This is my 75g Metaframe w/original slate bottom.
The breeder net has 6 babies that were free from the store. They are beyond cute! Everyone is acting like regular fish, no aggression yet, but they have some growing to do. I'll have to look at the receipts to figure out how many I have and all. Will add that later. I've just added the rocks. Since the bottom is slate and not glass, I am thinking it will be safe bare and no need for egg-crate. Anyone else thing this may be alright? So far it's great. But I'm noticing the holes aren't very big and some of the larger cichlids really don't fit. What do you guys do for that? The sand is 20lbs of CaribSea African Cichlid mix substrate. There is also black sand from my established tanks. Plants are on the right w/a bit of wood and wood in the middle connecting the rocks. Rock stays on the left, bare under the rocks, but the sand is all around. Air stone is 12in and it's to help w/the crazy heat we have. I'll be adding plants that there are too many of in my other tanks. So far they also haven't bothered them.
My Sen is still in there, he thinks about eating the tiny cichlids, lol. As soon as Petco has it's $1 per gallon sale, I will be getting him his own tank.
There's two hob filters and I'm buying either one or two Sunsun canister filters today.
Let me know if anybody is selling some 1in+ cichlids, I'd like to get one more kind in. Most of these are mixes, but mutts make for very interesting fish. =)
Counted 19 fish on the receipts. All ate like pigs a few minutes ago. I saw 3 little rosy peacock cichlids, thought about getting them. Your opinions?
The breeder net has 6 babies that were free from the store. They are beyond cute! Everyone is acting like regular fish, no aggression yet, but they have some growing to do. I'll have to look at the receipts to figure out how many I have and all. Will add that later. I've just added the rocks. Since the bottom is slate and not glass, I am thinking it will be safe bare and no need for egg-crate. Anyone else thing this may be alright? So far it's great. But I'm noticing the holes aren't very big and some of the larger cichlids really don't fit. What do you guys do for that? The sand is 20lbs of CaribSea African Cichlid mix substrate. There is also black sand from my established tanks. Plants are on the right w/a bit of wood and wood in the middle connecting the rocks. Rock stays on the left, bare under the rocks, but the sand is all around. Air stone is 12in and it's to help w/the crazy heat we have. I'll be adding plants that there are too many of in my other tanks. So far they also haven't bothered them.
My Sen is still in there, he thinks about eating the tiny cichlids, lol. As soon as Petco has it's $1 per gallon sale, I will be getting him his own tank.
There's two hob filters and I'm buying either one or two Sunsun canister filters today.
Let me know if anybody is selling some 1in+ cichlids, I'd like to get one more kind in. Most of these are mixes, but mutts make for very interesting fish. =)
Counted 19 fish on the receipts. All ate like pigs a few minutes ago. I saw 3 little rosy peacock cichlids, thought about getting them. Your opinions?
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