Recent content by Jd0716

I need with a ID of my new lil man. At least I think it's a male. I got him from my lFS and he has 1 eye. He was in the pet store for about 2 months in a 30 gallon tank with other African cichlids. I have all african's in my tank. And has showed no signs of any aggression even with the 1 eye. I...

I agree with hukit as well. I actually just took my oscar out yesterday to a different tank with nothing in there because he has gotten to aggressive to 1 other oscar and my jack Dempsey. Since I have done this last night the tank has really calmed down and the fish are not hiding anymore. Take...

Uh oh well my son has been calling him Jack so I guess I need to break the news that we should be calling her Jackie.

Is mine male or female. It's almost solid black. I took this pic with my iPhone with the flash on and of course the colors pop.

Going to start setting up my new 75 gallon this weekend. I will be doing a fish less cycle and I am trying to get ideas for an all African cichlid tank. I wanted to see what everybody would recommend as far as fish and how many. I would like a lot of movement and a lot of colors. Any pictures...

I just did a 50 percent water change and will have to the lfs tomorrow. And I guess will have to see what happens.

I did about a 20 percent water change on Sunday and also replaced with new filters. I do have a uv sterilizer in the tank for about 2 weeks do you think that could cause a fungal outbreak?

Just hot home and was feeding my fish and I noticed on both my green terrors they have what looks like there molting. It's only on there dorsal fins. I'm not sure if it's ich or something else. Please advise. None of my other fish have it on them.

I just fed mine his name is Cano because of his markings look like lava. I started hand feeding him about a week ago and I opened the lid of the tank and poured in a couple of flakes well let's just say he cleared the tank and landed on the carpet my 4 year old son yelled fish out of water and...

I have 2 oscars in mine as well and 2 blood parrots and a bichir that is about a foot long none of them have bothered them. I mean they make there way over to that side if the tank but the parents run them off. Now that my fry has gotten a lot larger and there starting to show stripes they have...

Watching the convicts and there fry are the coolest things. My pair have had at least 6 batches of fry. I had them in a smaller tank and upgraded a couple of months ago to a 55 gallon and the newest batch of fry have thrived even with all the other fish in the tank. I have attached a couple of...

Hi all just purchased a new canister filter now I have read reviews and done some research but let me just say that so far I am extremely happy. I purchased a API NEXX canister from petco they had a deal by the regular API canister filter get the extra filter for free. So it brings the total up...

All the fish are still pretty young. I will eventually get a larger tank. The convicts actually get along with the other fish in the tank unless there breeding which is generally once every couple of months. They do protect there fry but they generally eat them after a couple of weeks. I was...

Hi all I was wondering I have a 50 gallon bow front and I was thinking of changing the HOB filter with a fluval canister filter. Currently I have a breeding pair of convicts, 2 blood parrots, 2 oscars, 2 jewels, and a bichir which is about a foot long. Anybody have anything negative about the...

Hi all I just signed up for the site. I have 3 tanks currently going. A 50 gallon with S. American cichlids a 30 gallon with S. American Cichlids and a 30 gallon with African Cichlids. I look forward to hearing from different people with the same types of fish.