Hey guys,

I'm new here. Been reading the site for a bit, but just registered and decided to start posting.

My name is Dan, I live in Illinois.

Currently have 2 tanks:

55 Gallon with my baby 2.5 inch Red Oscar in it (and other Cichlids you all probably don't care too much about!)
125 Gallon with a 9 inch Red Oscar (about a year old), and a 10 inch Tiger Oscar (a little over a year).

Mine are very skittish as they just got put in their 125, but I'll post pictures ASAP!

cool. Welcome to the site.
And I always care about tank mates. What do ya got?

Since you asked, I'll list em.

55 Gallon:
-2.5 Inch Baby Red Oscar - He (I just refer to all my Oscars as he as I have no idea what sex they are) has more personality than both my big boys combined!
-Male 7 Inch Green Terror - GORGEOUS Fish. Second favorite of all my fish. He has a very pronounced nuchal hump on his head and is the most mild mannered of all my fish. Long flowing fins with great color.
-Female 5 inch Green Terror - My male'ss mating partner. She's ugly and boring but he loves being around her.
-Male 5 inch Texas Cichlid - My eldest of all my fish. For some reason he never quite grew too large, but he's been around for 7 years. Semi-aggressive.
-Female 4 inch convict cichlid - She's mated with the texas a gillion times but the eggs never hatched.
-2 Common Plecoes who won't stop growing!

Yes, I know, my 55 is a bit overcrowded. I had them seperated into a 35 gallon but the 35 gallon sprung a leak and I can't afford another tank right now. Oddly enough, all the fish live in perfect harmony and RARELY do they fight. The only issue is I have to clean the tank all the time due to the amount of fish in there. The Oscar is the smallest fish in there and he runs the roost!

125 Gallon:
-9 Inch Red Oscar named Grouch (Original, huh?) - This is the most aggressive fish I have ever owned. He hates me, he hates his tank mates, and he wants to be left alone. For some reason, I love him. Whenever I clean the tank he dives headfirst into the gravel and buries himself.
-10 Inch Tiger Oscar unnamed as of now - Just picked him up today for adoption. Grouch hates him right now, but by the end of the day they calmed their aggression down. Beautiful fish.
-3 Inch Nicaragua Cichlid - Boring fish, but he was free, so I took him.
-And believe it or not...I have an unidentified fish in my 125. I got him from a Cichlid breeder, he told me the name, and I forgot. He's a light blue color with black stripes. Kinda like a convict. Starting to form a hump on his head. I'll take a picture. He's peaceful. Cool fish.

My two big boys have been fighting a lot, and I'm hoping they start to live in relative peace. They seem to hate when the lights are on and don't wanna swim around till I turn them off. Any suggestions?

welcome to the forum Dan

nice collection and welcome to OFL

hey there and welcome to OFL.
Nice collection of fish you have.
Plecos won't stop growing, eh?
Did you even try to make them stop growing?

and this is the point where we start asking to see some pics of your fish and tanks.

welcome to the site

Welcome to our community

welcome to the site

Zending wrote:

Cool collection of fish. I am going to throw a guess out there on the mystery fish. Can I have a "Frontosa" for 500 please.

You know what? I actually talked to the breeder today. It's Honduran Red Point. Good try though on the Frontosa! Ha ha

Also, per all your requests, here is a link to my photobucket. I put a few pictures up.

I'll put more up once my 125 stand is completely finished. I am still building the hood for it.

s840.photobucket.com/albums/zz325/zending1/

aw shoot. well, it was worth a try. I have been getting lucky with my guesses lately, so I can't help but to keep throwing them out there.

the pics of your tank look really nice. (if you want to post the pic in your thread; just copy and past the "img" code)