Awesome fish! I have also set up a 200 gal with kind of the same theme. I know how much you like to spoil your fish tank size-wise but i guess I'll see if they like it, got 2 oscars and a flagtail arriving from germany next week to complete the stocking
Mixing fish is not simple math. It comes with give and take and because neither speak the limit is not known. And 😂when it comes down try to move desired fish!!! 1 million points for strategy and patience! It’s too easy to quit or just start whipping the net around like there’s nothing else there! When I caught my sharks it was TOO EASY, but I used a FISHING NET AND THEY WERE GIGANTIC (deep voice). your true parrot is doing amazing and the tank looks better with the new tank mates! Salvinis seem to be heroes in tanks as far as I hear. And isn’t a plan going smoothly just as soothing as fresh air after too long in an elevator with strangers? Great video and thanks for sharing! Stay happy and healthy my friend!!! 😊❤
@@CichlidCharmerI am Will Happy, I did recently join your Facebook group but these days I’m slow to post anything just because I am undecided about stocking. I had a breeder program EXPLODE so now I have sulphur head fry, OB and strawberry peacock, petrochromis, my zebra obliquidens and my mbuna are just not capable to use tact leave alone contraception, and yes I even have some red jewel left. So I have some choices to make or else it looks way overcrowded and I’m all too familiar with fish ailment with too much going on. Might pop open 4 smaller tanks just to handle the overflow 😳.
David, Buck is so cute. That true parrot is so cool. The salvini protecting him is really cool. I love CA SA cichlids they are so personable. The personality of each one makes me laugh and the way they look at you is so cute. The vieja is going to get big in that tank. Vieja are pretty. I can’t believe you are going to get a black nasty. Where are they going to go. They are really aggressive. Appreciate the video sir.
Thanks Jeremy! I love the SA and CAs too. You're right, so much personality. The black nasty single male or possibly pair will go in a big tank in the garage once I get that going. For now they'll go in a 72 gallon coming from Landen. These fish are insanely aggressive. I've wanted one since the first time I saw one.
They are hard to find! I actually ordered two, but inventory was off so I was sent one,, and like I said, I thought he wasn't going to make it. Thank you so much!
The true Parrot is amazing such a cool fish and wow I’ve never seen a ebjd that big before usually they are super small .5 inches or so and die very early or so I’ve read never had one
Wow Miss Silvia is such a cool lady, I'm jealous of her coloring my male Sal is a dud in color, and he is a real cream puff of course he got picked by ManMan which I have found a new home for, bye bye a-hole. I love Buck what a cool dude and to handfeed him wow he fits right in your San Quenton, haha Kevin you met your match. I just love Wet Spot that store is huge with a lot of cool fish and their online has many more this is where I get most of my dudes. Now the garage and you point your finger at me with all my new tanks, ok Sponge Bob went to the holy land called the dump, geez but hey I have a spare room in my garage with water, electricity, hummm now you got me dreaming, more tanks yeah more!! Black Nasty holy cow this will be too cool see in your huge tank wow very nice. I'm so happy you took the time to make this video thanks yet again.
I'm pretty lucky I have a female salvini. And a really good one at that. What a special lady she is 🥰. So my nasty will get a solo fish tank. He won't ever see the inside of San Quentin. He would kill every last one of them. But I'm sure he'll be a nice boy other than that 😇
@@CichlidCharmer Can't wait to see Mr. Nasty maybe you will get him to handfeed too, just for you, so he won't take the hand off other's, how cool, reminds me of my Snowflake Eel he wasn't mean he just had some snarly teeth and thought if it fits its dinner why I only handfed him. Yippee can't wait for the pics of how all your fish grow.
@@CichlidCharmer Not the way I looked at it, I started feeding him with a long tong so he got the food and not the other pigs, then he would come up to the surface to eat so boom he took it out of my hand. I wouldn't let my sons feed him by hand I didn't want them to tease him and or loose fingers. I miss that big guy.
