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I have a good one. My sons like to 'help' take care of my fish. One day my 3 year old comes to me and says 'Momma, I feed yellowhammer!" (Our yellow lab cichlid) of course I rush in thinking he has fed him a whole container of flakes or something (again). NOPE. A nice hefty handful of Banana nut...

Welcome, Toby! Beautiful tanks!

They are both very small. Do you think when they grow together they are less likely to be aggressive towards one another? I'm hoping the will be like the fox and the hound lol

I had asked in the store if they would go together but I don't think she knew exactly what he was either. At least she did tell me that i could bring him back, so it will all work out :)

Thanks Erik! This is my first go with cichlids, and instead of completely researching and comparing I just had a 'moment' in the store and went for it! Ill work on the kinks:) they did say I can return the KENYI, if I decided they weren't good tank mates , so I may do that.

I know my decor isn't that great yet. I'm working on it :)

I plan on adding more, right now it is just these two, because I only had a small tank available and couldn't wait lol. I get a 29 gallon in a few days. Any suggestions? :)

You got it!! New betta- will be moving him into a larger area tomorrow, just got him Community of tetras- there are 7 in all but that's impossible to get a pic of! Lol And cichlids! Yellow lab (named yellow hammer;) and a KENYI named Streifen. They are in a small tank right now, getting a 29...

Also, your aquarium is gorgeous!

I had a mystery snail who -no exaggeration- did not move for over a month. Then finally he just started trucking it again all over my aquarium. When he did pass I wasn't sure at all because he would go so long without moving, I realized he was dead when my tetras took care of him. That's a big sign.

Just joining, so glad I found this forum! I have been keeping fish for over 10 years. Started with a couple African dwarf frogs, had bettas, moved on up to a community tank, and now cichlids. Right now I have a community tank of tetras and too many snails ;), a cichlid tank (just starting on...

Thanks guys! Is this a decent tank mate for my yellow lab? Anyone have experience with the two together?

Posted some! :)

Here we go:)

Hi there! New to the site, I got this little guy to go along with my Yellow Lab. I'm new to cichlids and admittedly should have done more research. What does he appear to be to y'all? He was in the 'assorted tank'. I can post a different pic if needed, bag pics are the worst haha!