bennyboy321 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Hey guys thought i would post my new tank setup for you all to check out, im only new to this site so this is my first post.Any comments, questions, advice or constructive criticism is greatly appreciated.we all need help somewhere along the line.So here is the background info on the tank i had it set up as a mixed cichlid tank for the past 3 yrs, not knowingmuch about cichlids when i first started it was abit of hit and miss, and oh that looks good might put that in to.what a mistake! but now over time i have read up alot about cichlids and fish in general so i decided to pull downthat cichlid tank and start from scratch but keeping the same 4ft tank.so here is the tank specs: 1 ehiem 2217 canister filter ( hopefully buying another in a week or two)roughly 40kg of texas holy rockT5 lightingassorted fake plantsIn the tank so far is :4 frontosa1 black calvus and 1 white calvusand 2 common plecos will be adding more over timeim trying to upload photos but they keep saying there are to big any help on that one guys? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mdk54 Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 You might need to resize your photo's mate, or upload them to a site like photobucket and link them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yabbie Dabbie Do Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 The calvus will crossbreed if they end up pairing up. So if you dont want that I will put my hand up for the white calvus! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krellious Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 tank to small. Need 5ft and wider base Fronts grow huge. Calvus will cross breed so please dont sell fry if you get any. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy321 Posted March 4, 2012 Author Share Posted March 4, 2012 I hadn't even thought about the calvus cross breeding..that would explain why I have ever only seen white or black calvus in a tank and never together.. And yes I realise the tank is to small but the fish are all quite small only about 3-4cm I will hopefully have a bigger tank in about a year or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 Hi Bennywelcome to ACE what is the width of the tank ?as mention it's the footprint that is important especially in a 4' tankso 18" (45cm) or 24" ( 60cm) width are the better options if limited in lengthalso remember that the Frontosa will growth much quicker than the Alto'sand this could become food for thought ... literallyIf you want to keep Alto's for display then go for males as they grow largerand there is no spawning risk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moosedagoose Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 howdy mate, Fish will be sweet for a while then. I keep both calvus and large breeding frontosa in the same tank, good combo IMO, my two fav species lol, and yeah best to keep calvus species seperated but if these are young fish also you wont have to worry for a while. Know plenty of people breeding frontosa in 4fters too by the way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennyboy321 Posted March 9, 2012 Author Share Posted March 9, 2012 Thanks for that info.. I will be separating the calvus I think I have a mate wanting the black one..Well I don't think I will be breeding any time soon I defiantly don't know enough about breeding only just starting to read up on it now.. I really want to upload pix for you guys but so far havnt been on a computer latly just using my iPhone.. I do have a couple questions though.. 1. My frontosa's especially my larger one that iv had for a while is starting to turn a very black colour it has been this way for a month or two now and my newer ones are starting to turn dark to. Why would this be??? 2. Also is there any fish that you guys would recommend in putting in the tank? I was thinking a few electric yellows?? What else if any?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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