fish seem more comfortable, they are out and about.

Very good scape. Is your wood waterlogged now? And your fish look great! Yes CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR

Thanks guys.

cichlid-gal wrote:Very good scape.  Is your wood waterlogged now?  And your fish look great!  Yes CLEAR CLEAR CLEAR

Some are, some arent.

So..... How are you liking your new cichlids? Do you miss your rift lake cichlids?

I'm sad you don't have the Africans any more, but this does look nice, SiRWes.   

fishNAbowl wrote:So..... How are you liking your new cichlids? Do you miss your rift lake cichlids?

Cant wait for them to mature and see their colors. Personality already there. Lol. I do miss the Africans.

Betty wrote:I'm sad you don't have the Africans any more, but this does look nice, SiRWes.   

Betty my old African cichlids aren't that far from me. Denizaari is a friend that I brought to the African cichlid world. He loves them like I do.

Update picture. What do you  of the Java fern with peaceful and semi-aggressive american cichlids? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

Looking good! Plants are starting to fill in and I can see fish.

Update on stock list.
2 rainbow cichlids, 2 festivums, 2 keyholes, 2 electric blue acaras, 2 angels, 2 ABN plecos, 2 BLUE plecos, 8 congo tetras, 7 super red cherry barbs, and 8 emerald corys.