So, some of you will know, I sold/rehomed most of my stock, to make way for 5 frontosa's with the plan of making the 125g just for them.
So far, in the space of 4 weeks, Ive lost 3 of the 5, I expect to lose the remaining two shortly, they arent looking good.
Clearly they dont like my water, I assume the ph/hardness isnt to their liking or they were just bad stock, either way, I wont be trying any more frontosa, they arent cheap!
So, I dont know what to stock the 125g with anymore, currently has my large red spot sev, bkgf, 2 large senegal bichirs and added last week (after the fatalities) 4 geophagus surinamensis and 7 giant danios (who are still small). Now I dont know what else to add. Ive done most other SA cichlids and frankly the only one that Ive stuck with is my severum, CA's are too aggressive IME so no more of those, which doesnt leave me with many options. Im not partial to tetra species (hence the danios), dont like Silver dollars, rehomed my bala's, so something dithery is limited too. I miss my rainbows like mad, but to restock to the amount I had, is expensive and sourcing good ones isnt easy either.
If it wasnt for the sev, birchirs and ghost, I would likely give up the hobby as nothing seems to grab my attention anymore, so basically, anything Im missing that would go with the current stock, which to recap is, severum, bichirs, bgkf, geophagus, danios??
So far, in the space of 4 weeks, Ive lost 3 of the 5, I expect to lose the remaining two shortly, they arent looking good.
Clearly they dont like my water, I assume the ph/hardness isnt to their liking or they were just bad stock, either way, I wont be trying any more frontosa, they arent cheap!
So, I dont know what to stock the 125g with anymore, currently has my large red spot sev, bkgf, 2 large senegal bichirs and added last week (after the fatalities) 4 geophagus surinamensis and 7 giant danios (who are still small). Now I dont know what else to add. Ive done most other SA cichlids and frankly the only one that Ive stuck with is my severum, CA's are too aggressive IME so no more of those, which doesnt leave me with many options. Im not partial to tetra species (hence the danios), dont like Silver dollars, rehomed my bala's, so something dithery is limited too. I miss my rainbows like mad, but to restock to the amount I had, is expensive and sourcing good ones isnt easy either.
If it wasnt for the sev, birchirs and ghost, I would likely give up the hobby as nothing seems to grab my attention anymore, so basically, anything Im missing that would go with the current stock, which to recap is, severum, bichirs, bgkf, geophagus, danios??
Maybe I do have enough, but its awfully empty in there 
