African and South American Cichlid Mix in a 55 gallon aquarium

[246mag]

Yo, that big white one with the black stripes, what is that called?

[PandorasStar]

i have a jewel, terror, texas, firemouth, 2xconvicts, 2xkeyholes, 3xsilver sharks, flag, 2xkribs, ballon ram, dwarf cockatoo, 2xopaline gourami, 2xindian gourami, 4xharlequin, 3xneon tetra and 2xplecos. you think i can add some african cichlids? what did you do for the PH level and the salt?

[MrCuz626]

this is not A 55!! SORRY

[ThePhantomX18]

Your tank is awesome! It needs a little more plants or rocks that they can hide in, the more hiding places they have the happier they will be, but still a great aquarium

[gusfish1]

any mating signs in your tank?

[heathermc79]

Great looking tank and love that blue/ blk striped fish. Ty for showing ppl that if done the right way, it is possible to mix SA/CA with Africans.

[kingee187]

wow amazing quality and nice cichilds myself i have a shitty bass

[llnnssccify]

Sooo clean. wow.. which you like better the aquaclear or the emperor? I want to buy two for my 55. THANKS

[llnnssccify]

Hey.. why did you get rid of those rocks? I see you switched them for your 80 ?

[llnnssccify]

Nice tank.. water is so clean. I was setting up a 55 too. Was thinking of 2 350 penguins.. think it will do? I like aquaclear too but more pricey. What you think?

Thanks

[HKSLEXUS]

Whats the name of the fish at :21 

[physchohead24]

I wish I could keep my water that clear year round. Every year around this time i get a huge green algae bloom that will not go away no matter how often I do water changes, clean gravel, or change filters. It usually starts to clear up around may. Any ideas on how i can fix this?

[meldawgal]

nice tank although a lot of them have chewed/damaged tail fins...

[jacksonjones402]

hey i kept africans and south american cichlids alvie n well n the same tank for 1o years

[foroeste1]

you cant have a american ciclicds with african because african kill the american ciclids atleast was wath the pet shop sayed

i have convict siclids and i wanna have africans u dunno :)

[xxvolcomkidxx13]

central american-most big and very agressive

south american-medium sized mildy agressive

african small size-very agressive

[JGS187]

What was the fish at 0:23? and 0:33...I really like your tank! check mine out? :)

[xsapx13]

how can u keep a convict there????0_0

[dimpleislam]

how much cost electric ... plz tell me so i think to buy big or small.

[thaze95]

nice tank how much it caust my twent sprung a leak so my fish inn a 10 i feel bad

[RKing7789]

i have a 55 galon tank too, i have 2 oscars, 1 jaguar, 1 texas, 1 jewel, 1 ram, do you think i could have more in?

[HUNK71232]

@RKing7789 no ,it's kinda over crowed now...i would upgrade or sell the Oscars if i was you.I only have 4 angels and 2 blood parrots and people think that's pushing the limit...

[xDAVMANx]

5/5 very freaking nice.

[oneilwiz]

nice tank bro what do use as substrate

[jrileydesign]

how many gallons per hour are you filtering. thats really clear. i got a 55 and i'm filtering about 660 an hour. it's this clear most of the time.

[Cheekstar00]

about 750-800 gph. You should see my other video though, I'm running the same filtration on my 80 gallon. I don't have a need to add a canister filter (don't like them) since I do large water changes.

[dimpleislam]

@jrileydesign plz plz tell me... how much cost per month with heater in fish tank... i have goldfish... but i want to buy 55 gal tank and put some tropical fish in their... plz if u can explain how much can cost monthly...

[AugustousKing]

hey great video the tank could use some more plants you should put a cluster of plants in the back left corner and get a different plant for in the middle great fish tough. You should check out mine

[Cheekstar00]

thanks! yes, I actually removed the plant and added more rocks in this tank. Check out my new 80 gallon setup (hand feeding), it's a work in progress...going to take all the current rocks out and put in river rocks.

[damafiafz]

hi dere i want to mix ma pink cpnvct babieis wid afrian cichlids plz tell me sme name of cichlids dat i can keep wid dem n i have 22 galon tank

B.regardz

(M)F.Z

[Cheekstar00]

You probably would not want to keep many african cichlids in a 22 gallon tank since it's pretty small. I would mix some convicts, jack dempseys, and pseudotropheus saulosi. The convicts and dempseys are central/south american but they will be do fine.

[breezie713]

is your tank always that clear because no matter what i do there are periods f time when my tank water is really cloudy and then it gets sooo clear. i would really like to know

[Cheekstar00]

90% of the time it's clear like this, but it gets cloudy for about a day if I clean my filters. If you look in the top right of my tank, I have a homemade water polisher- it's just a powerhead and a plastic container filled with polyester batting (pillow stuffing). Works really well for getting crystal clear water. Also, you can fill your filter cartridges with polyester batting. I dont buy cartridges anymore, now my filter material costs less than $15-20 a year.

[kostya237]

is it possile to mix south american cichlids with african cichlids in the same tank, 6 foot tank?

[vagasduke]

@Cheekstar00 ,,,,,,I do the same thing,,,it's cheaper and works a lot better....check out how clear my tanks are...

[xxvolcomkidxx13]

beautiful cihilid at 0:20 its awesome!

[khoa410]

Nice, love your aquarium great fish. Tell me what kind of camcorder did you used to record this, great HD quality man, love it.

[Cheekstar00]

It's a Panasonic ZS3...the best point and shoot camera out there right now. Takes 720p video

[wimpyshrub]

It looks good. All your fish stay healthy? Strange that they can survive since African and South American cichlids live in two very opposity water conditions. In no way am I dissing your tank. If it works, than that's great. They all look really good and your water is so clear.

[Cheekstar00]

Yup, they're all healthy and doing great. Have been for the past 3 1/2 years now. The water quality where I live is perfect I guess (Charlotte, NC). They DO get in little fights once in a while right after I feed them, but no fin nipping...just a little chasing and then they quit.

[yomexicosfinest93]

those fish are all awesome, how big did you buy them?

[Cheekstar00]

They were all about 1" when I bought them. Some grew quickly, others not so much :)

[yomexicosfinest93]

the same wiff mine, trying to get my flowehorn big tho. i bought it at 3 inches now its 4 1/2 in. and it got this big in 2 months

[armonigann]

LOL!! Wow, I'm also in Charlotte and I have Africans mixed in w/ a Jack Dempsey and a Fire mouth in my 55 gallon and they do great....so far.

[yomexicosfinest93]

how big are they?

[armonigann]

around 3 inches a peice

[lpunchya]

i had a south and african cichlids mixed and they got along with 1, 5 inch oscar

[KikePuertoRico]

so pretty

[12addictedfish]

nice tank and fish but aprox how much cichlids you got in there ?

[Cheekstar00]

about 14.

[Mistah187]

beautiful....what kind of Cichlid is the Blue Striped with yellow top fin? I love it.

[CanadianTropicana]

yeah the Africans or Mbuna's are strictly vegetarians so real plants do get eaten. but sweet tank. looks good

[iyizzle]

wut kind of plant?

[Cheekstar00]

It's not real, my fish always end up tearing real plants apart :(

[basslyxmon]

Your tank looks great, very clear, but wo, stunning in in High-Qual. Catch my tank posting uploaded last night & please rate & comment