Backyard Aquaponics
A place to discuss aquaponics

not totally ap related, but close
i learnt to never add additives to your FT to make it look pretty. i added this stuff -


to give the plants a boost, and its made the tank foam, probably from the potassium. also tank has gone dark tea brown, again probably from the potassium.

these pics are taken after 3x30 and 1x50% water changes. foam almost reached the light before. the good thing is the fish dont seem to be affected by it all

also, its a 220ishL tank, and i only added enough for 150L. hate to think of what wouldve happened if i added the full dose!

Do I see a Satanoperca leucosticta?
Nice fish

if you look closely youll see two i love em, though percy (the biggest) only has one eye

Holy foaming fish tanks Freo...

Ever heard of the fish called the Malawi Eye Biter?
Apparently the name is a load of rubbish, however, when I kept them...

lol they look like pretty cool fish though. how big do they get?

ive had heaps of fish sold to me as /non agressive' only to start fighting as soon as i got them home. luckily the shop isnt to fussed about taking agro fish back

Up to 11 inches.
I should post up pics of all my fish really!

These are my pride and joy
Lichnochromis acuticeps, or Malawi Gar for short
One of my fav photos of two males fighting, it looks like all the fish in the background are hanging round in a circle chanting "fight fight fight"

haha i was going to ask why there was one floating upside down

how many tanks have you got?

Tanks
1 of IBC with top cut off
1 of 8'x2'x2'
1 of 6'x2'x2'
1 of 6'x18"x20"
2 of 4'x18"x20"
3 of 4'x14"x18"
3 of 3'x14"x18"
Plus about 6 fry raisers, 2ft or less

Currently I have:
Plecos:
Bristlenose
Gibbiceps
Panaque maccus L104
Peppermint Bristlenose

African Cichlids:
Lichnochromis acuticeps
Chilotilapia euchilus

American Cichlids:
Caquetaia umbriferus
Cichlasoma bocourti
Parachromis dovii
Parachromis friedrichsthalii
Hypsophrys nicaraguensis
Neetroplus nematopus
Amatitlania nigrofasciata

And Cherry shrimp and Crystal red shrimp

I think that is all at the moment...

You?

holy sh!t, just a few then hey

ive only got the AP, a 4fter, 3fter with breeding lionheads, a 2fter with breeding gouramis, a small goldy tank. got the santopercas, 5 bristlenoses (breeding) cory's, whiptail longnose catfish, some other catsfish, and gouramis in there

hey if you ever want to get rid of some gear / fish give me a call

I just gave away most of my fry.

I just changed from African to American Cichlids.
Upside: Aggressiveness
Downside: Size, most of my fish now get bigger than 30cm.
The Umbriferus (Umbee's) and Dovii grow to 60 cm.
I was thinking of trying them in the AP one summer when they breed.

You are welcome to some nigrofasciata (convict cichlids) if you want some, they'll live in a 3ft tank, but nothing else will!

Some of my old fish

Electric Blue


7 Bar Frontosa (Taken by a friend... Cheers Ronny!)


Dimidiochromis Compressiceps (The male Malawi Eye Biter, taken by Ronny again)


Juvenile Usisya Peacock - He met an unfortunate end before colouring up properly, from what I call my exam voodoo...


Electric Yellows


A friends Geophagus sp. "Columbia/Venezuela" yawning


One of my Neetropolus


And to explain my exam voodoo, I am currently studying part time at uni while working full time. Obviously during exams I struggle to do much other than work and study, and maybe get a few hours sleep every now and then.
But, for the last 3 semesters, every single time I have had exams, they day I finish my last one I look at my fish which always manage to get a little neglected for the weeks leading up to my exam, and I find something wrong.
First time it was the death of about 200 fry.
Second time, a fish had wedged itself under a rock at the back of the tank and died, by the time I discovered it the ammonia spike had done the damage and I lost about $600 worth of fish that I imported from Sydney
Last time... yesterday, I noticed white spot in my favourite tank that was definately fine on Sunday, it has already taken out one female

Nothing kills the after final exam good mood more than coming home to this every time!

yeh these are my first ciichlids, so im still learning. i love the look of the convicts, but dont like their aggressiveness, so thanks but no thanks that peacock is very pretty!

This is what he would have grown into...

wow, are they very aggro? . time to google them i think

No more than most cichlids.
They need a harder water than the Leuco's.
There are heaps of peacocks around, but they cross breed like anything, so it is hard to get good ones, which is a shame as they are a stunning fish.

You can always get Aulonocara baenschi, they are similar but with less blue.
You could keep a pair in a 3 ft