Recent content by SherLar

No specific gender. Unless you buy sub-adult or fully adult fish, yellow labs are basically monomorphic. Once they reach about 2 inches or a bit more, the males will usually - but unfortunately not always - develop egg spots. They're very peaceful for Mbuna, so if you want to do an all male...

I probably wouldn't try to mix cichlids and Barbs. bribo12 was right on with the answer given. Personally, in that size a tank, I would go with Apistos.

I've been keeping oscars for about 30 years, and pretty much disagree with about everything TRMC said. No offense. I've never had an oscar try to eat any fish over about 1/3 of it's body size. Small plecos, or any type catfish should not be kept with large oscars because of the issue with...

I think that if you can provide enough tall plants and other decor for line-of-sight breaks, they'll probably do OK.

If yellow labs are the only fish you want in the tank, you could probably do 8.

Welcome to the community.

Welcome to the community. I can't answer your SW questions, but if you post in the salt water forums, I'm sure someone can.

It could be a number of things, but likely it was stress from mis-handling at the pet store. And, sometimes fish die for no apparent cause? Does your store have a return policy of dead or diseased fish? If so, return it for another. She was right in that pictus prefer company. They usually do...

Welcome to the community. Nice looking tank.

Welcome to the community.

I agree with Dutchmuch. I usually quarantine new fish for a couple of weeks. It may take that long for any diseases or abnormalities to show up.

Sorry, but I'm going to say that it's a resounding "NO". The first reason is that, although Firemouths are reasonably peaceful for cichlids, they can still get rather aggressive to other fish, especially when breeding or if they become territorial. The second reason is that I'm not a believer in...

Welcome to the community.

Welcome to the community.

Can you give us tank specifics and water parameters, please? I sometimes have the same issue with some of my New World cichlids. I wouldn't worry too much about it, unless they start showing signs of illness. They're intelligent, but temperamental fish, and need to pout sometimes.