My New Setup

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In my experience housing different groups together for display purposes, and keeping single species, you see pretty similar behaviour...depending on your rock scape you will have some dominance disputes over territory as the males try to establish the hierarchy...once the who's who are settled into their space everyone else just mills around wherever and are subject to being chased away or "dance shimmied" pretty much anytime the lights are on...lol...it is a sight to behold...my alpha moop pretty much ignores the dubs unless the alpha dub tries to move in on his established territory...and vice versa...you're gonna love every minute of watching your display evolve into a constantly moving harmonious (mostly) sea of color and movement...

[fishy408]

Sounds good Danny, think I am leaning in that direction - getting more of a display tank.

Question about stocking:

Should I get them all at once? I am thinking around 4 of each, so will have about 20-30 cichlids in my tank.
How about Adults and Juveniles, can they be mixed? I'm stopping by the PCCA (cichlid community) this week and if things are interesting might pick up a few to mix in with the tropheus I'm planning to get from Mr. M.

Tank Cycle update:
Day 16&17 has the same reading: 8.0 ph/ Ammonia 0/ Nitrite 0/ Nitrate 5. I think the Cycle is done.
What is your opinion?

I went ahead and did a 40% WC this morning.
Added 3 caps of Seachem Prime, Instructions read 1 cap/100 gallon from the 2 ltr bottle. I think the instructions read different depending on
the size that you have. My thinking is that it is better to overdose on prime then under dose.
Any Suggestions?

Water Temperature.
Temp was 75F before the WC. After WC, temp dropped to 72F. Heater is kicking it right, setting at 75F.

Would a +- 3 F change cause stress?

thanks guys!

-Michael