San Diego Mbuna Breeder

[Jerehmy]

Hey -

I am new to this site, but not new to cichlids.

Im a African Cichlid breeder and I live in Escocndio, San Diego

Fish List

1- Yellow Labs
2- Red Peacocks
3- Kenyi
4- Chisamaule
5- Red Zebra
6- Rusty
7- Maingano

I have fish from .5" up to 2" and can deliver larger orders, I normally sell to the LFS but I also sell to private party.

Contact me if you are interested jerehmyd@yahoo.com or PM

[jonah]

Welcome to CF. I used to live in Valley Center, just up the hill from Escondido.

[Jerehmy]

thanks its hot as heck here been between 95-100 for the past and I have no A/C so the house is like 85-90 which makes the tanks almost the same really hard keeping 7 tanks cool :) hows the weather in Mustang?

[jonah]

High 90's today, but I've got A/C so it's good for me. Do you use extra air stones to agitate when it gets that hot? I'd think the warm water would have less oxygen.

[Jerehmy]

All of my tanks have large powerheads on them aimed @ the surface so I have good gas exchange. Some of the tanks like my 40g SW Reef have 6" fans on the sump and the tank stays under 83 but the cichlids get about 82-84 so I use Ice packs to cool the tanks

I try and shoot for a turnover rate of 10-15X the tanks voloume per hr with the pwrheads and the filters

[jonah]

I lost my 75g reef a few years back. We went out of town for the 4th of July and the A/C failed while we were gone. Between the 440w of VHO and the overall heat of the house it destroyed my tank. The water was about 90 degrees.

[Jerehmy]

bummer :( I would have to cry if that happened to me

[jonah]

I wasn't crying but it was pretty close. The cost of the corals was pretty bad, but I really felt bad for my fish.


The smell wasn't too nice either.

[Jerehmy]

your telling me! I have spent about 1500$ on my 40g sw reef and thats not counting the tank, stand, and canopy let alone all the inhabiatants and sand and live rock and fish and blah blah blah.....

For bad smells I once had a cichlid fry about 1.5" jump ship and I didn't find him untill I smelt him and that was after he had turned into a cichlid jerkey. He was dried and crispy and smelly :(

[mbunababe]

hello Jerehmy from Escondido
My name is Lisa and i also live in Escondido. i would love to stop by to see your tanks some time. they are really beautiful. i am thinking about getting some smaller cichlids sometime soon and it would be nice to meet a fellow cichlid-lover.

[Jerehmy]

I have lots of fry than I can sell you for a good price, also I have some parts like lights and air pumps / tanks let me know mabye we could make a deal

[jesse 1420]

i live in chula vista.me and my bro. are breeding and selling.we have 30 tanks in his garage.what lfs do sell to.my bro works at aquaticwharehouse its a great place for fresh and salt.how long have you breeding?right now all we got are about 60 powder blue zebras about 100 astatotilapia calipteras and about 60 ob peacocks.we also have various tang. species and also freaswater lobsters, guppys and a bunch of others.i thougt i was the only one from southern cali on this website.

[Jerehmy]

I have been breeding for about 1yr really strong, I have had tanks for about 6yrs but never really tried to breed. I do have a SW reef tank also.

I sell to Joe at AW, and almost any store that sells cichlids in SD. I have a gang load of fry

Mabye we can get together and try a mail order deaL? I was thinking that it would be cool to open a LFS here in Escondido but I need to find another partner :(

1.5" & over
Red Peacock - 23
Kenyi - 18
Yellow lab - 17
Rusty - 33
Maingano - 3

Under 1.5"
Red Zebra - 39
Red Peacock - 31
Yellow Lab - 30
Rusty - 34
Chisamaule - 12
Maingano - 14
Kenyi - 1

Under .5"
Chisamaule - 36
Rusty - 28
Yellow Lab - 32

Grand Total as of 08-10-06 351 african cichlid fry :)

I have a lot of adualts but they are mine forever!