Fish

Well after many years of not keeping fish, I've decided to try my hand at it again. The last time I kept fish I was into large live food eating fish. Easy way to put that experience is my tanks and filters weren't large enough to handle that type of fish keeping, so it wasn't enjoyable.

This time around I've done alot of research into what I might like to keep and I've turned to a buddy that's big into his fish. I've decided to keep african cichlids, which my buddy had kept for a time and then got fed up with how nasty they are, he kept and all male tank. I on the other hand always have to try my hand at breeding be it reptiles, bugs and now fish, it's what keeps me interested in the animals in my care.

Overall of tank

This is that tank so far, it's a 55 gallon with an Aquaclear 110 and a Tetra Whisper for filter, a marineland powerhead that's rated for moving 300 gph, a aquaclear powerhead rated for 270 gph and the standard 48" lighting which I plan on upgrading.

Right now I have 3 goldfish and 1 koi that I rescued from the pond next door to me. The house was foreclosed on and these poor guys were left behind. They'll be going to my girlfriend's parents pond in the next week or two.

 I plan on keeping Pseudotropheus saulosi and Metriaclima estherae (Red Zebra). Pseudotropheus saulosi  the males are a nice blue with striping and the females yellow.  The Metriaclima estherae 

I'm planning on getting the males are a powder blue and the female are a bright red/orange. The powder blue males are proving hard to find around here. When this species was brought into the pet trade an orange male variant were the first males brought into the pet trade so being line bred that's what I'm finding is orange males and I want the blue males. 

Left side of tank

Right side of tank