Hello folks. I'm planning on setting up a South American Dwarf tanks (55 gal) and would like to have some peaceful cichlids and perhaps some Cardinal tetras in it. I'm not really interested in breeding. Can anyone recommend some good species? I've heard Laetacara dorsigera is a good bet but...

I have a Fuval 404 that is just over a year old. I had to replace the impeller and impeller cover. The problem is that I am getting a small amount of leaking around the handles so I replaced the motor housing O-ring. Because of this it is not working. Any...

Hey all, I have not been in the rec.aquaria world for quite some time. But it looks like it is still a wealth of information as it always was. Well anyway, the question I was going to pose is this. I am a longtime hobbyist, but have recently rediscovered African Cichlids. I have kept some in...

Hi All, I'm posting this on behalf of a friend.... She is just about to get a 30 gall (UK) tank and is taken with the idea of getting some Convicts....She also has a Red Tail Shark that really, really needs moving from a smaller tank. She has asked me for advice on stocking (plus environment which...

Hello! I am new to this group and very glad to have found it. I've had a wonderful experience with my first African cichlids - I have a 44 gal pentagon tank established about a year ago and a Malawi setup with a large electric blue, a medium aulocanthus?, a synodatus catfish (Tanganyika), and a...

hi, I have a 125-gallon aquarium (currently in the nitrite spike phase of fishless cycle process) which I plan to stock with the following once the tank has been completely cycled: 6 Yellow labs 6 Acei 6 Socolofi 1-2 Synodontis Eupterus

Struggling to identify one oof my fish, since I have got photographs of both ahli and fryeri and they can look very similar, shop that sold it to me wasn't completely certain as they took it off someone as it was getting a bit agressive, I found that when it was first put into the tank is was...

Hi, I am relatively new to the hobby and I am thoroughly enjoying myself! I have a pretty well established 29 gallon tank with about 20 sm - med size african cichlids of various sorts. I was wondering if other creatures (any species of crabs, shellfish, eel, etc.) can live in the same pH or tank...

Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent uk supplier of malawi suitable for breeding, I've got a couple of spare 200 litre tanks and a 135 litre tank which I have put in the garden shed I'm still working out which species to breed, my thinking is currently to maintain two distinct species...

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I have 4 tanks, in particular a 10 gallon planted tank with 2 very small African mixed cichlids, and 6 black neon tetras. I have been scrubbing the glass about once a week to remove a brown rust looking growth. The pump inlet tube also gets coated with this brown residue, as well as the...

Hi All, I have a Jack Dempsey cichlid that is slowly dying. He's 13 years old so I think he's just dying of old age. He hasn't eaten for several weeks and he's lying behind his cave nearly motionless. His fins move just slightly and his mouth is open and just barely moving. He is emaciated to say...

whats the quickest way to cycle a tank in less than a week. need to treat a oscar with melafix. thanks -- Posted via CichlidFish.com http://www.cichlidfish.com/portal/forums

Hi All, Bought a male and female fish today described as Aulonocara Macobs by the LFS....shame on me I bought them on impulse for my Malawi Tank.... I decided to do some post- purchase research but can find nothing on fish of this name. Has anyone come across them before or know them by a...

Greetings , Would anyone have any information on where to purchase Tilapia fry for raising them in our outdoor pond in Florida ? Many thanks !!!! Todd

The good news- two of our cichlids have had offspring - lots. The bad news - mom and pop are being really territorially aggressive, chasing other fish round the tank. Sometimes you can even hear the thump when they collide with another fish. The tank is around 80 gal. Is this behaviour likely to...

Need a bit of help... I would consider myself a well-versed ichthyologist. I have fully planted aquariums and have breed a wide variety of fish from egg layers to bubble nest builders, but never African Cichlid. I finally have the chance to make the switch, I have maintained them before, just never...

Hi Everyone, I have a 13 year old Jack Dempsey that will be reaching the end of his life soon. He stopped eating several weeks ago and is just sitting almost motionless behind his cave. He is emaciated to say the least. This fish is obviously dying of old age , but I hate to see him just sit...

wonder if i can use them on the pellets, like soak the pellets in the vitamins? thanks -- Posted via CichlidFish.com http://www.cichlidfish.com/portal/forums

thank you for that my next question is, do they eat there own babies i'm afraid that they may eaten the babies.