The Colorful world of Bobo the Chocolate Cichlid!

[FINWIN]

Appreciate the info...I’ll look into Sandastik.
Enjoy your posts, especially how your personify your fish and give them character. I’m hoping to get a chocolate if I can find one as I don’t recall seeing them around often

LOL my fish are total characters on their own! I'm just a news reporter.

 

[Dalfrey86]

LOL my fish are total characters on their own! I'm just a news reporter.

Love hearing the antics of your tanks.

 

[FINWIN]

The weirdness goes on...Bobo shows a "cross". A minute later he was mud brown...I guess you call this combo 'hot mess'.

 

[Jexnell]

Wish my water was not liquid rock, I would have to keep one of these chameleons.

 

[FINWIN]

Wish my water was not liquid rock, I would have to keep one of these chameleons.

Mine might be close to yours, between 7.8 and 8.

 

[Jexnell]

Mine might be close to yours, between 7.8 and 8.

PH may be close, but my 150 to 250 hardness is what scares me. I have seen so many SA fish with Hole in the Head disease I don't want to risk it. Thats partially why I rehomed my Oscar Toni.
My city draws its water from three main wells bored into a giant limestone aquifer. So when I change to African cichlids it should be as close to natural as possible with zero adjustments ?

 

[FINWIN]

PH may be close, but my 150 to 250 hardness is what scares me. I have seen so many SA fish with Hole in the Head disease I don't want to risk it. Thats partially why I rehomed my Oscar Toni.
My city draws its water from three main wells bored into a giant limestone aquifer. So when I change to African cichlids it should be as close to natural as possible with zero adjustments ?

Yikes!!! Yeah, my KH isn't even close, around 60-70...ph is steady 7.8 -8. We do have a lot of calcium/mineral in DC.

You have liquid rock for sure!

 

[ad88]

I have owned chocolate cichlids on several occasions when living in two different places and they were very interesting fish. They would sit at the top of the water staring at the surface waiting for bugs to hit the surface. They always start to get random pimples and I figured it was because of my water hardness because I keep my nitrates around 10 ppm. So I would trade them to someone who would have softer water.