herefishiefishie Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Hello to all, (no G'day's)I am an ex pat cantab, couldn't handle the cold!! I threw the rods away 6 years ago & got into cichlid keeping, :roll: then breeding.I still remember setting up the 2 footer for the first time. 2 electric blues & yellows. I have experimented with Africans, asians & americans & currently have. Fronies,red empress, psed aceii, electric blues, mamelleas, syn multis, psed pulu points, burtoni. Still a bit down after clearing out Alto's & other shellies, but easier to look after mouthbrooders. American wise I have Festaes,salvinis, neetroplus,bristlesnose's,a pleco, plus some ghoste knifes. I am interested to here what type of cichlids people are keeping"back home". Cheers to all, Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Welcome co**---well, if your over there and also from the Sth island. Welcome anyway. I'm interested in how many cichlids that you have available over THERE. Also the catfish. That makes for quite an impressive list. Bet you've got more than a two footer now. Where in Q'land are you? I have a daughter that lives in Ballina. My specialty are killies Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted December 30, 2003 Report Share Posted December 30, 2003 Hi and welcome to the fishroom. I have Malawis myself. Plus a community tropical. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted December 31, 2003 Report Share Posted December 31, 2003 WELCOME from Mid Canterbury where it is sweltering hot hot hot at the moment. Water restrictions, everything is yellow and I am melting. Still a tad of snow on the Southern Alps though. No cichlids here .............whooops yes there is angels and discus LOL Again great to see you in the pool Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 3, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 Cheers for the replies, hmm Alan we have a few different varieties of cichlids & catties over here, I dont have a list but there is a good deal on offer. Some american cichlids may be taken off the list, as a few are out in the dams & streams. :roll: Yeah tank wise its 1 6ft, 4 4fts,2 2fts. no more room oh & Gold Coast. If wanting to check out a cichlid site, pub5ezboard.com/bqldchiclids, yes I know they spelt cichlid wrong, free to join & 860 members, good for a bunch of queenslanders. Yeah Goldie my sister & co are still in Christchurch they are quick to note how hot it is there at the moment. Caryl what Malawis do you have , are there much on offer in the way of tangs, victorians & malawis there???? Cheers, Frenchy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 3, 2004 Report Share Posted January 3, 2004 I have Labidochromis caeruleus, Copadichromis borleyi, Stigmatochromis modestus, Aulonocara jacobfreibergi and an honorary Malawian Julidochromis marlieri I have no idea what is available as we have no pet shops at all near me. The fish I have came direct from a breeder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
herefishiefishie Posted January 5, 2004 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 Sweet, I like the julies to have a pair of reganii"kipilli", started with 5, sold 1, other 2 oops, they are agro towards others of same species. :evil: yet ignore everthing else. :roll: julies are tangs too. they're going into 2 footer with a pair of Hecqui's(spelling?????) b4 the end of the week,they're in 4 footer with others at the mo. I am lucky enough to work at a l.f.s,(local fish shop) here on the coast so can see lists from 3 or 4 suppliers & I get first dibs at the trades in too. Can be hard though when you have no room in the tanks at home , nice couple of calvus in too :-? , then again trade in julies & hecqui's???? hmmmmmmm, but again with salvinis breeding, will need 2 footer for fry :roll: other 2 footer chock full already with malawi fry, & ghosties are looking keen too.....................with all this juggling I should be in a circus. plus there is a shop in Brissie who has fantastic connections with everything rare ,catties,tangs....... Wonder if the g/f would like a tank??hmmmmm :roll: You have some beaut malawis there too Carly, breeding colonies???? or for display, red fin kadango males are sweet looking, I tried breeding those but couldn't find any girls who could handle the man, he's now at another l.f.s, in there display tank, so still see him & others once a week. ps; do many people play guess this fish????? Frenchy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 5, 2004 Report Share Posted January 5, 2004 I have no idea if I have a breeding colony. We will have to wait and see I am bad at water changes so perhaps not. How many play the name that fish game varies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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