Michigan Cichlid Association
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: fishmagnet on July 22, 2012, 09:04:58 PM
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I picked up a couple additions to my all male mbuna tank that were advertised on craigslist....1 4in Salousi and 1 3 in Zebra long pelvic Gallery Reef.They are very nice but my Blueberry would not stop relentlessly chasing the Salousi and my Chalosi will not let the long pelvic out of his hidey hole soooo the only logical thing to do was make a trip to pruess and add more fish ;D
So I drove an hour and a half over to lansing only to find that 75% of their cichlids were on hold for quarantine needless to say I was very dissapointed ..should have called first ???
To make a long story short I was very limited on my selection but did manage to make it home with a 5 in OB red zebra and a 4in cobalt zebra.My intent was to calm down the Tank and it worked , well kinda , the pelvic long is still in hiding but will come out and eat at feeding time.
While I was there I got to looking around at all the new cichlids that were in quarantine and low and behold I found the fish I have been wanting for a while now...Afra Jalo Reef F1 at about 1.5 inches sooo I immediately put 1 male and 4 females on reserve.I now have my 55 gal up and cycled with Lab. Gigas in her at the same 1 to 4 ratio and I think these will be a pleasant addition. I have also decided to add a harem of Salousi in the same ratio to round out the tank.
Moral of the story every cloud has a silver lining :)
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Yeah I've got some of those quarantined fish on reserve too. They should be available mid-week. They came in on Tuesday and were to be quarantined for 1 week to be sure they are good to go. I'm heading out there Wednesday or Thursday. I've got 8 Hypomelanistic OB red zebras waiting for me and I hope they are good looking!
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I saw those fish they are cool...very unique!
They had a ton off new cichlids in quarantine...I love that store!
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Yeah I've got some of those quarantined fish on reserve too. They should be available mid-week. They came in on Tuesday and were to be quarantined for 1 week to be sure they are good to go. I'm heading out there Wednesday or Thursday. I've got 8 Hypomelanistic OB red zebras waiting for me and I hope they are good looking!
I was think of getting those last month. I saw them on the list for the group order.
Post pictures when you get a chance
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Yeah I've got some of those quarantined fish on reserve too. They should be available mid-week. They came in on Tuesday and were to be quarantined for 1 week to be sure they are good to go. I'm heading out there Wednesday or Thursday. I've got 8 Hypomelanistic OB red zebras waiting for me and I hope they are good looking!
I was think of getting those last month. I saw them on the list for the group order.
Post pictures when you get a chance
yeah I really wanted to get some from the group order too but would have had to drive nearly twice as far to get them :(
I'll try to get some good pics. I may throw half of them in the 200 gallon pond outside for the rest of the summer and see how they do compared to the tank kept half. I think these are pond raised in Florida.