Michigan Cichlid Association

Announcements => Introduce yourself => Topic started by: adechazal on December 06, 2013, 12:38:49 PM

Title: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: adechazal on December 06, 2013, 12:38:49 PM

Hey all! Stumbled across this site while doing some searching on African cichlids.  I've been seriously in the aquarium hobby for about 7 years, prior to that it was just a 30 gallon aquarium here and there.  Now we have a 180 Oceanic in our living room wall that I had dedicated to plants. Then about 3 years ago started into discus.

Well we're on well water, hard as a rock (350ppm) with a pH around 8-8.5, anyhow, after plumbing in RO my luck with discus was just so so.  So now I'd like to try another largish colorful fish and I think cichlids are the way to go.  All the plants you see in the photo are now gone and my aquarium has nothing but substrate and large round river rocks with 10 or so Kribs to keep the bio load going.

Looking forward to asking lots of questions!
Cheers
Aaron

(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj57/adechazal/Aquarium/IMG_0202.jpg)

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: Regalblue on December 06, 2013, 02:05:58 PM

Nice tank! 

Welcome to the forum

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: Frenchie on December 06, 2013, 02:20:50 PM

Welcome. Nice writeup on your tanks.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: rcombs on December 06, 2013, 02:56:05 PM

Cichlids are a lot of fun. You will get hooked like its a drug. That's one heck of a planted tank. What was your technique/ secrets to such beautiful plants. Did you use co2 or fertilizers?

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: adechazal on December 06, 2013, 03:53:38 PM

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What was your technique/ secrets to such beautiful plants. Did you use co2 or fertilizers?

Thanks for the comments! Yep, CO2 injection, relatively high light and dosing dry fertilizers.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: rcombs on December 06, 2013, 05:33:53 PM

What did you do to measure healthy level of co2. What fertilizers. I'm looking to learn planted tanks. If you could post on the thread "how to use co2" in the general discussions. Thanks :)

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: Stan M. on December 06, 2013, 08:27:36 PM

Welcome to MCA.And very nice tank!

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: LoveTheFishies on December 06, 2013, 10:15:59 PM

Welcome.  Looking forward to seeing pix of the new setup.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: Super Turtleman on December 08, 2013, 10:26:19 PM

Welcome.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: jcunningham0295 on December 08, 2013, 10:32:42 PM

Welcome to the forum.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: SteveScheuring on December 09, 2013, 06:40:26 AM

Welcome!

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: atmagoulick on December 09, 2013, 06:50:06 AM

Hi,

I'm into the same things.  I like growing plants also.  Maybe we can trade when you get going again.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: Maize-N-Blue-D on December 09, 2013, 06:58:02 AM

Welcome...

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: Steve on December 09, 2013, 12:47:31 PM

Nice built in.

Welcome.

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: four_by_ken on December 21, 2013, 10:18:59 AM

Welcome.  Love the tank!

With hardwater like that... Africans will be perfect!

Title: Re: Hey all, cichlid newb here!
Post by: SKISWETPETS on December 30, 2013, 10:27:48 AM

Welcome...