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The same could be said about river Cichlids...lol

I agree with venting (not to confuse "VENTING" deep water fish) as a surfire way to sex any fish, however, it is extremely difficult when they are small and color ID IS the method used, afterall... it is a 50/50 chance with some species...lol Yes, yellow labs are compatable with different...

Ok... getting ready to upsize FW Cichlid tank from 55g to 120xh dual corner flow... I have researched all sump/wet_dry filters (have HOB and had a canister on the 55 but do not care for them & b4 you ask... there is way too much media bypass in the hobs and my canister raised temp to 80+ deg.)...

I agree... hybrids (cross breeding) is what causes the species to lose color luster and making it very difficult in ID of species... cichlids were much brighter and bolder in color 25 years ago and eisier to sex. Get another tank...lol:) Good luck with the fry papa...lol

I have 55g cichlid tank w/ 2 yellow labs, 2 cobalt blue, 2 johani and 2 arautus (the most aggressive of the bunch) 2 plecos, 2 columbian sharks (gift but they need a new home) and a bumblebee cat.... I too had a problem with aggression but let's not loose site of the fact that in the fresh water...

LOL....... This is how my first cichlid got his name...Bubbles... he did the same thing and I have to believe it feels good to them like for us in a hot tub with bubbles.

Bubbles... My last original cichlid... got along with everyone but the RZ's??? I don't know if it was species or the color orange.

Great input... thank you all. I did fail to mention that the fish are juvies and I do have plans for a 200g tank. All the fish are currently @2-3 inches long. How soon should I change tanks? Yes, the sooner the better but bigger aquarium means bigger $$$. I am also going to replace the cichlids...

Common plecos, lake milawi afr 1 arautus and 1 blue cobolt and a bumble bee cat

I have 55g w/2 cichlids (recently lost 6 due to water supply), 2 plecos, 1 bb cat... recently, my daugter bought 2 colombian sharks from the lfs for my son (it's his ft...but...) They said the col cats would do fine but I found conflicting info... What do I do if anything? Keep the cats, return...

I use a small bilge pump, it is fast but you need a 12vdc power supply.

I use NLS cichlid formula, I see your suposed to feed only what they consume in a couple of min. However, I notice the fish spill alot out of their gills... why? and does this contribute to "over feeding" causing the tank to muck up and the filter to clog prematurely?

Pulled Driftwood out a week ago and an orange slate type rock. I boiled the rock but noticed an orange hue running from it constantley so we discarded it.

No direct sunlight

Your probably right... excess nutrients from overfeeding?? My light is a deep blue solar max h.o. and only use the white lamp durring the day @12hrs and it has blue LEDs at night... Where in LI... I'm originally from Patchogue/Medford/Brentwood/Merrick and Coram. Moved around a bit and worked in...

Started new thread titled water temp problem.

:(Back again... realy need help. I cant do anything to get my water temp down. It is between 78.5-80.5... My room temp is between 74 and 76 and the water temp increases respectfully (4 deg higher than room temp). All I have is the c360 filter and small air stone. 50-55 gal, 8 cichlids,2 common...

Back again... realy need help. I cant do anything to get my water temp down. It is between 78.5-80.5... My room temp is between 74 and 76 and the water temp increases respectfully (4 deg higher than room temp). All I have is the c360 filter and small air stone. 50-55 gal, 8 cichlids,2 common...

Water temp prior was 78 deg. however, I unpluged my heater and temp is dropping... now at 79... bad heater??? I never seen the light come on and it was set at 75. But the filter motor head still 91-99 deg. depending where I point the laser.

I just set up new C360 canister filter and day 3 my water temp is at 82 deg. Is it normal for the filter to heat the water? I called Marineland and the girl said it is not possible and told me "if your not satisfied with the filter, return it where you purchased it." (Great support) I measured...

Dosn't PFS have silica in it and if so, will it harm the fish?? More specific, Chiclids, pleco's and cat fish? I know silica and quartz is the same but it is glass no?

Hold the phone... I belive the problem is your effort to be too clean... Gravel vac and filter (rinse, replace, whatever) is too much at once. You removed a great deal of good bacteria. I have done that once myself b4 I knew anything about the "CYCLE"... try letting the bacteria grow back in the...

Doing a pwc, do you use tap water? if so, do you use prime or other dechlorinator? Did you do a pwc, gravel vac and change something in your filter at the same time (eg. sponge, charcoal and or bio material)?

Question is... how did they get in the tank??? Some say from your tap water, others say the food you feed the fish???????? In either case, try to use RO water. Yes, they are not harmful to your fish but will devour snails... if they came from your tap water, hope you drink RO water as well...

That looks like copepods... as far as i know, the only safe way to rid the little pests without harming your fish is to do pwc's @20-30% daily or every other day and syphon them out at the same time. But google copepods first and wait to hear from a moderator with more experience. Hope all works...