Hey there,
A few weeks ago my friend told me that he wanted to get rid of his 2nd tank because his fiance didnt want it anymore, she had grown fond of the 200 gallon discus tank and all but abandoned the 2nd tank. I snapped at the chance of owning a 120 gallon tank although I had never owned a tank before, many friends have tanks but I have always seen caring for a tank as a hard job and was scared that I would kill the fish.
About 20 days ago I went to his house to collect the tank, we soon finished loading the car and I was about to drive off when he reminded me to "get the fish". I had assumed he was just given me an "empty tank" but that wasn't the case . He came outside with a large bag containing 2 fish.
In the few weeks between him telling me about the tank and actually getting it I had ideas in my head of keeping a few tetras and maybe a couple of bottom feeders but this was about to come to an end. After setting the tank up and releasing these poor fish into un-cycled water he phoned to chat about keeping fish. He told me that these were cichlids and that he had to remove them from tank 1 when the discus moved in because the cichlids kicked their asses. After a bit of research I realised that I couldnt put tetras in the tank and felt a little downbeat. A few days later I went to the local aquarium and found keyhole cichlids and silver dollars living happily together so I bought 3 of each.
I would like to know what type of cichlid the original 2 are now because Im a little confused . One of them is yellow with black stripes and the other is blue with black stripes. I have searched around and really cant find an answer. The fish are doing well because the are more colorful and active than when I got them but I was wondering if anyone could help me.
A few weeks ago my friend told me that he wanted to get rid of his 2nd tank because his fiance didnt want it anymore, she had grown fond of the 200 gallon discus tank and all but abandoned the 2nd tank. I snapped at the chance of owning a 120 gallon tank although I had never owned a tank before, many friends have tanks but I have always seen caring for a tank as a hard job and was scared that I would kill the fish.
About 20 days ago I went to his house to collect the tank, we soon finished loading the car and I was about to drive off when he reminded me to "get the fish". I had assumed he was just given me an "empty tank" but that wasn't the case . He came outside with a large bag containing 2 fish.
In the few weeks between him telling me about the tank and actually getting it I had ideas in my head of keeping a few tetras and maybe a couple of bottom feeders but this was about to come to an end. After setting the tank up and releasing these poor fish into un-cycled water he phoned to chat about keeping fish. He told me that these were cichlids and that he had to remove them from tank 1 when the discus moved in because the cichlids kicked their asses. After a bit of research I realised that I couldnt put tetras in the tank and felt a little downbeat. A few days later I went to the local aquarium and found keyhole cichlids and silver dollars living happily together so I bought 3 of each.
I would like to know what type of cichlid the original 2 are now because Im a little confused . One of them is yellow with black stripes and the other is blue with black stripes. I have searched around and really cant find an answer. The fish are doing well because the are more colorful and active than when I got them but I was wondering if anyone could help me.
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