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  1. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    Here's a beautiful photos of some of my peacocks, they're doing well and are very happy :)
  2. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I also wouldn't put driftwood in any African cichlid tank, I do use it in some of planted tanks and I've found that it honestly doesn't make a lot of difference to the pH
  3. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I have a piece of holy rock that I added with the slate so that's probably what's made a difference to the pH, Thankyou for the advice :)
  4. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I do a water change every week and test my water before and the next morning and the pH is always stable. I have slate in the tank which I think raises the pH because it's been closer to 7.7 since I put it in
  5. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I haven't had any swings in the pH, my tap water is always 7.5 and I never use any chemicals to change it. I checked the pH of the water in the bucket when I got my cichlids and it was also 7.5 so I guess that's just the tap water where I live :)
  6. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    100 gallons I did but I already have a female peacock and I really like the yellow in the tank
  7. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I'm thinking of selling the demasonis when they get bigger if I find that they're to aggressive. Hopefully I'll be able to keep the least aggressive one in the tank. What's your opinion on yellow labs and peacocks? Do you think they will work out in the long run? And would I be able to add 1...
  8. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I picked up some of these today :D 4 Pseudotropheus demasoni and 7 Labidochromis caeruleus!! They look so good
  9. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I already have 2 blue peacocks so I'll probably stick with peacock. Can electric yellows be kept with them?
  10. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    Thankyou :)
  11. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    Is it absolutely necessary to get the pH higher? My peacocks have been living in a pH of 7.5 for about a year and are fine
  12. AbbieM

    Stocking my Malawi tank!!

    I aquascaped my Malawi tank today with sand and blue stone. I have 2 blue peacock cichlids at the moment, what else should I put in there? Any ideas would be appreciated. It's 100gal, fully cycled. 0ppm ammonia, 0ppm nitrite, 10ppm nitrate, pH of 7.5.
  13. AbbieM

    Aquascaping my 60gallon

    I want to re-aquascape my 60gallon aquarium. I have 2 blue peacock cichlids and 6 black phantom tetras. It's currently planted with wisteria and I want to incorporate the terracotta pots in the new scape as well because my peacocks love them. I found this beautiful blue pot with Buddha on it a...
  14. AbbieM

    Platy or Mollie?

    I've just realised that it's a swordtail, I'm actually surprised I didn't think of that before. Ive never kept swordtails before and I was completely unaware that the female swordtails didn't have the sword.
  15. AbbieM

    Platy or Mollie?

    Here's a picture
  16. AbbieM

    Platy or Mollie?

    Do you think it's a Platy or a mollie?
  17. AbbieM

    Platy or Mollie?

    I've had this fish for about a year now and she is in a tank with mollies and Platys and one swordtail. I've seen the swordtail trying to mate with her and I'm fairly sure she was pregnant and gave birth to 11 fry. I thought they were Platy fry at first but now I'm convinced they're mollie fry...
  18. AbbieM

    Overstocking?

    Every six days I change 30-40%, depending on the readings. The ammonia is 0, the nitrite is 0 and the nitrate is between 5 and 20
  19. AbbieM

    Overstocking?

    I have a 45gallon tank with 6 black phantom tetras. I was hoping to add 2 dwarf gourami and 2 angelfish. Would this be over stocking the tank?
  20. AbbieM

    Fish acting strange, HELP!!

    Thankyou so much :)
  21. AbbieM

    Fish acting strange, HELP!!

    I actually live in Australia and apparently there are not oak trees here so are there any other types of wood that are safe for aquariums?
  22. AbbieM

    Fish acting strange, HELP!!

    Do you know where I could get a good safe piece of wood? What type of wood is safe for aquariums? I've been to the beach where I live multiple times and I haven't found any decent sized driftwood.
  23. AbbieM

    Fish acting strange, HELP!!

    I don't have any spare driftwood at the moment. Would it be to much to change 30% of the water in a few days and not add any ph down?
  24. AbbieM

    Fish acting strange, HELP!!

    Thanks for the advice. The pH when I tested it today is 7.4 and they seem a lot happier. I think I will discontinue the use of pH down and let them adjust to my tap water which is 7.6
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