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Mr Cichlid
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I've gone flying in (as usual), my 200 litre tank is quite heavily plated with Java fern (I use a phosphate buffer to lower the pH and it's the only plant that it won't rot - if anyone has other plants than can withstand this buffer, please let me know!).... plenty of bogwood and a sand substrate. Internal filter and stock as follows:
1 x gold nugget plec
4 x synodontis nigrevtris
5 x x-ray tetras
3 x rosy barb
3 x neon tetra
4 x cardinal tetra
5 x corydoras
1 x Apistogramma agassizi (male)
1 x pair Cuckoo's (A. Macmaster?)
1 x pair Keyhole cichlids.
I have had absolutley no luck with Rams - or Gold Rams they have never lasted more than a month although they are my all time favourite dwarfs I have resigned to the fact I will never be able to keep them. The Agassizi killed the two females I had in with him but he looks quite happy now, and the latest additions seemed to have brought him out of his shell a little.
My questions are:
1) Can my tank hold more - there seems to be plenty of room in there
2) Any tips on plants that will stand up to a phosphate buffer?
3) Rams - any tips gratefully received.
Apart from that, having kept fish for a number of years, the dwarf cichlids, and South American in particular are the most enjoyable I have kept so far. In terms of behaviour, and colour they are hard to beat I reckon.
1 x gold nugget plec
4 x synodontis nigrevtris
5 x x-ray tetras
3 x rosy barb
3 x neon tetra
4 x cardinal tetra
5 x corydoras
1 x Apistogramma agassizi (male)
1 x pair Cuckoo's (A. Macmaster?)
1 x pair Keyhole cichlids.
I have had absolutley no luck with Rams - or Gold Rams they have never lasted more than a month although they are my all time favourite dwarfs I have resigned to the fact I will never be able to keep them. The Agassizi killed the two females I had in with him but he looks quite happy now, and the latest additions seemed to have brought him out of his shell a little.
My questions are:
1) Can my tank hold more - there seems to be plenty of room in there
2) Any tips on plants that will stand up to a phosphate buffer?
3) Rams - any tips gratefully received.
Apart from that, having kept fish for a number of years, the dwarf cichlids, and South American in particular are the most enjoyable I have kept so far. In terms of behaviour, and colour they are hard to beat I reckon.