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South American Cichlids

My fish do nothing but hide, I have two large cichlids and have to hunt to see them, do I have too many hiding places for them? What should I do so o can see them, it looks like I keep looking at an empty tank.

I drained about 1/4 and removed all decorations and wiped cleaned under running water. Put items back in and filled the tank, using ph lock and safety start.

Cleaned my tank then all fish died, used a ph lock and safe start. A white fuzzy covered the fish, what happened?

After looking up fish diseases it looks like fungus, now to get rid of it.

First off, sorry for not having pictures, I have a 110 Gallon tank that has been set up and running for 9 months. I started out with 16 cichlids that we’re all about one inch, as time went by they started dying off one after another with no apparent reason. The bigger they got the more...

They about 3" now, if I mix them should I buy same size fish as I have now?

Thanks for the info

Can you keep African cichlids and South American cichlids together, I see them at the pet stores in the same water so I was wondering if they can be kept in the same tank. I have a 120 gallon tank with Africans now.

I have African cichlids in a 120 Gallon Tank, thanks for the info.

I have sand and the fish are landscaping it, should I leave it only or spread it out? They are digging so deep that the decorations are starting to fall over. What do you do? Leave it only or redo it?

Finally got Tank up and have fish in.

I plan on having cichlids. I have a new 120 Gallon Tank that I just set up, it's been running for a week now. It stated out very clear then I added tetra bacteria and ph stabilizer, it cleared up in a matter of hours then the next day it was very cloudy. Today it's has gotten clear again but now...

Hello, I'm retired a decided to start a new tank, I have had tanks since I was 18 always fresh water and always tropical fish. The tanks ranged from 10 gallons up to 55 gallons. Now I have more time on my hands so I sold a 44 Gallon corner tank and bought a 120 gallons tank. My plans for this...