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So i have honestly done research before starting this thread, just to make that clear, but i haven't found too much information on how to sex and breed labs. Some sources say the female is pale and the male has pointed fins, then other sources say the females can be the same color and also have...

Hey guys, i just finished rescaping my 55 gallon lab tank! I got some "mexican river stones" from my neighbor and made two rock piles, one on each side. It is definitely not final, but it is growing on me. Here it is! p.s. the floating green things on the right are lettuce.

Any time i get a new fish i cant seem to get the rubber bands off of the bag. So i just cut them off, and i am worried that some pieces of the rubber bands may have fallen into the tank. Could they harm my fish???

I recently (2 days ago) got some labs from my lfs. I tried feeding nls but only one of the fish came out to eat and it spit it right out. Then i tried flake food and the two others came out to eat it but the one that tried to eat the nls sat back and watched. I will use flake food if i have to...

I recently noticed that there are two different typed of algea in my 55 gallon aquarium. One is a darker green developing along the glass just above the gravel The second is developing where my filter is pushing the water against the glass. I am wondering what caused it and how to stop it. I...

So i decided i would post this thread because i love my cichlids! 30 gallon convict tank: My 55 gallon malawi tank: Fell free to post pictures of your little fishy friends too! Hershey the pink convict (mars the black convict photobombing) Jacob the jacobfreibergi.

I hope i get no hate for this but i absolutely HATE going on youtube to see fish videos. The worst thing is seeing a tank that is so terribly overstocked and hoping the comments go against him but instead they are asking how many full grown arrowanas can fit in a 29 gallon tank. The guy had two...

So i was browsing the web today, and i saw this Really people? Really? Sorry if this comes out wierd... The app is sucky...

I found this awesome rock in my backyard instead of paying for them at my lfs.

So i currently have a cycled 10 gallon for my baby convicts once i feel it is time for my pair to breed again, i ordered sand and a filter and some fake plants and they should be here monday. I was wondering if it would be okay to keep shrimp in the tank with the convict fry. I wasnt thinking...

So i created a thread like this a while back but after a while no one replied. So i am going to try again, what other fish coupd i keep in my 55 gallon with my 2, 2 1/2 -3" jacobfreibergi peacock cichlids??? Thanks in advance!!!

My beloved pink convict hershey is now a mother!!! Here is a picture. It is hard to see the fry but they are there. Now something not everyone expected- here is the rest of the picture. If you can see, the father is a black convict. This was an accident, i thought i had two females...

So i was sitting in front of my 55 gallon, looking at my spotted pleco, and then i thought "man, there are so many different types of plecos". So now i feel that i have to get another! Any suggestions??? Here are some pics of my pleco, i really want to get one that looks good, and is slightly...

I just created a "cave hotel" for my fish to hide and play around in. Here it is, it consists of 8 caves. My african featherfin cat wasn't very excited i put the caves there.

Sorry about the blurriness, and it is very camera shy.

Hi! I just got a 55 gallon aquarium (cycled it and didn't put anything in it for 2 weeks) and i put 2 jacobfreibergi peacock cichlids, and from what i could tell 1 male 1 female. And 2 yellowtail acei, not sure of the sexes. Bottomfeeders include an African featherfin catfish and a striped...

Hi, after my female convict beat the crap out of my male convict and killed it, i decided to go out and get a male much bigger than the last one that wouldnt take any crap from the female. But instead, the male (2") is hiding from the female (1") and i am worried they will not breed. Any help...

The fish store sold this to me as a jacobfreibergi peacock cichlid, but upon looking at photos of jacobfriebergis i noticed it looks different from the fish that are in the photos. I just want to know what it is, i am relatively new to africans.

Hi, i bought a pink convict cichlid and was wondering if it was male or female. I am pretty sure it is a male, but i just wanted to make sure.

I have a 55 gallon aquarium with a jacobfreibergi peacock cichlid and a plecostomus in it. I would like to get more fish for the aquarium as well as some bottomfeeders. I really like pictus catfish and if they would get along that would be great, but i would also like to have more cichlids in...

I am thinking about getting a 50 gallon tank with small gravel Here is a list of the fish i would like to get: 5 marble angelfish 3 mickey mouse platies 3 sunburst platies 4 peppered cory cats; i was thinking of getting shrimp but dont know if they will be ok with the others, i am open to...

I was just wondering if this was a male or femal honduran red point convict cichlid

I have two honduran red point convict cichlids i have no idea if one of them is a male or female

I am planning on getting a new tank, i have not chosen the fish so i have not decided how big i want the tank i need some ideas i want to breed the fish i dont want easy stuff like guppies or swordtails and i already have convicts i hope you guys can help!!!

I just got an otocinclus and was wondering what they eat, how long it takes for them to mature, and if it will get picked at by my 3 adult swordtail, 3 adult guppies, and two kuhli loaches