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Still trying to Id these cichlids. Can anybody help?

More Pics They're a little bit bigger. Still tryimg to see what kind of Cichlids I have. They move so fast, it's hard to get a good picture.

Which light causes algae growth. Actinic or what? I'm starting to see algae. I have a coralife T5 4 bulb 54 watt with my 55 gallon freshwater cichlid tank. Should I put live plants in my tank?

Call MARS. They took over API they'll send you some for free. I don't know how long it takes. The guy told me about a week.

Yeah I seen those too shipping takes it to $10.46. I called MARS and talked to someone and told them that mine were broken upon arrival, they are shipping me some for free.

Thanks for the info everyone, gonna try them.:fish2:

Wow I will never need that many. Anybody got a pack like that and want to get rid of like six?

Anybody know where to get them from?? I bought a master kit and the tubes were missing. Ebay :facepalm: Thanks

I have the lights on a dual timer so the different parts stay on all day. 10k from 10 to 6. Actinic 6 to 12. Moonlights 12 to 8am. The actinic runs from 8am to 10am by themselves

No Algae yet. Been running it for almost two weeks now. How long does it usually take to form algae?

Pic of the handles installed.

Here's a pic showing the glass cut for accessories.

Well I had a very bad evaporization problem so I went another direction on a cover for my 55 gallon tank. I went to the hardware store and got two 24x11 pieces of glass for $10. The gentleman even cut the glass for the filter accessories. I will be siliconing pieces of filter tubing for handles...

Well I will have to wait till they grow and get some color:fish2::fish1:

I was wondering if someone could help me figure out which type of African Cichlid I have. They are still little but have grown some. Here are some pics.