Well I am back... the Cichlid bug has hit me again

[sniggir]

Hey fish gang... after 10 years of salt water, My family and I moved too a new house and were tight on $$ so we decided to give SW a break... so I set up a tank for my kids I let them pick out the fish...
( they went with Malawi Cichlids happy fun and colourful ) then they started to breed and My Wife Liz got interested 😁 so we are starting to put together a fish room to start breading again!! Liz also is allowing me to have my Daddy tank... ( I am really more of a Tanganikan fan ... sry to everyone that loves Malawi's) So sry to say I will be lurking in the forums and bugging everyone again... I wil post soon in the tank build as things progress with my tank and our breading

[Mike L]

Thank God for another cichlid lover.  2 thumbs up on tangs. What size tanks are you running, filtration, etc. What size will the big guy tank be.

[Jody]

The cichlid bug is something that hits hard, and is hard to get rid of! Thankfully!
I agree, tangs are the more interesting types.

Jody

[sniggir]

Well my main tank is a 90 gallon with a 90 gallon sump that I use as the filter it is housing the Malawi's (my wife and girls love them) and we have a 40 gal breeder with our little guys in it for growing out... I am just about to start setting up is a 65 gal corner tank. I am going to start it with Judiochromis transriptis gombi, kipli bay black calvis, and thinking about some Cypriochromis... start them in the 65 and then when they grow out get a bigger tank. I have started to put together tanks for breeding have 2 20 gal and 2 30 gal to start as I get the room put together I will take pics and move too the tank buildform

[sniggir]

Ooo also putting a neolamp daffodile tank for my second eldest but that will be a species only tank

[Themarcfish]

Hi.  I am new to the forum but am happy to hear of another Tanganyika lover.  I have the julies and daffodils you wanted.  If you still need either I would be happy to give you some.  In the case of daffodils, I would happily give the whole colony, about thirty fish.

[Nene]

Tanganyika fan new in town here as well. Do you still keep tangs?
I'm a bit worried that soft and ph-neutral water I have in sandy hill would require a lot of work with tangs... how do you guys manage this?

[Mike L]

You can boost water with a home made cichlid recipe using baking soda and Epsom salt, with a small dose of marine salt.
However the thing is that most of the tang purchased and kept are raised in regular city water. While I do add buffers and whatnot, the water changes are the critical part of keeping tangs. They are not tolerant of even slightly poor water perameters.