Welcome

[rogerhopper]

birdhuff,
I used to live in Smyrna, in the early 80's Right down the street from the Sam Houston Museum.

[jon carman]

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[baisley101]

Hello everyone. I'm 32 and live in Crossville. I've had aquariums all my life, but I'm new to cichlids. I'm in the process now of getting everything bought to set my first one up.

[angel]

Welcome, baisley101 and birdhuff!

[jon carman]

We need every one that can to post pics in the pics section. It will help members like baisley101 get a better idea of what they want, and how to set it up. Just from my experince baisley, the bigger the better- that goes for tank size and filtration. I made the mistake of starting with a 30g, then moving to a 55g, then going to a 125g. I would have saved a lot of money and hassle starting with the 125g I knew I was going to end up with in the first place.

[baisley101]

Thanks for the advice Jon. A 125 is what I decided on. I found one at Petsmart for a good price and I'm in the process of building a stand myself. I just need to buy a couple filters and heaters and I'll be good to go.

[rogerhopper]

Baisley, tomorrow I will get a good pic posted tomorrow of mbuna tank.

[alecia]

Hi I'm Alecia, I have a 55g with 11 yellow labs and a 29g with 2 silver dollars. I live in Pleasant View, TN. Nice to find a place to talk with other people about my hobby.

[angel]

Hi Alecia! Yellow labs are what started my love of Africans. Glad you're here!

[baisley101]

Roger, I look forward to seeing your tank...

[angel]

baisley he's got it in General/Tank Set-up/Some tank examples. There's a thread there with several. One is male mbuna. They look great!

[jordanc]

Hello all, So I go to photobucket to upload? I've used it before, but is there a way to upload more than 1 pic at a time from my computer.

[angel]

Hi Jordanc. Yes, when uploading to Photobucket the wizard they have says you can upload more than one at a time. I haven't tried it yet but if you don't figure it out when my grandsons go home I'll give it a whirl.

[marshall615]

Hit my name is zac I just got into aquariums about 2 months ago I started with a 10 gallon with 3 piranha
Then a 37 gallon with assoeted cichlids and noq I have a 56 gallon wide with a black arawana
And qill be upgrading to be bigger tank and I have a baby arawana as well... I have had a couple. Blood parrots as well
I am hoping to learn a lot in this forum and glad someone as started this up and very thankful

[angel]

We're happy to share any and all ideas and experiences with you, and hope you'll do the same. I'm not into the hobby long, so you're not alone. But if you're really into fish it becomes obvious so quickly--sounds like you are! Welcome aboard, Zac. Would love to see photos of your tanks and fish!