My first ever cichlids!!

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 13:36:49 GMT, "Gary"
wrote:

Am I to expect future problems? They are fine at the moment, and they all came from the same tank. They chap said as long as plenty of hiding spaces, then they will all establish a pecking order and get on with it.


Auratus are moderately aggressive. The dominant male (the one that
turns dark first) will try to kill any other males but may tolerate
females. If you pack them in and have a few hiding places at the
surface you will have less problems. Make an island with rocks all the
way to the surface.


Steve
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Auratus are moderately aggressive. The dominant male (the one that
turns dark first) will try to kill any other males but may tolerate
females. If you pack them in and have a few hiding places at the
surface you will have less problems. Make an island with rocks all the
way to the surface.



Hi Steve,

There must be almost 100 hidy holes at the moment, I will post a few pics.
When you say make an island, work from the centre of the aquarium up to the
top?
AT the moment, I have heavily loaded the entire back wall with Marble Rock,
Sand Stone and SHED LOADS of Lava Rock.

I will post a pic of feeding time, and as well as seeing the rockery, you
can help me identify the other fish too! (If you can be bothered)

Gary.

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:00:24 GMT, "Gary"
wrote:

Auratus are moderately aggressive. The dominant male (the one that
turns dark first) will try to kill any other males but may tolerate
females. If you pack them in and have a few hiding places at the
surface you will have less problems. Make an island with rocks all the
way to the surface.



Hi Steve,

There must be almost 100 hidy holes at the moment, I will post a few pics.
When you say make an island, work from the centre of the aquarium up to the
top?

It not the number of hidy holes that count, it is the position so that
fish in trouble can escape.

I use a pile of large boulders up the rear corners of the tanks. That
way it is easy to make an island (or two) without displacing too much
water.

AT the moment, I have heavily loaded the entire back wall with Marble Rock,
Sand Stone and SHED LOADS of Lava Rock.

I will post a pic of feeding time, and as well as seeing the rockery, you
can help me identify the other fish too! (If you can be bothered)


I'll have a look later.


Steve
--
EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

OK Steve,

All pics under 100k

Links to the pics he http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids.asp and also
pasted below.


ROCKWORK:
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-rocks.jpg

UNKOWN CICHLID # 1:
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-id2.jpg

UNKOWN CICHLID(S) # 2: (2 pictures)
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-id3.jpg
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-id4.jpg

UNKOWN CICHLID # 3: (IN FRONT OF ROCK, SMALLER FISH):
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-id5.jpg

UNKOWN CICHLID # 4:
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-id6.jpg

FEEDING TIME:
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlids-id.jpg



The rockwork is porbably pants, but my first time using extensive amounts of
rock. I normally have a piece of bogwood and a few plants.

Do your best with the fish, Im intrigued as to how these guys are going to
behave in the future. The fish shop chap told me they would be fine...

Regards,

Gary.
PS - Will also post thesde ID requests in the group in a new thread...

On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 15:35:22 GMT, "Gary"
wrote:

OK Steve,

All pics under 100k

Links to the pics he http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids.asp and also
pasted below.


ROCKWORK:
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids/cichlid-rocks.jpg


The rocky shoreline of Lake Malawi is mainly boulders covered in
algae.

I always tried to produce something vaguely similar.

Do your best with the fish, Im intrigued as to how these guys are going to
behave in the future. The fish shop chap told me they would be fine...


I've been away from the Mbuna world for too many years to remember
their common names and many of the scientific names have been changed
as well.

Go to Mike Oliver's web page and click on Mbuna.
http://malawicichlids.com/index.htm

Mike Oliver has been into Mbuna a long time and is still active in the
field.


Steve
--
EasyNN-plus. The easy way to build neural networks.
http://www.easynn.com

They are yellow prohibited at this moment, I believe that as they grow, the colour change. 3 pairs of which the largest cave quarrel, of which seems to be mainly fish in the tank moment. These are cute fish! They all look the same, do not know if male or female.