Any aquarium enthusiasts in Northern Colorado? Orering some fish... anyone want in?

[Mtn.man]

I look at em pretty good while eat'n.

[Jer]

I look at em pretty good while eat'n.

You're doing it wrong. lol

[Irving]

I figured it was going to be all saltwater fish. I'd jump in, but we actually need less fish. Thanks for the offer.

[Jer]

The two places I'm ordering from offer salt water stuff as well. I just happen to be ordering lots of fresh water stuff but I can order whatever depending on who wants what. The more we get the less shipping will be. The orders are pretty much together at this point but we're waiting for the weather to be right to ship so I imagine I can sneak some more items into the order if anyone still wants in.

[Hoopty]

Damn, nice to see some other african cichlid junkies around here! I've had cichlid tanks for about 20 years, but haven't set up my tank since moving to my new house a couple years ago. I really want to get back into it, no sense having a 135g tank just sitting around collecting dust! Got any pics Jer?

[68Charger]

used to keep African Cichlids when I lived in Phoenix... most colorful freshwater fish I know of... and very active, they get extremely territorial...

Don't have a tank setup anymore, but thought I'd contribute that I enjoy eating some fish, and watching some others...

[Jer]

Damn, nice to see some other african cichlid junkies around here! I've had cichlid tanks for about 20 years, but haven't set up my tank since moving to my new house a couple years ago. I really want to get back into it, no sense having a 135g tank just sitting around collecting dust! Got any pics Jer?

Yeah, I've had African Cichlids for over 25yrs now. I just had an issue where I woke up to about half of my tank laying dead on the bottom. I rarely lose fish so needless to say I was a bit upset. Several of the fish I lost were over 10yrs old and some were difficult to find. A real bummer. Now I'm needing to replace lots of fish and none of the lfs seem to either be in business or have any selection so ordering seems to be about the only way to go. You have a 135gal sitting unused? You should sell it to me. lol I actually am looking for a good deal on something larger than my current 55gal since now would be a good time to move what few fish I have over before the new ones arrive.

used to keep African Cichlids when I lived in Phoenix... most colorful freshwater fish I know of... and very active, they get extremely territorial...

Don't have a tank setup anymore, but thought I'd contribute that I enjoy eating some fish, and watching some others...

Yeah, the key is to keep a LOT more fish than fish stores suggest. The downside is that you need to do water changes more frequently but the benefit is when there's tons of them they tend not to be aggressive since there's really not territory to fight over. I used to lose fish regularly to aggression and territory battles until I started keeping 2-3x the amount of fish that is recommended per gallon and I was amazed at how long I could keep cichlids alive once I did that. Of course, you also risk the possibility of losing power and not having any water/oxygen circulation overnight and waking up to lots of dead fish. Don't ask me how I know this. If I had less fish then they likely would be fine but in all the years I've kept fish this is the first time this happened so it's goes w/o saying that I've lost WAY less in this one event than I would have lost to aggression since they can be such mean fish otherwise.