african cichlid

I have a 55g tank (lots of rock caves) with some african peacocks and wanted a bottom dweller to sift through the substrate and saw a lot of people have clown loaches in their cichlid tanks. Me personally, I am not a huge fan of clown loaches as they get massive and would take up a ton of space...

Hi guys! Need some advice and hope u lot can help! Am setting up my first 180G, with a 40G sump! Planning to house 40-60 African cichlids..pea pebbles as substrate, and rockscape smack in the middle! Tank will be in between 2 common areas, so it needs to be eye pleasing especially both sides...

After a miscommunication I got a fish too early so now I have one larger established female and a smaller male peacock cichlid in a 55g. more fish should come early next week but untill then any opinions for either puting them together or keeping them apart. Thanks

i have a 125 gallon tank with 6 peacocks and 10 mbuna can I add a chocolate cichlid how would they get along aggression wise ps - all the fish would be around the same size

I know that it is boy recommended and many people say just don't because if the agression it can cause, but recently I saw a friend's tank who had beautiful male african peacocks and haps and he said they were so colorful because he had a couple of females in the tank (like 3 females with 15ish...

So I know for sure I have a Flowerhorn (in his/her own tank), Maingano and an Auratus cichlid. (Or at least that’s what I was told when I purchased them.) But I’m confused as to what type of Peacock and African cichlids the rest are. I know I got them all in the assorted cichlid section at the...

Anyone know Tampa bay cichlids return policy for a Garrenteed Male when you get a female? (Pretty sure because it has eggs on its its mouth) thanks

Convict cichlids about 16-20 weeks old, had them since fry and now in a 30 gallon tank, im not sure if its male or female. Theyre both about the same size but one is more darker and purple-ish, And the other is grey-ish color. Darker one has a greenish blue hints in the top dorsal fin , Grey...

I know this has been asked already, but I wanted some fresh opinions. Could a senegal bichir do well with maybe an elephant nose, african brown knife, or african cichlids? Please answer!

Hi all, I'm going to be trading a friend for a smaller tank soon and would like some stocking suggestions and such. I'll be trading one of my 60 gallons for a 45 gallon. The tank residents are two silver dollars and a red zebra cichlid. I already know the silvers need to go and mbunas...

I have been tossing around the idea of making a 125gal Peacock Male only tank. Would be filtered by an FX4, and would set up circulation pumps at either end to get that flow they like to swim against. Sand substrate with several big rocks for decore. My questions are, 1) How many would be a...

Will be setting up a new 180gal (6x2x2) Malawi tank by the end of the summer. Was thinking this for a preliminary stock list. Going to get the mbuna at 2”, the haps and peacocks at 3” and the fronts at 5”. Would love some suggestions of the best online vendors for Africans and also for...

Does anyone know US vendors with good Frontosas online? Looking for fish about 6". Thanks

Please help. I have an African Cichlid with a growth on its face. I think it might be a tumor but I’m not sure. I do a weekly 50%water change and I over filter. I treated the entire tank with Triple Sulfa which did not help. It started by looking like it had swallen nostrils and now it moves...

Hey everybody, I'm sure all Cichlid owners have the odd fish they wish they knew the type of! Please post good pictures of known and unknown Cichlid breeds and let's see if we can all help each other out!

Hello guys, new to the forms. I've been in the aquarium hobby about 8 months now and have a successful Community 75 gallon (granted its overstocked but over filtered :) )and two 29 gallon aquariums. Now I'm starting my next project which is going to be a 125 gallon tank and I believe I want to...

Hey guys I just bought what I think is a Malawi eye biter. It was sold under dimidiochromis compressiceps but it looks nothing like how I've seen them or kept them. Could this be a different species or am I mistaken? He is also missing an eye. Kinda ironic haha.

Would a small delhezi (4.1 inches) be able to cope with 2 mbunas and 2 peacocks? They're each about 3 1/2 to 5 inches.

So today I went fish shopping and whilst looking round at the oddballs they had (8inch gulper catfish £99.00) I was drawn to the cichlid section where I saw my dream fish I have been after for 6 years (hard to find in my area of the UK) A 4inch male dovii, I have been after a dovii for years and...

Wondering what was the biggest jewel cichlid (guttatus) someone has owned post pics if you can share some monsters