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coolchinchilla
June 10th 05, 04:31 AM
Just an intro...
A guy was selling his complete tank set up for dirt cheap because he
is being deployed come Sunday. I will move the tank in tomorrow
(Fri). I'm excited and a little scared. I've never had cichlids
(these are african malawi guys) and I hope nobody dies just because
I'm inexperienced. They are soooooooo pretty. My experience has
been with a 15 gal community tank.

I moved furniture to make a space for the tank. Now I've spent
several hours on the net looking at sites on how to move fish
safely, aclimating fish, and about cichlids in general. I thought a
cichlid newsgroup would help too. I'm glad these guys are generally
hearty and that they like a high pH. For the move, I will try to
take as much of the old tank water as possible.

Wish me luck. :-)

Linda and the zoo.
Rest of the zoo: a parrot, a cat, a canary, a rabbit, a fishtank
and 6 chinchillas.

Happy'Cam'per
June 10th 05, 02:58 PM
GOOD LUCK.
--
Kind Regards
Cameron

"coolchinchilla" > wrote in message
...
> Just an intro...
> A guy was selling his complete tank set up for dirt cheap because he
> is being deployed come Sunday. I will move the tank in tomorrow
> (Fri). I'm excited and a little scared. I've never had cichlids
> (these are african malawi guys) and I hope nobody dies just because
> I'm inexperienced. They are soooooooo pretty. My experience has
> been with a 15 gal community tank.
>
> I moved furniture to make a space for the tank. Now I've spent
> several hours on the net looking at sites on how to move fish
> safely, aclimating fish, and about cichlids in general. I thought a
> cichlid newsgroup would help too. I'm glad these guys are generally
> hearty and that they like a high pH. For the move, I will try to
> take as much of the old tank water as possible.
>
> Wish me luck. :-)
>
> Linda and the zoo.
> Rest of the zoo: a parrot, a cat, a canary, a rabbit, a fishtank
> and 6 chinchillas.

Kim
June 11th 05, 12:30 AM
Im in the process of setting up my first cichlid tank too. Cycling it
at the moment. I found the following site, which has TONNES of info on
both Mbunas and Tanganyikans.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com
Good luck
Kim

coolchinchilla
June 11th 05, 01:53 AM
THANKS!

Kim wrote:
> Im in the process of setting up my first cichlid tank too. Cycling it
> at the moment. I found the following site, which has TONNES of info on
> both Mbunas and Tanganyikans.
> http://www.cichlid-forum.com
> Good luck
> Kim
>