Cichlidmaster Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Hi everyone, My name is Larry - AKA cichlidmaster or CM for short. My wife and I maintain 135 tanks totalling 3000 gallons and own and operate Cichlidmaster Cichlids in Detroit, Michigan USA. We import and breed cichlids from Lake Malawi and Tanganyika. I have been in the hobby 20+ years and my wife and I have been importing and breeding for the last 10 years. Looks like a nice board and hope I can help out some!! Bye for now.... CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted January 12, 2003 Report Share Posted January 12, 2003 Welcome to the Fishroom CM. As you may have guessed, I am the same Caryl as Carylnz in The Community Tank. Quite a few CT members visit here and vice versa. We are becoming a well mixed community. Just setting up my first African tank, with help from fishguts in the CT. Hope to find some yellow labs, Marliers and something blue - maybe peacocks or zebras. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pegasus Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Hi there Larry, A warm welcome to you and your good wife. Hope you find some interest here, or possibly create some more interest in the Lake Malawi and Tanganyika species. Certainly got your hands full with 135 tanks, and it seems you've found a good lady with the same interests. (my wife is as keen as I am I'm a CT member as well, and like this, it is also a great forum. Look forward to seeing your posts. Happy Days, Bill (Pegasus) .... (Pegasus NZ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldie Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 8) 8) a WARM WELCOME from summery New Zealand. WOW wish I could tour your store.(is it a store??) Great to see yet another fish-o-holic on the forum. :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlidmaster Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Actually we run it out of our house. All the tanks are in our basement. Glad to be here and as I said, I hope I can help out!! CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Hi there Larry, I think you will become a very resorceful member as lake cichlids are very popular in NZ, Malawi cichlids are a bit more popular due to availablity but the tangs are catching up due to more varietys becoming available. A question of interest do you have frontosa? and if you do, do you breed your own or import? and what varietys? As you can tell im a front fan. Anyway welcome and enjoy the taste of NZ fishkeeping. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cichlidmaster Posted January 13, 2003 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Currently I have one male front around 12" in size. This is a family "pet" I have imported wild Mpimbwe blues in the past. I recently recieved an updated list from African Diving Ltd. and there are quite a few frontosa species available just don't know when or if I'll be bringing any in. When I brought in the order of Mpimbwe I went large with the order...little did I know the demand for them crashed shortly afterwards. I was stuck holding most of them for over a year prior to selling the last group. Fronts are a funny thing in retail...either they sell like hotcakes or they don't!! No inbetween. CM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macka Posted January 13, 2003 Report Share Posted January 13, 2003 Currently they are in demand in NZ as they arnt readily available (various reasons) How did you get started in the impotation trade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interfecus Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Hi, nice collection of tanks! I wish I had 135 tanks!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobsvinyl Posted January 15, 2003 Report Share Posted January 15, 2003 Welcome aboard, CM. Maybe we could carpool here from the States. Save some money that way. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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