Hawaii!?!??!

[Ben Burton Glass]

Anyone breeding Cichlids in the 808???

Aloha!

[MNCichlid]

Not me, but I was in Hawaii in November, went to Kuaui and Maui. Do you have nice fish stores over there with basically any fish you'd find here on the mainland?

[Ben Burton Glass]

Not so much... We do get MOST of the fish you can find on the mainland, but there's a few things we don't get... My favorite LFS here on O'ahu is Kalihi Pet Center, in Kalihi (duh :-P)... They've got the best selection of cichlids and other freshwater fish... No Saltwater there though... It's nice to go into a pet store and see that it's clean and maintained, not only are all the tanks clean and well lit, and there's rarely a dead fish in any of them (which is something I see at a lot of the other 'corporate pet stores'), but the rest of the store is tidy and well organized too!! Everything is in place and well taken care of...

My second favorite store is the Enchanted Lake Pet Center in Kailua... Another clean and well run store!! Not quite the selection of cichlids, but theres ample choice for other freshwater and saltwater fish... Plus it's close to home and the people there are really cool...

I'd like to get in touch with some people out here so if there's anyone out there!?!?!

Aloha!

[nik volkert]

i also really like the EL pet center.

the guy that runs it is super nice and he will special order stuff for you as well.

as far as breeders go i don't know anyone though.

[prizimdrivah]

do you know any places that have a pretty good selection of diffrent cichlids?? I work at mililani pets and we get in some cool stuff sometimes let me know if you know any good spots. i just got a 55gal tank and lookin for some cool stuff to stock it with

[nik volkert]

i just remembered a place called moanalua pets it's over by the stadium (right next to the ice palace).
they have tons of fish.
i don't go there often because it's a disgustingly filthy store, which makes me wonder about how well they take care of their livestock. but they do have a really good selection.

and then like we said above kalihi pet center and enchanted lake pets are good stores depending upon what you are looking for.

[nik volkert]

p.s. what are you planning on putting in there?

[Ben Burton Glass]

You can also try Coral Fish Hawaii in Pearl City area... they've got a great selection of freshwater and marine fish and the prices are pretty reasonable as well.... If I'm every in that area I'll stop by just to see what they've got in stock...

I wouldn't recomend Moanaloa pets, the one by the Ice Palace.... Amongst my friends, we call it 'Death Pets' because almost everything we've ever bought there has died... I'd say over 80%.... Like Nik mentioned though, the store isn't very clean, and the tanks aren't usually either... They do have a really good selection of different fish though!!! but what's the use if they all die after a few days???

I love the EL and Kalihi pets!!!

aloha!

[prizimdrivah]

i want to set up an african cichlid tank so far i only have 6 small fish. a pink peacock, a ruby red peackock, a johanni, some convict cichlid one of my friends gave me, a blue and yellow peacock, a bachardi or however you spell it im just looking for stuff thats compatible with those fish.

[Ben Burton Glass]

Just got back from Coral Fish Hawaii and picked up some new fish!!!

Got a pair of kriensis, 2 syndontis E., 2 brmese something or another botia, and a farowella for my roommate....

Also got 3 Neolamprologus tretocephalus on order that'll be in on friday!!! WOOOOO!!!!!!


Yous hould go int here and check out what they've got.... they can order anything you want too, as long as it's on the approved list.....

aloha!

[Ben Burton Glass]

Wooooo!!! Got my Tret's today and they are awesome!!!! I also had to get this little peacock bass that I saw there too... gonne put him in the 500 when he's big enough!!!

I also put in an order for 4 multis, 4 blue occies, 4 black calvus and 2 gold head comps that'll hopefully be in next week!!!

Aloha!

[Seedy]

Awesome pick ups!

I have also seen where there are introduced Cichlids in Hawaii. Aperently you can catch "Red Devils", Peacock Bass and more...I looked for the link but couldn't find it...Here's another one i did find.

http://www.cichlidae.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=1224

[Ben Burton Glass]

Wow thanx for the link!!! that's carzy!! I knew we had tilapia and the sort here, but I didn't knwo there are red devils and giant convicts in the streams!!! I might have to start fishing again.... LOL!!

Aloha!

[nik volkert]

i haven't personnaly gone, but a guy i work with goes fishing in lake wilson from time to time and says that you can catch peacock bass, oscars and red devils all day long.

[breed'um_808]

hey howiz going i have just started breeding cichilds! do you breed any?