Really like your aquarium, have you considered adding some floating plants or some Pothos? Since you're not having plants they can help you lowering pollution in aquarium, and multiple tank syndrome is real 😂
I have some on Alcatraz, but they don't get enough light. I could put some in the sump under San Quentin but I need to add a light. One thing at a time lol
looks great. stunning. quick question what setting do you use on your lighting, I have the fluval light but for some reason ever since I have it I have noticed algae growth in my tank. Thanks
Also I have noticed my african cichlids flashing a lot although i do my 50 to 80 % water change weekly, if you ever dealt with such behavior I am eager to know how you dealt with it.
Mine flash a little bit, but not a lot or for too long. Maybe a fluctuation in pH or if the temp is drastically different. Might try a smaller WC and see if there's still lots of flashing going on.
@@daviddenkers2772 Not exactly sure on the grit size. I had to have the guy who was selling it send a pic with the sand next to a quarter so I would have an idea. It's too big to blow around, but much smaller than gravel.
I've always found using 2 nets the easy way to net fish ..looking forward to seeing your black nasties. I've seen some here in Australia and been thinking of getting one ...? Mmmm ...
Definitely the way to go! I wasn't going to chase anyone around all the decor in this tank though, and I'm not removing the decor unless there's violence or illness. Oh well. Black Nasties are cool, but can't have any other fish with them.
Some smaller Americans and dwarf Cichlids. I wouldn't put any peas or haps, but mbuna would be good. That is my opinion, but others may tell you differently
@@CichlidCharmer Thankyou! Did some research via chatgpt and they gave the same answer! Think i might go for the mbuna cichclids and go for a group of 10-15 fish :)
@@CichlidCharmer Fish can be unpredictable. Just like Kaveman aquatics, his blue tang jumped out of his rimless tank. Just trying to keep your fish safe.
@@christophergarza210 Oh I'm sorry -- I misunderstood. I thought you were implying that the tank would fail and crack. Yeah I totally get that. I'm adding a lid to the new tank. I should have one on my rimless 23 gallon, but I am just keeping the water level low for now. Thanks!!
What do you think about the new guys? Or how about the upcoming project? Let me know and thanks for watching!
Your videos are absolute bliss... It really keeps me glued until you realise video has ended. 😊. Amazing Stuff. Keep going 💪
Couldn't agree more 😊
That's so great to hear! Thanks for taking the time to make my day!
Thank you so much 🥰🥰
That salvini girl protecting the true parrot is so adorable
What a wonderful lady she is!
Love your videos. Your fish and your tanks. Keep up the good work
Oh wow, that is so good to hear. Thank you ☺️☺️
Very nice tank! I have two green terrors in a 55, they have not hurt each other even once.
Thank you. That's good news! My green terror is still very subdominant at about three inches
Awesome fish! I have also set up a 200 gal with kind of the same theme. I know how much you like to spoil your fish tank size-wise but i guess I'll see if they like it, got 2 oscars and a flagtail arriving from germany next week to complete the stocking
I'm excited to see Percy grow. You have two Oscars -- gotta love 'em ❤️
Glad everything went smooth with the transfers!
Thank you!
Mixing fish is not simple math. It comes with give and take and because neither speak the limit is not known. And 😂when it comes down try to move desired fish!!! 1 million points for strategy and patience! It’s too easy to quit or just start whipping the net around like there’s nothing else there! When I caught my sharks it was TOO EASY, but I used a FISHING NET AND THEY WERE GIGANTIC (deep voice). your true parrot is doing amazing and the tank looks better with the new tank mates! Salvinis seem to be heroes in tanks as far as I hear. And isn’t a plan going smoothly just as soothing as fresh air after too long in an elevator with strangers? Great video and thanks for sharing! Stay happy and healthy my friend!!! 😊❤
Love hearing about your experiences. And your analogy with the elevator 🤣. What's your real name if I may ask?
@@CichlidCharmerI am Will Happy, I did recently join your Facebook group but these days I’m slow to post anything just because I am undecided about stocking. I had a breeder program EXPLODE so now I have sulphur head fry, OB and strawberry peacock, petrochromis, my zebra obliquidens and my mbuna are just not capable to use tact leave alone contraception, and yes I even have some red jewel left. So I have some choices to make or else it looks way overcrowded and I’m all too familiar with fish ailment with too much going on. Might pop open 4 smaller tanks just to handle the overflow 😳.
