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I have 3 Jacks now, 2 are quite large at around 6 inches each and have seemed to pair off. The 3rd hasn't grown nearly as fast and is only about half the size of the others. Anywho the 2 that have paired up have started to rub up against each other and they have claimed half the tank, they also...

I have a female Aulonocara stuartgranti "Ngara Flametail" that is in my 90 gal and is now holding..she cannot stay there as the rest of my cichlids will eat them..anyways i have a 33 gal with a yellow lab holding and about 15 small juvies and 10 fry just spit out by a different yellow lab. My...

Electric Yellow} Labidochromis caeruleus I have approximatly 15 juvenilles and 10 babies and i also have 2 more females holding.. These fish are extremely healthy. PM for more info or pics.

Hi everyone, it has been awhile since I was last on. Bought a 90 gallon and it has takin awhile to get it running smoothly, had some eye popping and fungus when we moved our Africans to this tank 8O , thank goodness no deaths and now all is well, we even had our labidochromis caeruleus breed and...

First sorry for this post as I am sure cloudy water has been a topic many times, but this darn search engine is to broad. Anywho I have setup a 90 gal fw Cichlid tank. I have made many mistakes first of all being letting my husband wash the rocks that he bought without supervision (he used soap...

I have a 2" Jewel and she has recently lost all of the red and now looks quite green and pale. She has what appears to be a bump where she would go poop. She finally passed a stool and it was somewhat white and pasty. Is it possible she is constipated? This has been going on for almost a month...

I recently moved my africans into my new 90 gal, It looks like my red zebra has a little bulge where she goes poop..lol. I watched her for an hour and she didn't poop at all. She is very active and is digging like crazy in the new sand. I noticed that my jewel has this as well. The only thing I...

Well I am very excited the stand is done for our new 90 gal, starting to cycle tomorrow!!! Now my quandary, I have 6 africans that I am going to be moving from my 33 gal to the 90, I have noticed that they are mostly bottom dwellers. I bought 2 blue electric haps, and they seem to like the top...

Hi all, I am going to be starting my first 3D backround tomorrow, and was a little unclear as to which type of adhesive to use, to first glue the styrofoam together then when i am done to glue it to the back of the tank. Is any non-toxic adhesive fine? Anybody have any favorite brands?

Well we bought a new 90 gal tank and our having some issues with building a stand to hold it. The specs of the tank are 48" length, 18"width, and 23"height. I was wanting the height of the stand to be around 24" so I would still be able to clean the tank without a chair to stand on. Does...

Well we bought a new 90 gal tank and our having some issues with building a stand to hold it. The specs of the tank are 48" length, 18"width, and 23"height. I was wanting the height of the stand to be around 24" so I would still be able to clean the tank without a chair to stand on. Does...

I bought an Aqua-Clean 200 hob and a whisper power filter hob for our 90 gal. Cheap stuff I guess some would say but paying close to $300 for a filter is out of the question. Anywho the Aquaclean filters 200 gals per hour..not sure of the whisper but it was the largest I could find at 30-60...

My husband and I are having a debate over which type of substrate to add to our new 90 gal tank. It will be for my African Cichlids options} 1.Crushed Coral and Gravel}husbands 2.Crushed Coral and Sand}mine 3.Crushed Coral} exspensive 4.Crushed seashells???}free on beach

I got a new 90 gal today..yeah!!. At the lfs they had a lighting system that cost $250+lightbulbs, sorry can't remember specs. That is too expensive for me specially after paying $300 for the tank. So we went to walmart and got a 48" flourescent lighting system and 2x75 watt bulbs. Will this be...

Well I found out that putting a beautiful piece of orange coral in a freshwater tank. All levels are fine as far as water conditions. The orange on the coral started to peal off in large chunks after only 2 days. My mistake for listening to my LFS again..lol. I should have left well enough...

Well I have been trying to give my Cichlids Veggies, so far they won't touch lettuce or cucumber, and the zucchini they spit out right away. They do love peas, is there any other kinds of veggies suitable?

I am looking for new tank for my African Cichlids anything over 50 gal would do. If anyone know where to get one for a great price near Vancouver BC please let me know.

My roomate has 2 ,4 inch irresdecent sharks in her 20 gal tank. And they are running out of room, we were wondering if she could put them in my 33 gal tank with Africans? Would my cichlids beet her sharks up?

All my Africans rub themselves on the gravel and rocks I have in the tank is this normal? Also lol they seem to do a little boogy every now and then almost looks like a seizure lol? Maybe silly question but I really want to get as much knowledge as I can about these beautiful fish.

[color=#003fff]I have a 33 gal. tank with a Jack Dempsey, 2 cobalt cichlids, a jewel, a yellow lab.a blue striped lab.a red zebra and a lonely kissing fish(pink gourami) who was the original in the tank. I have been doing lots of research about cichlids and everyone says a min 50 gal tank is...