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  1. R

    Lima shovelnose catfish with african cichlids

    Has any one ever kept a lima shovelnose catfish with african cichlids? Would it work? He would be in my 75 gallon with my lake lake malawi african cichlids..they are 5 to 6 inch and the lima im looking at is about 12 inch...would he eat my africans?... thanks rob Sent from my DROID RAZR using...
  2. J

    African Cichlids/Catfish from Farm List

    I am looking at a farm list from one of my suppliers. I plan to bring in some Syndontis Angelicus/Eupterus Mix 2-2.5", Decorus 2", and Ocellifer 1.5" Catfish from this list. They will be available for sale two weeks after their arrival. Other Catfish Available are: Syndontis Eupterus 2"...
  3. D

    Excited to be back in the hobby

    Hi. My name is Rich. I live in central PA. I had several FW tanks in the early and mid 90's, mostly with S.A. cichlids. I enjoyed arowanas too. Well, now I have decided to get back into the hobby. I started a 10 g tank for my kids a couple months ago and they love it. So, I set up a 150 g...
  4. D

    West African special order list

    Hey all, I will be placing a West African order TOMORROW (4/19)! Sorry for the short notice, but this is stuff I don't have access to as often, and I want to make sure I can get it in and through quarantine before we ship for the group buy. I've learned from past experience that the sizes aren't...
  5. monfrey29

    Rudy from Texas and I love African cichlids!

    I keep a 40g of Julies and peacocks w/ a few serpae tetras.
  6. M

    Best lighting temperature for African cichlids?

    Hello everyone I just upgrade my lighting from a cheap 36 inch to another cheap 48 inch shop light which I picked up at home depot. Btw I am running two T8 6500k bulbs, and they do an awesome job at washing out my fishes color. I am a newb, so please recommend some color temperature which...
  7. Andrewtfw

    lighting an african tank

    The tank is a 54 corner. I am using a dry african mix substrate (the one that is mostly sea shells). I am having trouble finding lighting that makes the substrate show off its crisp, white color. I tried a 30" twin tube flourescent with 1- 10K and 1- actinic but it was too dim. I tried a 30" T5...
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