@@HapiPETSWM Thanks, Will -- good to formally meet you. You have a lot going on! I thought I was busy lol
Video Quality is top notch
Hey thank you!
David,
Buck is so cute. That true parrot is so cool. The salvini protecting him is really cool. I love CA SA cichlids they are so personable. The personality of each one makes me laugh and the way they look at you is so cute. The vieja is going to get big in that tank. Vieja are pretty. I can’t believe you are going to get a black nasty. Where are they going to go. They are really aggressive. Appreciate the video sir.
Thanks Jeremy! I love the SA and CAs too. You're right, so much personality. The black nasty single male or possibly pair will go in a big tank in the garage once I get that going. For now they'll go in a 72 gallon coming from Landen. These fish are insanely aggressive. I've wanted one since the first time I saw one.
Hi mate , San Quentin is looking amazing, glad it’s working out for you, nice job .
Thank you, Stefanos! I just received another order from aquadecor yesterday for it as well. Gonna look cool.
So cool watching your Salvini keep the peace being a good tank boss! Cichlids truly have personalities of their own! Keep up the great vids:)
Absolutely amazing. What a good girl she is. Thank you!
I'm so jealous of all you guys. I want tanks but don't have the space. Lol that chocolate looks great
Sorry to hear that, man. Hope you get a space to put them in. I love my little chocolate 🥰
Always wanted a true parrot fish. Maybe someday. As always another delightful video.
They are hard to find! I actually ordered two, but inventory was off so I was sent one,, and like I said, I thought he wasn't going to make it. Thank you so much!
Wow David I've been wanting to get a true parrot. One day they are so beautiful.
I just love him! He looks so small in this huge tank now. I hope you get one, Danny. They are hard to find.
The true Parrot is amazing such a cool fish and wow I’ve never seen a ebjd that big before usually they are super small .5 inches or so and die very early or so I’ve read never had one
You know I expected some of my Americans to die from the initial order, but the only ones that died were my panda uarus. I just can't keep them alive.
Great job! Love your tanks.
Appreciate it!
Great video .. AWesome little in your tanks
Thank you!
Very nice! New subscriber from Aquafinity.
Thank you so much!
I just bought my electric blue Texas cichlid yesterday because your Texas wouldn’t get out of my head 😅inspired 😅
That's awesome. They are really beautiful aren't they!
@@CichlidCharmer Stunning! You should name your next tank Pelican Bay state prison
@@NavarroGustavo-c7z I must admit that I like the name!
nice mate love from the uk
Thank you!
Did buck eat the Jack Dempsey
Not yet!
@@CichlidCharmerthat’s good
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You should try the double net method to catch fish
Sometimes I do. Thank you!
Wow Miss Silvia is such a cool lady, I'm jealous of her coloring my male Sal is a dud in color, and he is a real cream puff of course he got picked by ManMan which I have found a new home for, bye bye a-hole. I love Buck what a cool dude and to handfeed him wow he fits right in your San Quenton, haha Kevin you met your match. I just love Wet Spot that store is huge with a lot of cool fish and their online has many more this is where I get most of my dudes. Now the garage and you point your finger at me with all my new tanks, ok Sponge Bob went to the holy land called the dump, geez but hey I have a spare room in my garage with water, electricity, hummm now you got me dreaming, more tanks yeah more!! Black Nasty holy cow this will be too cool see in your huge tank wow very nice. I'm so happy you took the time to make this video thanks yet again.
I'm pretty lucky I have a female salvini. And a really good one at that. What a special lady she is 🥰. So my nasty will get a solo fish tank. He won't ever see the inside of San Quentin. He would kill every last one of them. But I'm sure he'll be a nice boy other than that 😇
@@CichlidCharmer Can't wait to see Mr. Nasty maybe you will get him to handfeed too, just for you, so he won't take the hand off other's, how cool, reminds me of my Snowflake Eel he wasn't mean he just had some snarly teeth and thought if it fits its dinner why I only handfed him. Yippee can't wait for the pics of how all your fish grow.
@@pollylewis9611 Interesting! So you only hand fed so that he might think food only came from your hand?
@@CichlidCharmer Not the way I looked at it, I started feeding him with a long tong so he got the food and not the other pigs, then he would come up to the surface to eat so boom he took it out of my hand. I wouldn't let my sons feed him by hand I didn't want them to tease him and or loose fingers. I miss that big guy.
