Hi There,
I just found this site the other day (I've been lurking) and I thought my first post should be an introduction!
My name is Daryl and I am from Victoria, BC, Canada. Next month I am moving to the big city - Vancouver! I am really excited to make the move as their are a number of fish species that are readily available at LFS over there that one can't find in this neck of the woods!
Because we are downsizing I have recently had to sell off a number of larger tanks including my 135g and a 90g (along with some 33g and 20g grow outs!).
I am making the move with a single tank - a custom 22g aquarium that I have had for years - I love it! The tank is 36" long, 12" wide, and 12" tall. It's had a number of different incarnations over the years including this set-up that I absolutely loved;
When I sold all of my tanks I also had to sell all of my fish (I kept 4 BN pleco fry that are about 1" total length and a very old Siamese Algae Eater). Tomorrow I am going to be adding a few Blue Ram s to this tank in hopes of getting a pair. Once I am settled in in Vancouver I am going to try and set-up an Orinoco bio-tope tank in either a 40g breeder or a 75g tank if I can make room! The Rams will become a part of this bio-tope along with a Keyhole and perhaps some A. hongsloi...
My very first cichlids were a quartet of Bolivian Rams - after watching their antics I became hooked on cichlids in general and started keeping more and more different species. All told I have kept the following cichlids;
Bolivian Rams
Keyholes
Festivums
Heros sp. Rotkiel
G. Steindachneri
Convicts
Jack Dempsey's
The Hero's and the Festivums were the only ones that I wasn't able to spawn (the Festivums were both male I think), and I couldn't find a male Rotkiel that my wild caught female couldn't beat the snot out of!
Anyhow, that's enough rambling... I am looking forward to learning more about Dwarf cichlids in general - in particular the Apistgramma's and Rams!
Cheers,
Daryl
I just found this site the other day (I've been lurking) and I thought my first post should be an introduction!
My name is Daryl and I am from Victoria, BC, Canada. Next month I am moving to the big city - Vancouver! I am really excited to make the move as their are a number of fish species that are readily available at LFS over there that one can't find in this neck of the woods!
Because we are downsizing I have recently had to sell off a number of larger tanks including my 135g and a 90g (along with some 33g and 20g grow outs!).
I am making the move with a single tank - a custom 22g aquarium that I have had for years - I love it! The tank is 36" long, 12" wide, and 12" tall. It's had a number of different incarnations over the years including this set-up that I absolutely loved;
When I sold all of my tanks I also had to sell all of my fish (I kept 4 BN pleco fry that are about 1" total length and a very old Siamese Algae Eater). Tomorrow I am going to be adding a few Blue Ram s to this tank in hopes of getting a pair. Once I am settled in in Vancouver I am going to try and set-up an Orinoco bio-tope tank in either a 40g breeder or a 75g tank if I can make room! The Rams will become a part of this bio-tope along with a Keyhole and perhaps some A. hongsloi...
My very first cichlids were a quartet of Bolivian Rams - after watching their antics I became hooked on cichlids in general and started keeping more and more different species. All told I have kept the following cichlids;
Bolivian Rams
Keyholes
Festivums
Heros sp. Rotkiel
G. Steindachneri
Convicts
Jack Dempsey's
The Hero's and the Festivums were the only ones that I wasn't able to spawn (the Festivums were both male I think), and I couldn't find a male Rotkiel that my wild caught female couldn't beat the snot out of!
Anyhow, that's enough rambling... I am looking forward to learning more about Dwarf cichlids in general - in particular the Apistgramma's and Rams!
Cheers,
Daryl
