cichlid

I hear jewels are supposed to be kept inside a tank of 7-7.5 ph, but ive also heard that they can withstand and adapt to a regular cichlid tank of an 8 ph. Red jewels are one of my favorites among cichlids and im wishing i could put one in my tank which is an 8. Btw my tank currently has a...

Hi everyone, I have been out of the hobby for a while now and am eager to return. For years I have kept numerous Central/South American Cichlids. I was previously prone to overstocking the tank and adding numerous fish species that although were able to coexist, became stressful worrying about...

Been reading up on the differences between male and female green terrors, but I am still uncertain on which one I may have. Here are some pics to help out, please comment back and give me some pointers on what to look for when determining the sex if this cichlid. I'm very curious because I now...

Hello, so I've had my Green Terror for almost a year now and he's up to about 4.5 inches. Been very healthy since I've had him. Only recently has he been acting very slow and almost like he's weak and is always just laying low under things in my tank. His usual behavior is pretty energetic and...

I have been scouring the internet for red or garnet sand for my bichirs and eels.I haven't been able to find it and I wanted to help bring out my bichirs colors by switching my substrate from white sand to either red,black or brown sand.What is also a good 'size or grit' of sand for bichirs?

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So, we have a harem of yellow labs and obviously, very well know what could happen with male and female fish. However, we are not trying to actively breed our fish. Our smallest yellow lab female was "pregnant" about a month ago. We didn't notice right away and misjudged the time of the eggs...

New to the forum guys. Would love some frienldy advice on my new tank setup. Have had my 3" RD flowerhorn in a 70Ltr tank for a while. Cichlids are pretty hardy so never took too much notice of water parameters (i know.. i know..) Always did bi weekly water changes and checked my pH tho...

Hi guys, so I have a Electric Blue Acara and a Green Terror. They occasionally show breeding behaviors. Especially the Green Terror. He would shake like crazy and sometimes bite on something and shake. Meanwhile, the Electric Blue Acara seems like it's mimicking the Green Terror. Is it possible...

Help! My green terror is super picky. He would only eat frozen food and wouldn't take hikari and nls pellet. Currently starved 3 days to get him on pellet. Even stuffing pellet in prawn didn't work. He just watches my other jewel cichlid attacked the pellet but he doesn't touches it. Anyone have...

Hey, I'm currently changing the media in my canister filter and I plan to use poly-fil but someone recommended I use pinky floss. I'm not sure if they both do the same thing but I just wanted everyone's opinion on which is better and why. Thanks.

Hello! I was curious if anyone could shed some light on the following... Typical time to reach max size for blue dolphin cichlid? Typical time to reach max size for yellow lab? Typical time to reach full size for red top zebra? Typical time to reach full size for red empress? Typical time...

I've managed to pick up a really nice specimen "chili" red Oscar, and it's the veil tailed/long finned variant. I'll get some pictures up as soon as he/she arrives tomorrow. For any potential plans that I may have in the future for breeding, I was wondering if I could get some of my fellow MFK...

I believe this specimen is male but could be wrong. Not looking to breed, just generally curious. Thanks!

75 Tank remains clear, but re-occuring algae is a pain. All my rock work is covered as well. I use a PF40-UV when I clean the glass, for spore removal. Tank is currently over stocked with Cichlids, 0 ppm NH3/4 & N2; NO3 regularly climbs to 80+ppm. I know the tank size is too small for any of the...

Red dragon flowerhorn breeding attempt #2 no divider 6/5/2017.

Hey guys thanks for stopping by this post I recently found that my Oscar and flowerhorn are paring up and when the female flowerhorn laid egg the Oscar started gaurding them with the flowerhorn, So is it that the F1 will be hybrid or is it even possible. I have posted the video on my YouTube channel

I bought three fishes at a LFS in NYC. They were labeled as Red mammons. I'm a little skeptical that these fishes are real mammons. Anyone here good at identifying the difference? Below are the pictures. Let me know if another picture with a different angle would help. Thanks is advance.

I haven't posted in quite some time, so hello again fellow MFKers! I've finally thinned down my synspila growouts down to this guy right here. I had a healthy batch of red head fry growing out for quite some time, but as they got bigger I thinned them down to keep up with the tank load. I had...

I have a few cichlids that keep swimming to the top they aren't gasping and they are still eating is everything okay ?