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Thanks. I am pretty happy with them. Sick one is still alive, sheltering in behind power head. Not eating. The rest look good. All settled in well.

After researching I settled on these as because of easy care with fry. These guys are very social until breeding. In this size tank I will be ok with one breeding pair. Once there is lots of fry the parents stop spawning or only spawn low numbers. By this time I can either sell to local shops or set another tank up to raise them. Got friends with a pet Oscar, always looking for feeders. Lol.

Fake rocks. Lol. Much safer for the fish. Had a $50 price tag on each and got both for $40. Was quite happy with that. Biggest issue with cichlids is aggression, especially in a small tank. From my understanding, this will go two ways, 1. Male forms a harem and breeds with numerous girls. This could be a disaster as he won't be allowed to raise the fry of either and the girls would kill him defending their fry. 2. Two fish pair off, start to set up area to spawn then kill other two. From this point on they should breed regularly and have multiple spawns of various ages living happily in the one tank. That's the dream anyway. Will see what happens. :-)

Set one of the new 2 footers I got. Decided on these guys fur to them being such great parents and apparently easy to breed. Bought two from a LFS, long story but I got nice fish and 3 online. Of the 3 I bought one is a gonner do that will leave four. Should get one pair. Already interesting behaviour between 3 of the biggest.

Will these support medium level light requiring plants?

Just set up 2ft tank today so I need some lights. Great timing. :-)

As Chi said. All my guys get them with no issues as yet. :-)

Looks good mate. Little hard to see the colours though. :-(. Can't wait to see them IRL. :-)

Lol. Second Rods call for photos. :-). Glad you got your hands on a healthy pair mate.

Cheers Davo. Not in a rush so sort me out last if it makes it easier. :-)

Well done. Great fish. :-)

Don't think it really matters what fish but I wouldn't add 20-30 at once. :-). Good luck and don't forget photos.

Happy Birthday mate. Hope you get spoilt rotten. :-). Have a great day buddy. Mind you, you already have two spawns this week.

Lmao. Very funny. :-)

Very nice fish. Well chosen and good luck with the spawning plans. :-)

Thanks for the update Davo. Was just thinking about these. :-)

Hey Chatz, welcome aboard. :-). Sounds like you have some nice setups. What fish do you keep?

Hope so Ness. Lots of clean girls so depends on if the boys keep their form. Thanks MTS and Jennie. :-)

Took these two outside to see them in the sunlight. Very happy with the fish I have ATM. Plenty of interesting options available. These two are some of my favourites from the white spawn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQZHuVylXsw&feature=youtube_gdata_player Hope you enjoy. :-).

Thank you for the update. You really have me thinking. :-)

Lol. We removed the door and the door frame to get it in. 10 guys to lift it. :-)

Good score. I had 3 Koi angels follow me home from Tuesday's meeting. Bloody things dont realise how much trouble they get me in.

8x3x3. :-)

That is one very big black belt. Can be a very agro fish. :-)

Bump for Andrew. :-)