1st African Chiclid Tank

[rleigh]

I just set set my 1st Chiclid Tank a got Ten 1.5 Inch long Yellow Labs.
I was told this is a good number for 55 gallon tank. Comments

 

[redtailblackshark]

that is a very nice tank, i like it a lot

 

[IovaykInD]

Did you cycle the tank beforehand? Putting 10 fish in at one time is not the best on the biological media. It puts a lot of stress on it.

Other than that, your tank is really nice. Love the rock with all the hiding spots in there.

 

[rleigh]

Tank is cycled. It did house my 8 mollies.

 

[G_Sharky]

that`s a pretty good number especially if you wanted to breed them, but if your looking on adding a few species then you might wanna thin out the group....maybe leave 1 male to 4 females.....

 

[IovaykInD]

At 1.5", you can't sex these fish yet. You probably have to wait a year before you can tell which is female and which is male.

 

[KageBunshin]

Dude you should get those blue cichilids ( i dont know what there called) to add more color!

 

[rleigh]

Thanks. I had rather have just one species for now.

 

[Fish_Dude619]

Is that Sand substrate? It looks good....
Where did you get the rocks?

 

[rleigh]

Yes, it is white chiclid sand that costs about $25/20 lb bag. The "rocks" are a ceramic coral that you can get off Petsmart web page. They are very lightweight, but look real. I have 4 of them in the tank.

 

[rleigh]

PS
The Ceramic Coral cots $20 each.

 

[Fish_Dude619]

Cool, Thanks for the info.

 

[Mr.September15]

Nice Tank! .

 

[Ginge]

Nice steup i was thinking something the same with holey rock my new tank just came it is 4' so the rock for the tank will probably be more expensive than the amount i will spent on fish.

 

[rleigh]

Is 10 Yellow labs enough for the 55 gallon tank or can i add more?
I Think i have Two males, but I know it is hard to tell at this size.
Comments !!!!