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ive noticed that my 5 inch red top aristochromis has been scapping his head on the cement background. now hes got a small patch of flesh visible were there are no scales. i had my water tested a few days prior and was told my water was nearly perfect. when i give him food he takes it and spitts...

so after weeks of not really eating anything my cichlids are finally coming around. they destroyed the feeder fish i gave. but when i go to give them their pellets they suck them em up and spit them back out. most of the time they grab it again. anyone know what its means when they constantly...

i honestly considered the fx5, but im a full time student and only work part time. maybe if a cheap one comes up on craigslist.

im setting up a 75 gallon cichlid tank. i have a rena xp3 canister filter on the way and have a 10-15 gallon sump with internal filter(not sure flow rate). what would be a minimum sump size and minimum flow rate i would need to get out of a pump. (Is there a gal/hour rule i should go by?)...

the 35 hex tank is long gone. i have a 75 gallon tank with a bi-colored peacock, the aristochromis, electric yellow and a rubber lip pleco, so they have plenty of room. i finally had some success today. both the peackock and the aristochromis ate 1 pellet each out of a couple i dropped in. so...

im gonna buy a few different types of food to get em goin. i tried frozen bloodworms as well but they just floated away. im probably goin to go with somthin like wat gus said or spirulina flakes. how bout really small feeder fish. then i dont have to worry bout vacuuming up the food they dont eat

i recently bought two new cichlids from a LPS. ones a 3-4 inch bi-colored peacock and the other is a red top aristochromis 5-6 inch. i bought some pellets that the dealer recomended. i got 3mm stick pellets made by xtreme. its been about a week they are not taking any food. anyone have any idea...

no but i need to get some sort of co2 system cause i have just planted some live plants.

I have a 35 gallon hex tank with cichlids. i have a wet/dry trickle filter that has the overflow box hanging on the outside of the tank. the water looks cloudy but its not from floating particles. taking a closer look, its tiny air bubbles that rise up and disappear when they hit the surface...