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R.I.P my 100gal african cichlid tank

Discussion in 'Cichlids' started by cichlidz, Sep 14, 2009.

  1. cichlidz

    cichlidz Thread Starter New Member

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    horrible news, my little girl decided to give my fish a bubble bath yesterday [banghead] . i had left the canopy open after i fed the fish and she poored a whole bottle of her bubble bath in the tan and killed everything [angel] but the pleco. it was a sad day yesterday
     
    cichlidz, Sep 14, 2009
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    Sorry to hear about that! I'm sure you had some money in that tank...
     
    jrow8162, Sep 14, 2009
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  3. cooltow1

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    Sorry
     
    cooltow1, Sep 15, 2009
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  4. buzz4520

    buzz4520 Well-Known Member

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    sorry for your loss.. :(
     
    buzz4520, Sep 15, 2009
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  5. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Active Member

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    Wow that is HORRIBLE!!!! :(
     
    LemonDiscus, Sep 15, 2009
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  6. cichlidz

    cichlidz Thread Starter New Member

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    yea it is, i got the tank all washed up yesterday and getting it ready for the next set of fish. still not sure what im going to go with but as soon as i get it figured out i'll start posting the pic's
     
    cichlidz, Sep 15, 2009
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  7. LemonDiscus

    LemonDiscus Active Member

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    Discus :)

    Here is a good stock list:
    10-12 Discus
    60-80 Cardinal Tetras
    8 Corys

    Plants
    Driftwood
    Sand

    That would give you an A+ tank ;)
     
    LemonDiscus, Sep 15, 2009
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  8. stevenrox

    stevenrox New Member

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    wow your gf.......nvm lol get arowana, pecock bass, but they will out grow your tank =D
     
    stevenrox, Sep 15, 2009
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  9. cooltow1

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    Goldfish

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Sep 16, 2009
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  10. cichlidz

    cichlidz Thread Starter New Member

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    it was my 4 year old little girl lol. i was going to do discus in my 55gal tank, ive tried peacock bass b4 and they grow super quick i have a bunch of them in the area live i just landed a 7lb one the other day lol. and gold fish are not mean i like a little action in the tank but dont get me wrong cooltow u have the nicest goldfish ive ever seen, those things are bad ass.

    so far i might just do calvus, frontosas and maybe some nice peacocks
     
    cichlidz, Sep 16, 2009
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  11. cooltow1

    cooltow1 Member

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    Frontosas tanks are really nice. Cyphotilapia frontosa or Mpimbwe frontosa are two of my favorites

    Rick
     
    cooltow1, Sep 16, 2009
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  12. MOD_Dawn

    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    omg. soo sorry.
    Massive Community tank! (my recommendation)
     
    MOD_Dawn, Sep 16, 2009
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  13. cichlidz

    cichlidz Thread Starter New Member

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    hey i didnt write bad butt lol
     
    cichlidz, Sep 24, 2009
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  14. angelLuver

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    lol cichlidz.. i bet dawn wrote it!!! hehehehe
     
    angelLuver, Sep 24, 2009
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  15. stevenrox

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    frontosas are cool just not mine.....killed 2 females i will never forgive him.....
     
    stevenrox, Sep 25, 2009
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  16. MOD_Dawn

    MOD_Dawn Active Member

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    ?huh?
     
    MOD_Dawn, Sep 25, 2009
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  17. ira

    ira Member

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    Sorry to hear about your lost!
     
    ira, Sep 27, 2009
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  18. Ms. Wright

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    Easiest answer to that is to just make the tank inaccessible to the kid. I've kept 55's in classrooms with Special Needs four year olds; you just have to tape the front of the glass canopy down and feed from the back. I saw those Malawi fishes getting offered everything from PB&J sandwiches to boogers to crayons. :-D
     
    Ms. Wright, Nov 15, 2009
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  19. OJHAMCMCO

    OJHAMCMCO New Member

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    Use this to your advantage and get on the Internet I recomend live fish direct and order a tank full of your very favorites male or female!!
     
    OJHAMCMCO, Apr 12, 2010
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