Carongt

Well I'm sure none of you remember but I posted on here awhile back about a stalled(or so I thought) cycle attempt with my first aquarium. Well after some consoling words mainly from lucy I sat back, waited and lo and behold within a few days the cycle finally started to pick up. It took awhile but its finally done and I promised I would post some pics after I got some fish. The aquarium is a 47 gallon tall with a school of 8 neons, 2 angels, and a blood red parrot for now. I plan on adding a few more tetras to the school, 1 rubber lipped or bristle nosed pleco and about 5 kuhli loaches if I can ever find any around here. I understand this will be very close if not a little over my stocking limit but I am very diligent on watching the water parameters and doing partials as needed. Oh and I think i'm done with the aquascaping but any suggestions are more then welcomed. Anyway enough chit chat here are some pics.

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Beth1965

Looks really, really nice. How do the angels and parrot get along? How long have they been together?
Betb

Carongt

So far the angels and parrot get along fine. From what I read the parrots are pretty peaceful and docile once they get acclimated to their new home and so far thats how its been. They've only been together for about 3 days. When they first got together the parrot was just swimming around everywhere and chased the angels occasionally but now that hes found his "spot" he doesn't bother them at all. Plus I figure he doesn't actually have teeth in his mouth so he can't be that bad even if he wants ha ha.

Lucy

Congrats on the finished cycle. Always reason to celebrate!!
Your tank looks great, I love the drift wood.

Amanda

The tank looks great!

Beth1965

I was curious because I have two BR parrots and BTW adore them, I have been wondering what else I can put with them. You have a tall tank to keep the angels happy, I don't.
Glad they get along.
B

Carongt

Thanks all for the comforting words. Its amazing how much pride you can get out of doing something right and seeing the results but most people don't really understand or care. Ha I know my g/f could care less bout what my ammonia readings are but its funny how she made fun of me for 2 months while the thing cycled and now i'll catch her just staring at it like she's in a trance watching the fish swim around and do there thing.

Carongt

Yeah even in this short time I have laughed out loud at his/her antics. I was going to get 2 BR and only 1 angel because of the fear of the angels pairing and becoming aggressive but I found that is pretty unlikely unless you get alot of young ones. Plus there is only really only 1 good hiding spot for the BR which he is in in the picture so it worked out good. But from what I have seen and read as long as there is enough space you can put alot of different species with the BR's and be successful.

Beth1965

I love watching the 2 I have. They push and nudge each other all the time. Have you figured out how to juggle the food so that the smaller fish get fed along wiht the parrot?
Took me a while to learn but finally they all get fed instead of just the parrots.
Are the angels piggies?

Carongt

I got the neons about a week before so so far they're the piggies. The angels are always foraging but stay near the bottom and the BR only comes out towards the end of feeding time and picks up the scraps but i'm sure all that will change in a few weeks. lol

Beth1965

YES! For sure, mine were shy as heck for a couple of weeks. I was celebrating when they they finally starting coming out to check me out.