Cichlid Tanks

[Joemuz]

Pleas could i see some pics of your cichlid tanks as i have just started kkeping them and the more i see the more im inspired so please can you post any pics of your cichlids, all welcome and greatly appreciated! Heres mine, hope you like it! It currently has 2 lamprologus brichardi in but soon will have 2 convicts in and the brichardi will be in another tank.

http/s120.photobucket.com/albums/o171/Jo...Convicttank.flv

Cheers, Joemuz

 

[kewskills]

get picture not found

 

[PRW1988]

sorry to say, but don't ever film a movie lol... too blury, I couldn't see any fish (if there were even any fish in that tank anyways)... none the less, should be a decent tank

 

[Joemuz]

You probably couldant see the fish as it was before i got the fish lol
Cheers, Joemuz

 

[matt295]

arent those guys shelldwellers? i didnt see any shells in there and that means taht they will be very shy and feel insecure

 

[dthoffsett]

I always enjoy showing off my tank.

75gal mbuna

 

[mark7616]

566L cichlid and oddball mix

 

[DiscusAngel]

Nice tanks, Mark whats in yours.. looks real nice!

 

[mark7616]

Its got:

1x oscar
1x Red shoulder severum
1x Jag this will be going in my 72x30x24 but its only 2" atm
1x Jack dempsy
5x silver dollars
1x sorubim lima
1x ornate pim
1x fire eel
1x p.palmas
1x p.senegal
1x royal plec

 

[matt295]

thats a nice stock list mark

 

[DiscusAngel]

thats a nice stock list mark

sounds abit like the tank i have in my dreams!!!

 

[paul_219]

Nice tank u got wonderful done.

 

[stang1]

arent those guys shelldwellers? i didnt see any shells in there and that means taht they will be very shy and feel insecure

Brichardi aren't shelldwellers Matt which is probably why you didn't see any shells!

My Multi tank:

 

[matt295]

they arent i thought that the scientific name neolamporlogus bichardi meant that they were shelldwellers. arent most neolamprologus shelldwellers? i really like them. nice tank stang. when im older im probably going to set up a 100 gallon tanganyika tank with all kinds of shelldwellers. does anyone know about the blue tanganyika killifish?

 

[stang1]

they arent i thought that the scientific name neolamporlogus bichardi meant that they were shelldwellers. arent most neolamprologus shelldwellers? i really like them. nice tank stang. when im older im probably going to set up a 100 gallon tanganyika tank with all kinds of shelldwellers. does anyone know about the blue tanganyika killifish?

Not heard of that one Matt.
I'm not sure about the Neolamprologus reference but I know that Brichardi don't need shells. The ones at my lfs are about 3" and swim freely around the tank with only a couple of bits of rock in there. Sounds bare but can't be too bad as they've actually bred in there!
Tanks are best kept with only one species of shelldwellers in as far as I know. I made the mistake of having two different types in my tank and there was constant fighting and aggression.
You could quite easily set up a 15-20G tank and keep a few shelldwellers in there, they would be more than happy.