Fish: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank

Bill, I have a 29 gallon tank and I do not have live plants.
I never had any luck with live plants years ago and this
tank does not have the substrate for plants. This tank is
simply aquarium gravel, plastic plants and a couple decorations.

With the information you gave me and the little time I have had to
look it over.....I am thinking, so far, that deciding to do a cichlid tank
would require changing some of the tank decor to accomodate their
needs. More large rocks or "cave" type areas.

And then what do I do with my neons? Maybe as you mentioned
small angles that would grow up with them in the tank might be
one way to go. Don't know about angles and my water though.
But they do sell them here and I have kept them before and they
did fine. So I am thinking they might be ok in my water.

Maybe Kribs with the neons would be ok.....just thinking.

Thanks again,
Connie

-------Original Message-------

From: bill 1433
Date: 9/23/2012 11:23:53 AM
To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank

Again your very welcome Connie. I have tried to go
back through the group site and find the start of
your first thread. If you have ever worked with Yahoo mail
you know that it is challenging at best to get any information from
it through its archives without giving yourself a severe headache.

What I was trying to find out is what size tank you have?
Size is another factor that guides you toward what kind of fish
you keep. I also forgot to ask, are you working with live plants?

bill in pa

--- On Sun, 9/23/12, Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net> wrote:

> From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank
> To: "Tropical Fish Club" <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 12:35 PM
> Thanks again, Bill, you have given me
> something to think about and study!
> Connie
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: bill 1433
> Date: 09/23/12 10:13:55
> To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank
>
> Your Welcome Connie,
>
> Now you are in the right church but the wrong pew!
> <g> How come?
> Because your water is great for what they call African
> Cichlids. They are
> very colorful fish and some of the most interesting that you
> will come
> across in the hobby. In addition, most of them do not
> get the size of
> whales so keeping a thankful can make quitea display.
> They will most
> certainly appreciate your pH.
>
> I think I remember somewhere before that you had mentioned
> about
> Pelvicachromis pulcher, Krebensis? They usually like
> waters that are with a
> Ph: 6.5 to 7.5; and a water Temperature of about 75 – 81
> degrees with a lean
> toward harder water values. Sounds like your
> parameters a bit.
>
> Here are some good examples of what those African Cichlids
> look like and
> some set up photo's too.
>
> http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/african_cichlid_genus_gallery.php

>
> http://www.aquahobby.com/e_african_cichlids.php

>
> This last site has some breath taking photo's of some
> Africans along with
> some general info on each fish. I'm
> afraid I can't offer you much support
> on Africans because I have never gotten into keeping any and
> with my well
> water here the opposite of you, at 5.5 pH
> the chances are slim that I ever will. What I can tell
> you from the small
> bit that I know of them is that if you have a tank for them
> you can not have
> anything else. For instance, if you have platys or
> Neon's, it's not a good
> idea to throw any Africans in there, because their water
> parameters are
> almost exact opposites.
>
> Enjoy, and please keep us posted on your progress,
>
> bill in pa
>
> --- On Sun, 9/23/12, Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
> wrote:
>
> > From: Connie Watson <clw51@cox.net>
> > Subject: Re: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank
> > To: "Tropical Fish Club" <tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com>
> > Date: Sunday, September 23, 2012, 11:25 AM
> > Thanks again, Bill, interesting about
> > your angels!
> > I am glad to hear it might be possible for angels and
> neons
> > to live
> > together.
> >
> > It appears my main problem with my water is the PH.
> Being
> > 8.0
> > I haven't seen many fish that like that level of PH but
> I
> > haven't looked
> > at many. Will have to do a search.
> >
> > Thanks again for the links!
> > Connie
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -------Original Message-------
> >
> > From: bill 1433
> > Date: 09/23/12 08:24:09
> > To: tropicalfishclub@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [tropical fish club] For Connie's Tank
> >
> > Hi Connie,
> >
> > These sites will also help in making your decisions
> but
> > please remember,
> > as fancy as these web-sites are, and as well as they
> are
> > laid out, they
> > are still only one person's opinion of what will go
> with
> > what. You will
> > find that many times even on this group, that some
> folks
> > have some
> > strange tanks put together.
> >
> > Myself included here. I have six Angel Fish
> living
> > with a handful of Neon
> > Tetra's in harmony. It's the first question
> people
> > ask when they see the
> > tank. Why don't the big fish eat the little
> > fish? Easy they were all
> > raised together. At that time those saucer size
> Angel
> > Fish were only the
> > size of a quarter. Further to demonstrate their
> fierce
> > nature, last weekend
> > I attempted to add some Von Rio Tetra's to the tank,
> they
> > are now gone!
> >
> > At first I thought it might be because of the water
> > conditions not matching
> > or floating them too fast but further examination
> showed
> > that they were
> > either bitten in half or missing other relevant parts.
> > Those Neeon's?
> > Still just fine.
> >
> >
> > http://tropicalfishandaquariums.com/Compatibility/index.php

>
> >
> > http://aquariuminfo.org/compatibility.html

>
> >
> > http://badmanstropicalfish.com/fish_chart.html

>
> >
> > bill in pa
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