Angela_96

I have got my husband on board finally. He is stuck on the one lake tanks...
I got the "what if they are difficult to breed?" and many other quetions...

End result I am getting my Congo tank!

I found 2 species today that I am interested in, something tells me it will include my first overseas order for fish!
I cannot find an American site that has this cichlid:
http://www.ciklidi.com/ciklidi/nanoc...vestitus.shtml

Nickname: Bloody Mary (literally, how cool is that??)

The other is a Nano species that has been in the US for 2 years.
I found them on aquabid for a decent price..

I am going to have to first set me up a tank, I have a "Cichlids of West Africa" book that talks about their tanks, they can survive in alkiline waters, but they like the more acidic pH. So I am going to try to get a 7.2, soft water.
Also a lot of flow, so I will ad a powerhead or two. I will already be using my eheim ecco from my 36g tank on it and a 250 biowheel filter.
They like planted tanks (OH I AM GOING TO LOVE THIS!) after having mbuna for so long and not being able to have aquatic plants heres my opp to have some beautiful plants!
I am also going to ad some driftwood to this tank, giving them lots of cover (they love that)....

Well, for now thats all I have planned!

agabr123

that sounds great, angela! i wish i could read that website, lol! what size tank are you looking at for them?

Angela_96

A 40g long breeder. I am only going to put about 6 congos in it.

Blub

Wow... I seem to remember someone reccomending Congo cichlids to me sometime (was it you? I can't remember!) - from your description they sound like the African version of the Apisto! Have fun... What sort of planted tank are you looking to try? High light, Low light or what?

Angela_96

I am going for a low light tank due to the natural habitat of the cichlids.

Blub

Cool... Lots of Anubias I guess?

Few quick searches on PlantGeek: http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_...6&filter_by=24
http://www.plantgeek.net/plantguide_...=6&filter_by=2

Angela_96

I found on aquabid a plant package for low light tanks.. I am going to order from them...

I will be getting my 40g tank this weekend!!! I can't wait!

Blub

Are you doing Biotype plants, or not?

krismoore888

what are biotyoe plants?

Mike19

Hi Angela here are a few translated sites i hope they work and are what you are after. you contribute so much to this board i thought i would make the effort and help a fellow fish keeper out on your quest on creating a biotope i cant wait to see it. besides i will be needing your expertise soon when i am ready for my cichlid tank until then its just research research and more research lol.


http://74.125.19.101/translate_c?hl=...uh6lr20uAaJ4Ug
http://translate.google.com.au/trans...%3Den%26sa%3DG
http://translate.google.com.au/trans...%3Den%26sa%3DG

Mike

Nick Goody

Plants that come from that specific region. eg Amazon, Congo

Angela_96

Thank you Mike19! THat was so nice of you!

For Nick Goody, I am going to try to keep w/ the low light african plants as much as possible. I don't know if I will be able to find everything I need.