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Here’s mine used to have a trio of pearl gouramis still my favorite fish. And a mating pair of Bolivian Rams plus a school of lamp eye tetras. They were all getting old and all got an parasite these 2 are the only ones that made it sadly.
**This post was edited on Mar 11th 2021 at 12:03:53pm
Dude holy crap I had almost the exact same setup in College:
Ive been in the Fish game for over 10 years. This was my old African Cichlid tank from years ago. I will never keep them again, they all end up killing each other. They are really smart and are cool to have but in the end its not worth it IMO.
This fish is actually where I got my screen name from. He would always hide behind this rock and look super suspicious and I would come home and say, "Sup suspicious fish..." and the name kind of stuck so I use it for online accounts.
Here is my old 29 Gallon freshwater tank:
Currently I have the same 55 Gallon as above but with a freshwater setup. Its pretty basic now with only a few fish and I have not had time to restock it. Ill see if I can grab some pics soon.
SuspiciousFishDude holy crap I had almost the exact same setup in College:
Ive been in the Fish game for over 10 years. This was my old African Cichlid tank from years ago. I will never keep them again, they all end up killing each other. They are really smart and are cool to have but in the end its not worth it IMO.
This fish is actually where I got my screen name from. He would always hide behind this rock and look super suspicious and I would come home and say, "Sup suspicious fish..." and the name kind of stuck so I use it for online accounts.
Here is my old 29 Gallon freshwater tank:
Currently I have the same 55 Gallon as above but with a freshwater setup. Its pretty basic now with only a few fish and I have not had time to restock it. Ill see if I can grab some pics soon.
Always thought cichlids were cool but after your experience with them probably just gonna stick to oranda goldfish😂
koenhelmkeAlways thought cichlids were cool but after your experience with them probably just gonna stick to oranda goldfish😂
They are really fun fish when things are going well. They make little houses by digging in the gravel and have personalities etc. Our actually bred a bunch and its crazy to see them with the fry in their mouths. They would hang out in their parents mouth then all swarm out for a second and the parent would suck them all back in. The problem is there is a strict hierarchy and the end up bullying and stressing each other as they got older.
If you want a Cichlid, check out the African River Cichlids called Kribensis. They are pretty peaceful, easy to care for and are really cool looking. I had one named Illadelph and he was my favorite fish I have ever kept.
koenhelmkeAlways thought cichlids were cool but after your experience with them probably just gonna stick to oranda goldfish😂
There are some smaller cichlids from South America besides the ones in Africa. The German rams only get maybe 2inches in size, Bolivians I have get about 3-4. I’ve kept both but I’d recommend the German since they aren’t as aggressive a little hard to care for the Germans but they were pretty easy compared to my mudskippers in my other tank. There’s also different variants or maybe even different species of German rams they come in all different colors too
**This post was edited on Mar 12th 2021 at 7:19:02am
WoFlowzThere are some smaller cichlids from South America besides the ones in Africa. The German rams only get maybe 2inches in size, Bolivians I have get about 3-4. I’ve kept both but I’d recommend the German since they aren’t as aggressive a little hard to care for the Germans but they were pretty easy compared to my mudskippers in my other tank. There’s also different variants or maybe even different species of German rams they come in all different colors too
**This post was edited on Mar 12th 2021 at 7:19:02am
Ram are fun to keep. They are really smart fish and always up to stuff. They are kind of fragile though so you need to know what you are doing.
Convict Cichlids are pretty much bombproof but you have to keep them alone in a species tank due to aggression. A planted tank with a bunch of driftwood and convicts would actually be a pretty dope setup.
SuspiciousFishRam are fun to keep. They are really smart fish and always up to stuff. They are kind of fragile though so you need to know what you are doing.
Convict Cichlids are pretty much bombproof but you have to keep them alone in a species tank due to aggression. A planted tank with a bunch of driftwood and convicts would actually be a pretty dope setup.
Rams love a sandy substrate it’s super cool to see them build nests or find little caves under rocks or drift wood
Thats a sweet tank man. My brother and his roommates had a nice saltwater tank back in the day. Its pretty fucked up but one of his roommates had this crazy girlfriend and they got in a huge drunk fight one night and after everyone passed out she poured all the leftover beers into the tank. The next day the fish were toast and the tank reeked of dead fish and stale beer. He said it took like a week to get it all cleaned out and the made their roommate pay for replacing everything.
phaha it was pretty wild. that’s my largemouth courson back when he was a little guy in the tank with I think some sort of mayan and that oscar cichlid. oscar cichlid went ape shit and killed my plecos somehow so I move the bass out to a nice lil pond. it was dope tho he used to eat minnows and shit that i’d hold like 4 inches up. he’s prolly 10-12 inches now and self sustains off shit in the pond. i still feed em for fun tho.
edit: forgot abt the goldfish. my younger sister insisted that i took care of it cuz she broke her tank while cleaning it. goldfish lasted a week tops.
WoFlowzIs that a bass with a gold fish with an archer fish or is that a perch? I’ve never been more confused with a tank in my life
**This post was edited on Mar 19th 2021 at 10:47:26pm
Evantheshredsterphaha it was pretty wild. that’s my largemouth courson back when he was a little guy in the tank with I think some sort of mayan and that oscar cichlid. oscar cichlid went ape shit and killed my plecos somehow so I move the bass out to a nice lil pond. it was dope tho he used to eat minnows and shit that i’d hold like 4 inches up. he’s prolly 10-12 inches now and self sustains off shit in the pond. i still feed em for fun tho.
Yeah an Oscar cichlids would do that. The other one that’s kinda a tan color looks a lot like an archer fish to me I’m not familiar with Mayans tho
**This post was edited on Mar 19th 2021 at 10:48:41pm
WoFlowzYeah an Oscar cichlids would do that. The other one that’s kinda a tan color looks a lot like an archer fish to me I’m not familiar with Mayans tho
**This post was edited on Mar 19th 2021 at 10:48:41pm
oh shit that little tannish striped one was also one of my sisters i think a zebra some shit from like a department store. Always wanted archer fish(the ones that squirt water at bugs n shit right?)
Evantheshredsteroh shit that little tannish striped one was also one of my sisters i think a zebra some shit from like a department store. Always wanted archer fish(the ones that squirt water at bugs n shit right?)
Yeah that’s them I’ve kept some brackish water fish always wanted to keep them just never had a brackish tank big enougj
Damn yeah i just watched a video and i guess i forgot how dope that shit is. Coolest setup i ever saw was a guy keeping a disabled brown trout in a temp controlled tank w like a current tunnel and shit in it. fish was missing a chunk out of its side but it got around pretty well.
WoFlowzYeah that’s them I’ve kept some brackish water fish always wanted to keep them just never had a brackish tank big enougj
EvantheshredsterDamn yeah i just watched a video and i guess i forgot how dope that shit is. Coolest setup i ever saw was a guy keeping a disabled brown trout in a temp controlled tank w like a current tunnel and shit in it. fish was missing a chunk out of its side but it got around pretty well.
There was a shop I went to once in Wisconsin and it had a like slanted tank fully custom, shallow, wide and the glass went down diagonally it was so weird but so cool they had some plecos and some other cats and large danios in it. Looked like this
Had a current also I thought it was so cool
yoooo hell yea. reminds me of a guy w a external waterfall and his snails would fuck around on it
WoFlowzThere was a shop I went to once in Wisconsin and it had a like slanted tank fully custom, shallow, wide and the glass went down diagonally it was so weird but so cool they had some plecos and some other cats and large danios in it. Looked like this
Had a current also I thought it was so cool
