mj

lol in all seriousness though .. what is BK? (just to help the uneducated like me understand)

yeah I just have the one - will eventually set up a tank for dems and yellows, great colour/attitude contrast in my opinion ... but for now one is awesome

lol I never have regrets :lol:

i got it from animates, reason I bought it was because it had a noticeable purple ting to it (haven't noticed it since adding it to my community tank) - going to strip the community tank down a fair bit when I take a second tank to work :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: (sorry for hijacking)

heh no I was posting on my "own thoughts" of this thread, not personal knowledge (actually tbh was it renamed as I could not find it after my post that night?) drunken post ... comment about you overstocking was in reference to a PM from you admitting to a tank of yours that was overstocked ... anyway I wasn't trying to stir - just voicing my thoughts there and then (as I do - I say it how I see it) lol and as for younger audience .. heh that is why I contemplated the correct wording to get my thoughts (at that moment) across I agree with the sentiments, be careful when buying - and to be fair the original post linked to trademe .. so I guess I'm confused as to who actually purchased said fish and where they purchased it from? why link to trademe if the fish weren't bought there? for what it's worth - I highly respect the knowledge of the people I "questioned" (or whatever you want to call it), just found the approach or tact of the original post was misleading

na above what looks like a dem and below what looks like a yellow (front on) well above and to the right of the white rock

is BK burger king? :oops:

what is the brown striped one below the driftwood/ and does it ever have purple tones? I have one that looks similar and I am assuming it is a hybrid

I didn't check the second page ... but I have some jewels (off mystic) if you want to swap for a few dolphins? otherwise as most have said the yellows ... I also know a good supplier of them (if nobody else has offered)

one for any IT geeks out there ... so my boss intercepts me with a 20 litre bucket of water today that I was taking to fill the tank I just put in my office (first of many :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: ) anyway he's like: "G'day MJ what you up to with that" (I work in IT, manage lots of servers etc) I reply "oh just off to give my servers a bit of a drink" then he replies (and I was seriously laughing for about an hour after) "oh so how often do you have do do that?" (I did eventually tell him that I was fill a tank)

welcome max nice choice of fish

bought off trademe .. sorry you get what you get ... also an I am so trying to find words to not get warned this thread seems to be turning into a real stroking fest ... you bought off trade me, and maybe the fish didn't end up as hoped in your over stocked tank ryan? I was going to reply when I saw the first post here, now it seems to be just turning into "oh you the man" thread ... and I think I even know and have bought off the seller ... anyway not that any of that matters but it was bought on trade me and also original poster if it wasn't you why bring it here? too much coro st?

add some space in between "structures" as in have some top to bottom space throughout the tank ... they like to browse top to bottom and enjoy having paths to follow maybe rest one end of the wood on a [edit]LARGER[/edit] rock to provide space underneath, then try go doe something similar to your first post, with lots of "cave levels" at either end ... well that is how mine is setup another than my driftfood allows for access underneath by design my 2cents worth, all the LFS's have a similar low flat geography for cichlids, I say give them something a bit more natural ... which is not uniform [edit] tbh didn't see the latest pic .. looks better, think the "space in between" thing still needs addressing (and can be done easily) .... go for height on one side with rocks (without it looking like a lego stack)

drink!! :bounce:

it is one that needs to be squished :lol: j/k - can't stand spiders though :oops:

less chat ... more pics

weird thing now - since introducing a few other fish I'm not 100% sure but it seems that I have 2 males and one female ... I can tell the two "males" apart but both are very yellow with excessive black fins - guessing since I added a dominant male red jewel that had a 10 minute "arm wrestle" - mouth locked with brad who I thought was the only male, now apart from some distinguishing facial features brad and "jen" both look the same, very vibrant yellow and striking black fins mmmm need new names :oops: (and more females) could it be the introduction of bigger males of different species that has brought this on? [edit] mystic will remember - she was like me, definitely 2 females and one male

drink :bounce:

I personally thought it was awesome (each to their own IRA - this is why there is so many TV shows to choose from) and looking forward to the second season ....

heh true :lol:

so that equates to a dig? ... just a polite one

yeah I use my tank water to water my plants (plants is another addictive habit I have) ... good thing the two work well together as I'm not "wasting" so much water

I've got the whole season *cough*

na she is out eating like crazy ... oh well next time

my tank consists of 3 yellows, 3 empresses, 3 orange peacocks, maybe 5 lumpheads (juveniles they hide a lot) 1 adult and about 7ish juvenile red jewels, 1 dem, 2 HUGE electric blues, 3 white and 3 striped convicts (<3 mystic) and 2 baby golden spot plecos they all get along fine, they have their moments - lil dem been chasing the striped convicts around and male empress has his moments at nipping at the tails of the 10 times his size electric blues (lol) [edit] oh and 4 juvenile kribs (that I have seen) there are rules to be followed but my personal feelings are how you maintain the tank - I totally reorganize all the rocks/caves when introducing new fish (after letting them float in a bag for a while) - lots of plants, driftwood etc with the dems as they say ya need at least 12 to stop them killing each other - so I'm sticking with one(for now) - he seems really happy to me it is all about providing enough hiding places and areas for territory