Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)

Hi,

John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.

I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.

With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.

I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.

If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.

I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.

I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.

Thank you
Darragh Sherwin

African cichlid's and other fish

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dannyb (Daniel Byrne)
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17 Jun 2013 11:20 #1 by dannyb (Daniel Byrne)

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I am looking for some advice on maybe introducing other fish to my setup somewhere down the line, has anyone on here tried this with any success? if so what fish did you use and also while im here what are you opinions on snails or can they be put in at all

I'm still learning here so apologies if these is a stupid questions :unsure:

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17 Jun 2013 11:54 - 17 Jun 2013 11:55 #2 by JohnH (John)

Replied by JohnH (John) on topic African cichlid's and other fish

Danny,
It would help if you listed what stock you have already - not everyone will take the trouble to look back to your previous posts to see your existing fish.

You'll get mixed reviews about snails, some love 'em while others don't.

John

...ps, questions are never stupid - we all had to pick up our info at some point - some from longer ago than others.

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We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl - year after year.

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It's a long way to Tipperary.

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17 Jun 2013 12:15 #3 by dannyb (Daniel Byrne)

Replied by dannyb (Daniel Byrne) on topic African cichlid's and other fish

That might help alright sorry about that :crazy:

i have at the moment

2 yellow lab's
2 fire fish
1 blue johnnie
1 rainbow shark
1 bristlenose pleco

my plan in the next few weeks is to start adding a few fish each week so heres a list of whats to come hope this helps

2 yellow labs
2 fire fish
3 blue johnnie
4 bumblebee

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17 Jun 2013 12:16 #4 by LemonJelly (Johnny Cowley)

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I love snails but I wouldn't recommend them for an African setup. The larger more decorative snails will just get a hard time from the fish. Cichlids, esp rift lake ones, are very curious and will at the the least keep investigating them or at worst decide they're food. Either way the snail will be constantly bullied back into its shell until it starves. As for smaller snails like Malaysian trumpets? They'll breed like crazy and really serve little purpose in that setup

"The only thing that burns in Hell is the part of you that won't let go of your life; your memories, your attachments. They burn them all away. But they're not punishing you.They're freeing your soul."

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17 Jun 2013 18:03 #5 by Orlando (Radek)

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Its only my suggestion I'm still learning as well... Malawi are very territorial fish so if you would add 2 fish every week,there would be in target for other fish... but if you would throw these all fish in once and turn off light for one day and maybe mix up around few rocks, the other fish will lose they territory and will be easier for new fish to integrate and find their own space in tank. I add to my tank 3 weeks ago 5 small saulosi, 8 ps.Acei and 9 small aulonocara's and they all alright now. We will see whats happen when aulonocaras will get bigger. Also you should ask yourself many females and many males you want to keep it. Do you want to go for totally mix of Africans or you want to keep them in harems ?
About fish what you said:
All Malawi what you mention are carnivorous except Blue Johanni which is all eater so diet will be fine in your tank.
Johanni and Bumblebee are aggressive fish. Yellow lab is peaceful and Fire Fish is middle aggressive. Fire Fish is made by man so there can be different as well.

From far what I seen in your topic you have 260 Juwel Vision tank. Mostly people overstocking their tank to reduce aggression in Malawi I'm not really fan of this but it's you choice. Tanks with lots of colorful Africans looks just lovely but everyone is different and everyone have different ideas for tank

Maybe someone else can say something about Johanni and Bumblebee together in 260l tank ?

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02 Jul 2013 18:58 #6 by cichlidheaven (graham wynne)

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hi danny

have a large malawi set up for a while , one word of caution on the bumble bee cichlids , once they get to breeding size they can very agressive to smaller zised fish and will become quite territiorial. best to keep them in with semi agressive large fish and you will be ok.

regards

Graham

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02 Jul 2013 20:27 #7 by CrustyCrab (Peter Biddulph)

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When adding new mbuna to a tank, I add about 6 fish at a time.
A few days before adding the fish, I move some of the decor about, and just before floating the new arrivals, put it back where it was. Breaks up the resident fishes territory, twice. Before opening the bags, dose the aquarium with EasyLife, the cloudiness helps hide the new arrivals, and I suspect "new blood" aroma. Release the fish and turn off the lights until the following day. You can also blackout with a blanket. I also add fish smaller that the resident fish, seems that the older fish don't see smaller fish as a rival, as much as they see similar sized fish.

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