Recent content by AbbieM

Here's a beautiful photos of some of my peacocks, they're doing well and are very happy :)

I also wouldn't put driftwood in any African cichlid tank, I do use it in some of planted tanks and I've found that it honestly doesn't make a lot of difference to the pH

I have a piece of holy rock that I added with the slate so that's probably what's made a difference to the pH, Thankyou for the advice :)

I do a water change every week and test my water before and the next morning and the pH is always stable. I have slate in the tank which I think raises the pH because it's been closer to 7.7 since I put it in

I haven't had any swings in the pH, my tap water is always 7.5 and I never use any chemicals to change it. I checked the pH of the water in the bucket when I got my cichlids and it was also 7.5 so I guess that's just the tap water where I live :)

100 gallons I did but I already have a female peacock and I really like the yellow in the tank

I'm thinking of selling the demasonis when they get bigger if I find that they're to aggressive. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the least aggressive one in the tank. What's your opinion on yellow labs and peacocks? Do you think they will work out in the long run? And would I be able to add 1...

I picked up some of these today :D 4 Pseudotropheus demasoni and 7 Labidochromis caeruleus!! They look so good

I already have 2 blue peacocks so I'll probably stick with peacock. Can electric yellows be kept with them?

Thankyou :)

Is it absolutely necessary to get the pH higher? My peacocks have been living in a pH of 7.5 for about a year and are fine

I aquascaped my Malawi tank today with sand and blue stone. I have 2 blue peacock cichlids at the moment, what else should I put in there? Any ideas would be appreciated. It's 100gal, fully cycled. 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, 10ppm nitrate, pH of 7.5.

I want to re-aquascape my 60gallon aquarium. I have 2 blue peacock cichlids and 6 black phantom tetras. It's currently planted with wisteria and I want to incorporate the terracotta pots in the new scape as well because my peacocks love them. I found this beautiful blue pot with Buddha on it a...

I've just realised that it's a swordtail, I'm actually surprised I didn't think of that before. Ive never kept swordtails before and I was completely unaware that the female swordtails didn't have the sword.

Here's a picture