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I am posting this just so I can get emails when you post LOL. I want to read up on this as it goes. Good luck!

Thanks for the vote of confidence guys! Kaynite, she looks fine to me. My Red Zebra mom's gills always get red and stick out as it gets time to release because their mouths are so full. It would be best to let her do it on her own. She is inexperienced and if you have never stripped before...

If I know I am going to be bringing fish home, I take a small empty ice cream bucket with me and put it on the passenger side seat. Then I put the bag in that to be sure they don't roll around. If I buy on impulse, I put the bag in one of those cloth shopping bags because it stays upright and is...

So, I am putting up my tree tonight (ya, waaaay late this year!) and all the lights in the room are off except the tank and tree lights. The tree is right across the room from the tank, about 4 feet away. Usually, when all the lights are off and I am watching TV, the fish play hard, chasing and...

Can you get a picture of him? We might be able to tell if the coloring is normal. As for the eating, is he a healthy size? Not looking skinny? I never really saw my adult Rams eat, but I know they were because of their size. Nice and healthy Rams. They just never joined in the feeding frenzy...

I have been wondering how often she has been doing this in the main tank? Maybe the times I think she is over due to release she is actually letting them out in a rock pile to collect them later? hmmm I will have to pay better attention next time she's holding in the main tank.

Hey Spoon :) Long time no post! Mine did not start to develop that until he hit the 3" mark. I brought him home at only about 1.5". Here is a pic of my guy. His colors get stronger every day now.

I have been having fun watching my experienced Red Zebra mom taking care of her fry the past few days. She has held at least 20 times now in the past year, but the only time I have put her in a separate tank was the first 2 times she held. She was very inexperienced then, so did not do this...

Your best bet is to take pictures. If you have a mix of African and New/Old world cichlids, you will be searching forever.

I totally agree with you! Sometimes the tanks get a bit neglected, not to the health of the fish, but over run with algae, etc when you are trying to have too many tanks going. I now have the big 55 and a small 20 gallon that has 2 holding mom's in it. Once the guy pics up the fry I will close...

I have the perfect example why I choose to keep the tank I did........ My family is out visiting me and yesterday they spent the day. Well, my parents have seen my Malawi tank during the day time, but its at night that they are most active. So, this was last evening while they were active...

Hi there :) I could answer most all breeding questions but that one! Hopefully someone who has bred Discus will pop in and help you. Good luck!

Just wanted to share a couple cute holiday vids I found today. :D Happy Holidays all my AA friends! YouTube - 3D Christmas 3D Xmas Animation YouTube - The Magic Christmas Star YouTube - merry christmas LOL for us bigger kids! YouTube - Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - Funniest video...

They could very well just be establishing dominance and territory instead of spawning behaviors. Also, I have heard first time spawns in Angels are usually eaten by the parents. Sorry, not trying burst your bubble or anything. The Angels just seem way to young to be spawning yet to me. I would...

As mine gets bigger his white blaze is getting more pronounced. He is also developing beautiful red lower fins too. He was sold to me as an Elongatous, but I knew what he was. I didn't argue because he was labeled almost $10 cheaper than the other Haps LOL Shame on me! If I had my camera I...

Yeah, that does not sound good. Maybe wait on their next batch.

I read all the time about how someones fish get along great, then as they hit sexual maturity all **** breaks loose! That is why I always caution people about that. Even Yellow Labs can be terrors in a tank. My male Lab is the second boss. My Red Zebra above is the tank boss. My Lab was until...

Yes. Any Mbuna you decide to stock needs to be in groups because only 2 will fight. You will always have a dominant fish in the group, usually a male and if there is more than one other, the aggression is spread out. When there is only 2, the more dominant one will pick on the other non-stop...

The reason they do is because you only have 2 of them. If they are both males one will end up dead. If one is a female she will get very harassed. If you want to successfully keep Mbuna, you need to keep groups of 1 male to 2-4 females. You also need a TON of rockwork for them to each have a...

Your Yellow Lab is acting normal. These fish are vegetarians and will eat plants you put in the tank. The blue fish is definatly NOT a johanni. Not even a Mbuna. The face and body are all wrong. Mbuna never have such long faces. I have a guy that looks almost identical and its a young...

Here is a link to my PhotoBucket site. On the left side is links to individual group pics. African Mbuna pictures by dizzcat45 - Photobucket This one has short vids of them. I will be making up a remix of all the Mbuna vids someday soon. Afican Vids pictures by dizzcat45 - Photobucket I will...

He's a beaut! I think both the males and female Kenyi are beautiful!

Thanks. I tell you, by the time I was done with all the other tanks my back hurt so bad I could hardly move. That is another reason for my decision too. I would do my WC's and the next day I could barely move my back would hurt so much. Even using my python. This is another reason I would go too...

Long time no post peoples :D So, due to severe cut back in my hours and thus my income, my poor fish tanks were suffering. I had to cut back on water changes due to no money for declor, etc. So I made the decision to go from 4 tanks to 1. Because I was starting to get stressed at taking care of...

I say African Mbuna tank!! They are just as bright and beautiful as salt water fish, get fairly big at 4-6" and have totally fun personalities! You will find yourself watching them all the time. They are no harder to care for than the other fish you have. :-) A 55 gallon is fine and you can...