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#1 Sweis7

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 12:02 PM

Hi all, setting up tank again after about 10 years not keeping fish. Have a 3' tank pretty much ready to put my fish in and I will be keeping Mbuna Cichlids.

Picking up 4 Electric Yellows and 4 Mpangas within the next week or so. Also picking up a sailfin pleco this weekend.

Any tips welcome, forgot most of the stuff, what would the best food for these buggers be?

#2 MrLeifBeaver

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 01:30 PM

Welcome to the forum! Once you've got the tank settled we would love to see some photos.

The other guys can answer the best food for them all though.

I think Cucumber is good source of food for the pleco too. You just slice off a peice, stick a heavy weight to it (teaspoon works) and sink it down to the fishy.



#3 Bombshocked

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Posted 14 February 2014 - 06:03 PM

i like to tie a fishing line onto my knifes i use to sink pleco food (dont tell anyone but i stole 2 stainless butter knifes) and cut them in half and drilled a hole in them now i just grab the fishing line to pull it out instead of having to fish around in the tank with a net

 

idk if a sailfin will fit in a 3 ft from what ive read they grow up to 2 foot?



#4 Redevilz

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Posted 16 February 2014 - 09:59 PM

Welcome to PCS.

Unfortunately Sailfin Plecos get too large for 3 foots (max size is 60cm) However there are other possible Pleco you could get instead like Bristlenose and Peppermint Bristlenose Plecos.

Cheers

#5 Sweis7

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 04:20 PM

Cheers, turns out it was longfin bristlenose and I got two of them. :-)

Also picked up 5 yellows and 5 Ps. Mpangas, paid deposit on a breeding trio of Ps. Flavus, wanted to settle the others in before adding the flavus trio as the flavus' are a fair bit larger than the other 10.

All going well, just need a light now then I'm settled in.

Cheers

#6 Redevilz

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Posted 17 February 2014 - 09:25 PM

You should put some photos up!

What are the dimensions of the tank?

#7 Sweis7

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Posted 22 February 2014 - 04:24 PM

It's a 3x1x1.5. Just put 3 Ps. Flavus in today, one of which is a very dominant male, tank is very much alive and colorful now. Still need a light then I'm sorted.




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