Bi-Color 500 Cichlid - nest building
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Are those your fish? The cichilid in question is gorgeous (and a feisty little guy), but all of your fish are equally beautiful.
It's interesting to see the nest building. My fish is nothing close to yours, but I enjoy seeing my goldie move and divide his pebbles :]
It's interesting to see the nest building. My fish is nothing close to yours, but I enjoy seeing my goldie move and divide his pebbles :]
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No, not really difficult. You can have problems if you get a few aggressive ones in a tank with more calm ones. You just have to keep an eye on them. Red Zebras seem to be more aggressive than the others I have. I did recently learn that the more room you give them the more likely they are to chase each other around, this can cause death basically by drowning because they can run out of oxygen when constantly being chased.
They like a nice high pH, I run my tank about 8.0 pH and 80-82 degrees. Give them lots of places to hide like caves and they will do fine.
They like a nice high pH, I run my tank about 8.0 pH and 80-82 degrees. Give them lots of places to hide like caves and they will do fine.
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Yeah I was having an issue with my largest RZ but I completely rearranged things in the tank and put in new decorations and that seems to have fixed it. Hopefully he will stay calmed down.
I often get confused about which Cichilids are saltwater or freshwater. Or...are all freshwater?
I really like the orange ones that get big. I had a friend whose cichilid was more like a cat in a tank than a fish. He used to pet it all the time and stuff.
I really like the orange ones that get big. I had a friend whose cichilid was more like a cat in a tank than a fish. He used to pet it all the time and stuff.
