My First cichlids :)

[spoonman]

I'm pulling for ya!!

 

[mfdrookie516]

yeah, question aq1, what food do you feed? i forgot. oh and i found a 10g for $5 with filter, so ill have a qt tank to isolate the "plague" when i get new fish...

 

[Aquarium1]

lol. I feed aqueon cichlid flakes and wardley pellets although they don't eat them unless I sink them lol.

 

[Aquarium1]

Got some more fish, pics coming soon.

 

[Aquarium1]

Got some bad news. My zebras are both fighting a lot. I bet their both males One is starting to turn on its side
Heres some pics:

 

[Aquarium1]

I think I'm gonna take my zebras back. What do you think I should get instead?

 

[mfdrookie516]

why are taking them back? are you sure that whitish looking one is a yellow lab?

 

[Aquarium1]

Got some bad news. My zebras are both fighting a lot. I bet their both males One is starting to turn on its side

Thats why.

and yes its a lab.

 

[mfdrookie516]

hmmm, if you need to get rid of one, ill take it Nobody around here does store credit or buys fish

 

[spoonman]

Can you describe the fighting? Are they liplocking? Or are they chasing head to tail? Chasing head to tail is more like courting. Liplocking is fighting.

 

[Aquarium1]

Chasing head to tail in circles. I thot they were both male tho.

 

[spoonman]

May be male and female. If they are mouth brooders that is how the male fertilizes the eggs in the females mouth. Could be thats whats going on. Keep an eye on them. If they arent ripping fins and such, they should be ok.

 

[Aquarium1]

One seems to avoid the other such as during eating. Does it just not like the other one much? Lol. If it happens again i'll try to video tape it so u can interpret it better. Maybe when I get more it'll go down some.

 

[spoonman]

I dont know how much you know about the habits of the mouthbrooders but that is what the eggspots do. The male has them originally to look like eggs. The female tries to pick them off the male and the male "fertilizes" the eggs in the females mouth while she is there trying to do that. I am trying to put it nicely. This process usually ends up in them chasing each other around in circles. If they where fighting they would more likely be going face to face and ripping at each others fins .....etc.

 

[Aquarium1]

Ok thnx. I still mite get it on video tho lol.

 

[spoonman]

Cool.

 

[spoonman]

Do a quick google of cichlid breeding video. Some pretty interesting youtube videos out there.