introducing

Hi all, Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello. New to fishkeeping, but not new to water quality testing, beneficial bacteria, ecosystem balance, etc. My prior hobbies that led into this involved growing many tropical plants, mostly aroids, creating custom blended living soils...

Hi my name is nikki from Texas I got a 55g cichlids tank with 3 jewels, 1male red zebra, 1 female auratus, 1 female acei, 1 female bumblbee, and 2 plecos. I just recently lost my afra which was my favorite fish. I got the forest set up. I also have a 75g at my mom's that has bala sharks...

If you were at the Babes in the Cichlid Hobby auction at the 2011 ACA Convention, you probably know something about this fish. It was first presented as a "Mystery fish" - basically, you were bidding on a white box you were not allowed to look into before bidding. As the Babes described it...

This is my first post on this site and I am trying to find my way around on here. I hope I am posting this in the correct location. I have been a very active cichlid collector for the pass 2 years and have about 30 different species in 3 different tanks. I am trying to become more active in the...

Hi I'm new at cichlids. I have a pair of discus (craigslist) for about a year and a half, a pair of albino kribs (craigslist), and A. agassizi & caccatoides from club members. These are all in community tanks. My obsession is plants, and planted tanks and small community fish, but somehow I...

I have 5 children, ranging in age from 7 to 14. They all like my tanks but 2 of them are more interested than the others. Last month I offered to take them to the meeting and they both loved it and will be there again this Saturday, so I thought I'd give them a proper introduction ;) They both...