favourite aquatic shops in United Kingdom

here is the list of my favourite aquatic shops:

http://www.fishinc.co.uk/ Sheffield

http://www.pieraquatics.co.uk/ Wigan

http://www.wharfaquatics.co.uk/ Pixton near Nothingam

http://www.pawsforthoughtpetcentres.co.uk/ Leeds

http://www.oddballexpress.net/forums/index.php Stafford(Ross Evans who he is straight importer from Jeff Rapps-----south american cichlids---adress below)

http://www.tangledupincichlids.com/

also i have few shops which don't have websites:

Tingley aquatics Leeds/Wakefield(specialist in Tropheus & other Tanganiykan cichlids)
QSS Bradford
Pet City Leeds
Rainbow aquatics Mexborough

links and websites

here is the list of useful links and websites:

http://www.oddballexpress.net/forums/index.php

http://trophs.com/gallery/

http://www.cichlidae.com/

http://www.cichlidmania.net/forum/index.php?sid=6d9c485337289cbb3d30ad4838c6b1df

http://www.suephoto.pl/index.php/galeria/index/5

to be continue...

My little Tanganiyka

DOMINANT MALE TROPHEUS SP.RED MOLIRIO

i'm also a great fan of Tropheus(pictures),Sphatodus,Neolamprologus,Julidochromis & Semichromis.

Beatiful group of african cichlids from unusual lake Tanganiyka,which haven't been change for last 20 mln years.All this fish are endemic,which means you can find them only in this lake.

On above pictures you can see my Tropheus moori "moliro"(bottom left & right---both females) & "chipimbi"(top left) and Tropheus dubois(still young-top right).in future plans i want to added Spathodus(goby cichlids),Julidochromis reganii and Semichromis as well.

Tropheus are herbivorus,and they shouldn't be feed any meat based food.In other case it will caused a "bloat" and slow and painfull date.in every shop you can find specialy desighned food for herbivorus cichlids from that Lake.also you can use spinach,lettuce,cucumber and peas.

As you see on above pictures they mouth are specialy designed to feed on alge(in natural habitat this alge type calls "spirulina".

to be continue...

south american setup 1---240 L(53 gal)

first of all i should introduce myself :)

my name is Tom and i'm a fishkeeper since i was seven,which will be 21 years this year.

i'm a cichlid fan,specialy south american and tangayikan.

240 L south american Geophagus and related spieces:

from bottom :

Biotodoma warvini x 5(last picture)

Geophagus taeniopareius x 4(7th picture)

Geophagus sp.red head Tapajos---pair(6th picture female;5th picture male)

Guianacara geayi x 6(4th picture)

Guinacara sphenzona x 4(3rd picture)

Satanoperca daemon x 6(2nd picture)

Satnoperca sp.Rio Meta x 3(1st picture)

L 200 Green phantom plec x 4 ( sorry no picture yet)

Equipment:(bought as full setup made by FLUVAL Roma 240 model)

FLUVAL 405(external canister)

FLUVAL heater

TETRA Tec internal filter(use as powerhead)

air pump

sand(no gravel)

bogwood and mopani wood

coconut shells

PLANTS:

Anubias nana

Anubias lanceolata

All fish are constant diggers,that why i used a sand insted of gravel(safer).Also they are living peaceful in their comunity,even when they spawning(only expierienced with Geophagus red head Tapajos and Guinacara geayi) they are not attacking another tank mates,just protecting they spawning sites(teritories).

if you required any aditional info,please let me know.i will be trying to describe every of those fish separately.

enjoy my blog :)

kind regards

Tom(alias Katmandu)