Joined the Cichlid family...awwwwww

[tunedis95]

Hows it going everyone!!??? Eric here!!! Well i'm back into aquariums again. Back when i lived with my parents they had a couple aquariums with Cichlids in it. Well, its been over 13 years since we have owned an aquarium. I live on my own now (26) and have been wanting one and went ahead and bought a 6 gallon on craigslist. Came with live plants and tropical fish and sand....WELL...then the aquarium bug bit me. I looked around and picked up a new 55 gallon fish tank with all accesories for a good price. Picking up some black sand this week and looking to get some big rocks, driftwood and more plants in there. Starting the 55gal with all small Cichlids. I know these are real common but i'm looking and PMed several people asking about fry the have.


but yea...wanted to say HI. If you guys advice or fish for sale to help out my tank please PM me.

here go some pix....tank is only a week old and i just put the fish in there today.
middle-Melanochromis Auratus



middle left- Red Zebra Cichlid

I picked up these from a local person, Some will have to go eventually- Red Finned Borleyi fry

[algarciajr]

Welcome to the box.

[Gene D]

Welcome

[FrontosaurusRex]

Welcome to The Box!! Enjoy your stay!!

[Darbex]

Welcome to the box. When I first started out I had some Melanochromis and I really liked them. They are mean little f'ers though. By the way this is only the beginning of the addiction we arent FA (Fishaholic Anonymous) we will only make your addiction worse. Good Luck

[Fire_chair]

hi

[cichlid1409]

welcom

[smk]

welcome to the box its only a matter of time before your house is filled with aquariums...lol....
scott

[mark razmandi]

WELCOME to the BOX!!! nice fish, wait till you have no room left in your house because its full of tanks!!!

[PhishPhreek]

Ciclids make good practice until you're ready to breed and raise show Bettas

[Zulaab]

Welcome to the box :)
I started with tanks after 22 yr hiatus and with a 3ft 58... 3 yrs later, and I am doing my last upgrade... removing my 42 and 70g tank and installing a 215.
You will be there soon enough :)
Have fun and again welcome to the box :)

[Nickintex]

Ciclids make good practice until you're ready to breed and raise show Bettas

Hello and welcome.

Let's see how long it takes before he gets bitten by the troph bug! )

[tunedis95]

We use to have a few Cichlids that would breed back in the day and we would raise them and take them to a local pet shop...I was the fish DR and would remove them from the mums mouth...I miss that stuff. Hopefully when these get a little bigger i can breed a couple. And i'm already thinking about my next size aquarium. But my 55 would have to go...ha ha ha....I'm use to the forum world two. I'm a member of a few forums and one being clublexus.com , so i'm use to increasing my spending because of you guys..ha ha....

thanx everyone!!!