55 GALLON FRESH
All pictures taken with a Medion MD9721 4.1 MP I purchased in 2002.



55 Gallon Fresh Water with Cichlids
I set this up in the basement of our house in the 2001-2002 time frame after we moved to Shelby, NC. I had only kept the two Jack Dempseys and the Blood Parrot from Lenoir. I asked a local fish store owner to keep them for a month in the transition period. The male and femle produced offspring on a regular basis. The male ended up killing the female overnight one night and I don't really know why. It may have just been too small of a tank. The only fish left before I moved again were the Blood Parrot, the Pleco, and the male Jack dempsey. The tank had the original two Topfin 30 hangon power filters on the back and kept the tank at about 78-80 F. I think I kept the pH around 7.5 or 7.6. I changed 50% of the water every two weeks.

Male and Female Dempsey with a Blood Parrot
Male and Female Jack Dempsey and Blood Parrot

Male Jack Dempsey
Male Jack Dempsey

Blood Parrot
Blood Parrot

Pleco
Pleco