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Re: [GSAS-Member] Name That Cichlid



Follow for Shango: Do you want to keep a tank where you don't mess with the water at all, or are you OK adding water hardeners?

Right now, Kathy has lots of Kribs (Pelvicachromis pulcher) that are descendents of an allegedly-wild pair we got at ACA a couple years ago. They are easy to keep and breed, unless you're a complete idiot. :)

http://www.gsas.org/Articles/1996/krib.html

  - Erik


On Mon, 11 Jan 2010, Shango Los wrote:

Ok, ok...I'm gonna start a cichlid tank.

I resisted for years because I had mixed reactions to an old girlfriends 
Cribenza tank where they were always getting all red and shoving each other 
back and forth for turf.  I like a chill community tank where everyone gets 
along.

BUT...

I am kinda fish bored and need something new and Cichlids have so many colors 
and personalities.  I have always wanted bright fish, yellow would be the best, 
but am not ready for a marine tank.

I think the idea of shell dwellers is fun and mouth breeding sounds fun and I 
can even handle the territoriality now.  I also like the idea of having a tank 
that couldn't have plants and was only rock which I think is the whole story 
with Cichlids.

Here is the point of this post though...where do I start?  There are a TON of 
cichlids.

I would like some that...

-are brightly colored
-don't have especially high water needs
-might breed for me
-might be territorial but won't actually nip/cause damage to each other, just 
flare color and move aggressively
-can handle a gravel tank bottom
-will be happy in a 29GAL
-Not above $15 each.

If ya'll would suggest a handful of species to begin looking at, I would 
appreciate it.

Thanks
Shango
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