Thanks for responding. Yes, unfortunately we are THAT much of a
newbie and for real.

Your answers were pretty much what we feared and in hindsight we
should have done a LOT more research before we tried this. I think
those little cichlids are going back to the store today and we'll try
again, using some of your advice.

Kim and Larry

On Sun, 2 Jan 2005 15:39:00 +1000, "Phil" wrote:

I'm replying just in case you are for real...
my husband and I started
a 26 gallon bow aquarium up with some cichlids. We have 2 dolphins, 2
yellow labs, 2 zebra and 1 I forget the name.