any cichlid lovers here?

[bergoff]

I've had an aquarium for a few years and a friend gave me some convict and jack dempsey cichlids. I have a 30gal now and will be upgrading to a 55gal in a few weeks. These fish are great to watch and the kids love them.

 

[Rolex]

Ever since the show "Tanked" started I've been wanting to get a big aquarium and get back into that hobby.

 

[bergoff]

They are so relaxing. And honestly I haven't touched my rc stuff but only once this year. I've been pricing rocks I can't believe what they charge. The lady at the pet store said to go with drift wood and a few leafy plants for the dempseys to spawn on so I might go that route.

 

[tmaxxfreek]

I had a group of them in a 55 gallon, and one fish kept killing all the others so i left him by himself, had him for 3 years, when he died he weighted almost 6 pounds, after i lost him i gave up the hobby, sold the tank and used the mahogany stand for a TV stand.....LOL

 

[Phins Fan]

I bought a set of dempsey's several years ago and actually got 2 egg cycles out of them with 100's of babies. By far the coolest fish I've ever had until the female died. Once she ied the male only survived about 1yr

 

[bergoff]

I know for sure I have one jack he is about 2inches and a ton of convicts. There are also 3 2in fish I have no idea what they are. They are similar to the jack just dull in color.

 

[Rolex]

sold the tank and used the mahogany stand for a TV stand.....LOL

I once tried to keep fish on the top of the TV, but they just flopped around for a minute or two and then dried out in a couple of days.

 

[tmaxxfreek]

....sounds like something i would do.

 

[hamz9561]

My sister has one in a tank in her Office named Hannibal Lechter. He has eaten every other fish put in the tank with him.

 

[alien13]

Had some, my favorites were the black convicts. Buddy of mine had a tank full of babies and gave me two. One ended up with a swim bladder problem, when it got lazy it would float sideways. The other one helped himself to eight community fish in one night, this was while it was still a little guy. Kept him for a good 3-4 years before he died. Tried other cichlids, but it just wasn't the same.

 

[bergoff]

If you lived closer you could stop by and have some of mine I have to many.

 

[alien13]

If you lived closer you could stop by and have some of mine I have to many.

Not ready to set up a tank right now, too busy to deal with it.

 

[bergoff]

My son is so excited I told him he can have the 30gal in his room. And he can decorate it anyway he wants. Its going to be a pita moving the tank upstairs and setting it up again.