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Postby retiredfish377 on Thu Aug 18, 2005 1:08 am

hi new here and in the folowing tanks are my cichlids 15 gallon quaranteen tank archocentrus sajicas 20 gallon cichlasoma nicaraguense eggs ready to hatch tomorow 20 gallon cichlasoma nicaraguense have not spawned yet to young for the male
90 gallon 1 comon pleco 2 bristle nose cats 2 electric yellows 2 cobalt blues 1 hap species44 4labidichromus chisamulae hmmmmmmmm can i add more to the 90 and i,m selling the auratus in our fall auction cause he murdered 3 fish and almost one more
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Postby Barb Okla on Thu Aug 18, 2005 9:31 am

You can add in a LOT more to the 90 gal. YOU have haps and Labs mixed and they do have a habit of cross breeding so you may want to make sure on the sexes and change some out. Most speices will not spawn with another speices, but males are so persitant.. Just remember that some, the Haps, get to 8" at adult.

On your plecos, they don't like a lot of salt. SO you may only want to do Half doses..I have no plecos in my African tanks..some africans also need the GREEN algae that the plecos eat..Plecos dont eat the brown/red algae you are going to have also, so you are stil going to have to scrub the rocks down as it grows OR it wil be hard to get off in the long run..FYI
I have found that a bucket with the TOP rocks and POND algae killer(FOR PLANTS AND FISH) for 4 days wil remove the stuborn algae..Scrub lightly and rinse with a hose..My dolomite looks nice and white again..Bleach is not recommended due to the softness of the rocks may absorb the bleach.. That you don't want.
This is before I cleaned the rocks:
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This is after:
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Postby retiredfish377 on Thu Aug 18, 2005 11:53 am

thanks for the info i want to keep the colbalt blues wich ones would be best to get rid of as we have a fish auction in september and any sugestions on other fish to add i,m definetly going to put the auratus in the auction oh yea as of october i,m the new treasurer for the sarnia aquarium society
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Postby DanRad on Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:33 pm

All right!! Congratulations! And welcome to the forum!
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