Really like your aquarium, have you considered adding some floating plants or some Pothos? Since you're not having plants they can help you lowering pollution in aquarium, and multiple tank syndrome is real 😂
I have some on Alcatraz, but they don't get enough light. I could put some in the sump under San Quentin but I need to add a light. One thing at a time lol
Cichlid Charmer, wanna collab keep up the amazing content
I saw your cool channel! It isn't fish-related, so what did you have in mind? Thank you!
looks great. stunning. quick question what setting do you use on your lighting, I have the fluval light but for some reason ever since I have it I have noticed algae growth in my tank. Thanks
I usually keep it pretty dim. Red about 20-28, cyan 2, white about 8-10.
@@CichlidCharmer thanks
@@MrRonnydollar Get a pleco or invest in an automatic timer led lights. Coral life leds.
Please try Absolute colour enhancing cichlid fish formula food for African cichlid
Hi how’s the fish settling in the 10 foot tank has the true parrot cichlid setting in alright
It's going great and Buck is the new Supreme Ruler. Thanks for asking!
What sand did you use? I used Caribsea super naturals And that stuff blows all over the place…esp when my Texas cichlid moves it everywhere!
I drove almost 600 miles round trip to get 18 50 lb bags of Kleen Blast sand. $15 each. Totally worth the trip.
What’s the collection point of the Salvini?
I don't have that information
Also I have noticed my african cichlids flashing a lot although i do my 50 to 80 % water change weekly, if you ever dealt with such behavior I am eager to know how you dealt with it.
Mine flash a little bit, but not a lot or for too long. Maybe a fluctuation in pH or if the temp is drastically different. Might try a smaller WC and see if there's still lots of flashing going on.
@@CichlidCharmer thanks 🙏
What kind of substrate you have in san quentin??
It's Kleen Blast sand. I had to drive about 600 miles to get it from Kleen Blast in Tacoma.
@CichlidCharmer what grit size?
@@daviddenkers2772 Not exactly sure on the grit size. I had to have the guy who was selling it send a pic with the sand next to a quarter so I would have an idea. It's too big to blow around, but much smaller than gravel.
I've always found using 2 nets the easy way to net fish ..looking forward to seeing your black nasties. I've seen some here in Australia and been thinking of getting one ...? Mmmm ...
Definitely the way to go! I wasn't going to chase anyone around all the decor in this tank though, and I'm not removing the decor unless there's violence or illness. Oh well. Black Nasties are cool, but can't have any other fish with them.
can i put american or malawi cichlids in a 66 gallon tank?
Some smaller Americans and dwarf Cichlids. I wouldn't put any peas or haps, but mbuna would be good. That is my opinion, but others may tell you differently
@@CichlidCharmer Thankyou! Did some research via chatgpt and they gave the same answer! Think i might go for the mbuna cichclids and go for a group of 10-15 fish :)
@@Fatalquestofficial That sounds like a pretty good plan.
texas will probably have to go eventually.... or put him with the black nastiness 🤣
I wouldn’t go with a rimless tank. It would break my heart to wake up one morning with dehydrated fish on your floor. 😢💔
Why would you think that would happen?
@@CichlidCharmer Fish can be unpredictable. Just like Kaveman aquatics, his blue tang jumped out of his rimless tank. Just trying to keep your fish safe.
@@christophergarza210 Oh I'm sorry -- I misunderstood. I thought you were implying that the tank would fail and crack. Yeah I totally get that. I'm adding a lid to the new tank. I should have one on my rimless 23 gallon, but I am just keeping the water level low for now. Thanks!!
That true parrot and chocolate cichlid will be a problem the true parrot hates the chocolate in my experience
Hopefully it works out. Buck wins the residency contest if it comes down to it.
@@CichlidCharmer ya that’s just my experience but yours could be way different I love your tank and am way jealous awesome stuff man keep it up
@@stephenschulte455 Thanks, man. Yeah you just never know what you're going to get lol
That Texas might be real problem when he gets bigger I had to get rid of mine that vieja will end up being the tank boss
He definitely might. I'll be watching.
You should change your job...
To what?