Recent content by dhiatt41056

I think i am going to try the plant thing. I hope it will help. Thanks for all the information.

I know that you need some nitrates but I was told that the bioballs can collect debri other than the good bacteria. My girlfriend wants me to put plants in but my African Cichlids would just tear em up. I will try putting the plants in my filter though. I tried once before and it not only...

I have a 180 gallon setup using a sump filter with bio balls. I have heard that bio balls are nothing but nitrate breaders and makes for constent water changes. I was wandering if anyone has any suggestions on this and if I can remove them and go with something that is better. Thanks

I dont know what it is. I treated them all with clout hoping that if it is a parasite that it will kill it. The best description I can give is that when I first saw it I thought it to just be a scale that had gotten caught on a rock or something but when I noticed it on more than one fish I...

I have two 90 gallon tanks that share the same filtration which is a 29 gallon sump. I have a mix of 17 africans from lake Malawi which are about 4 inches in average (some smaller and some bigger) in one and 11 Mwpimbwe Frontosas on the other which are about 4 inches also. I have notice that...

It is possible that the male could be a female but I am not sure. The fish that is caring the eggs has the black stripes going down its side like the male. But when compared to the male that is in the tank with it it doesnt have the brilliant blue coloring. So I dont know I am just confused...

OK I have read that what is it suppose to tell me?

I wish i could put a picture of it up. But it has every characteristic of a male because in this species the females arent as brilliantly colored. I have a female to and she looks like the females are suppose to look. But I could be wrong.

I did a quick google and everything i could find out about them said that the females carry the eggs. But anything is possible though.

I opened his mouth and saw the eggs

This is the 2nd posting I think I posted this in the wrong place but owell. I got home from work and saw one of my MALE Pseudotropheus greshakei's caring eggs. I am almost 99% positive it is a male and 100% positive it is caring eggs. Has anyone heard of anything like this?

I have a 90 gallon tank and I am wanting to put nothing but frontosa's (Hope that I am spelling that right) in it. I am wandering how many would be a good number for that tank. I know the 1inch of fish per 10 gallons but if that was true Id have to get rid of about have of my africans. But if...

Well Ive done the water change. I dont see any white dots or anything else on them but they are still flashing. They have always flsahed some but not like this. I am going to go ahead and add a little more salt and turn the heat up to about 82 and see what happens.

I think i need some help. I have 16 African Cichlids in a 90 gallon tank and almost all of them are starting to flash. I havent had any of them die and they seem to be acting normal except for the flashing. My ammonia is 0 my nitrites are 0 and my nitrates are about 30-40. I am going to do a...

10 total chiclids plus 2 rubberlipped plecos