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congrats, now the fun begins

I agree with "bigfishhead" overall footprint is better than litres. tank 1 would be my pick. As far as stocking goes the length of both tanks are similar and prob a bit short for the bigger open water haps but tank 1 is way deeper(front to back) so will give you more fish variety for your stocking. I have found that africans seem to be fine with a little less hight (top of tank to bottom) but definately need the width (front to back) IMO it is better to sacrifice a bit of length and volume to gain a bigger footprint

nice one thanks guys

whats the best way to clean out an internal filter so i dont transfer any parasites/disease when i change it over?

cool thanks might have to clean the filter out and start again then

My daughter has lost interest in her goldfish tank and i want to change it to a cichlid grow out can i just add a heater to the tank, will the bacteria in the current filter adjust to a heated tank?

try mycoolmc hes a member on here he usually has a few cichlids for sale good quality fish, as well as likoma from "fish2water"

agreed, real nice fronts, how many calvus have you got? i have 2 males i would like to swap a male for a female or get a couple more males to spread the aggression out if you know of any for sale

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Wow , planted tanks arent my thing but that hardscape is perfection, nice work

Yeah dude anytime, will look like a goldfish bowl compared to yours though Thanks mate appreciate it

yeah they do have bigger lips and they seem to have a steeper forehead as well

Defineately my alpha male. I had just watched him spawn with one of the smaller females might just be the angle of the photo it was kinda taken from behind his head as he was turning away

A full tank shot Dominant male

Thought I would post a few fish pics, been a while. Have a colony of about 25 duboisi now and a trio of malawi dolphins, 6 leleupi which all seem to be male and I started with 5 calvus, all turned out to be male, lost 2 and sold one so have 2 males left. Thinking about upgrading to a 6ft x 2ft tank, think they would enjoy the extra space. Sorry bout the picture quality, they are from my phone,but it seems to take a better picture than my camera.