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wow...about 24 hours later the giant danios are settled in now and swimming all over the mid-top levels of the water. There is a noticeable difference already. They are still somewhat skittish and run off when I move to/away from the tank sometimes, but when I just stand there and watch them...

Well no real change with the temp bumped up and the different food. I added 5 tiger barbs to try a different type of dither fish and my rainbow shark went crazy and chased them nonstop. Gave it a day to see if anything changes and had to take them out before they were chased to death. Guess...

Yeah all the fish will hide or run and hide not just the females.

They seem to be healthy, they just hide in the back and if there are any near the front they run off anytime I move to/away from my desk. They just swim around in the back and hide in the rocks or move around from rock to rock. Seems like half of them are just keeping an eye on me since the...

One idea I read someone else suggested was moving all the rocks back so they can still hid in the rocks but don't have room to just sit around openly in the back. I just moved all the rocks around 2 days ago so I'm going to hold off on another move for a least a week. Don't want to stress them...

No real loud noises ever really happen. Someone might occasionally pass by the tank (5 ft away) but that is it. No kids in the house. The male peacock will breed a lot, no problem with them doing that. Seems he is on a break or something now. The male hap is still small and just added him a few...

I've rearranged the tank 2-3 times now, once with more caves hiding spots, and now I have it with some big caves and hiding spots but more open space too. No one messes with the tank, I live with 3 other people and most the others aren't home or don't really go near the tank, and never mess...

Hi everyone. So hitting a brick wall right now and not sure what I can do even if there is anything I can do. I've had my cichlids for about 7 months now and they just hide behind my rocks almost all the time. They come out every morning when I turn on the lights and feed them but after that...

If its black beard algae I bought a 75g setup that had it all over the lace rocks, bottom around the glass, fake plants. I took them out used some hydrogen peroxide and scrubbed them with a bristle brush, scrapped stuff off glass, reduced the lights on for maybe 6 hours. Haven't seen any of it...

Thanks everyone a ton, this made my life a little easier! :dance:

Oh nice, I've looked at the jacobfreibergi before and didn't see the same color types but now I saw a few. Sweet. Now for the first big blue one its hard to get a good picture of him because he hides and swims a lot. Here two I got when he stopped for a second.

Its a light orange, definately not yellow. Appreciate the answers so far. :)

Hi there, Just got a 75g tank a while ago and been trying to get everything right so I can start a breeding group of cichlids. The tank came with a bunch of different fish and I'm still in the process of rehoming the ones I don't want. Now I'm trying to figure out what males I have left in the...

The guy I bought my setup from had them for a while in with other cichlids (malawi) and he had them in 7.0 ph with soft water. Ha that could be a big thing on why they haven't really grown. *sigh*

Yeah they seem to look like the Altolamprologus calvus (Chaitika) Just really small still. Thanks!

Hey everyone, I just bought a 75g setup from someone and it mainly has peacock cichlids but he also had a pair of these guys in there. I searched all different types of online fish stores but I could not find it. They just mainly hide in the rocks most the day. They are about 2"

Grr how frustrating. I wake up to check the levels to find Ph 6.4 Ammo 0 Nitrite 1 Nitrate Off charts I ended up doing a big water change. Dosed ammonia back up. I guess I will wait a little longer. My Ph out of the tap is 6.8-7, I can't really tell which is what. I did the 24 hour test a...

Hey everyone, Trying to figure out if my cycle is done. I've be doing a fishless cycle for 2 months 1 week now. 29g w/ Ace janitorial strength ammonia. Fake plants, decor, gravel. Air stone running 24/7 Temp set to 86 degrees. I started to notice my nitrites dropping about 9 days ago. For the...

This is just my .02 cents. Your going to want to get a test kit, preferable the liquid ones. The test strip ones are not that great. Things may be doing fine now, but how can you really tell what ammonia and nitrite levels are which can be toxic to fish without a kit. IMO it would be cheaper to...

If you plan on using tetra safestart you would want low if not 0 levels of ammonia because as the instructions say you will shortly add fish right after. So if you really want to use it I would suggest doing a big water change then adding it in 24 hours after you did the water change w/...

I appreciate the advice. I was thinking about dropping amount of ammonia I add in. I'll throw a pinch of fish food in now. Thanks again.

My guess is its about 7-8 really deep purple. (using API freshwater master kit) I first noticed the nitrites about 2ish weeks ago. Ever since they started they been producing strong constantly getting off the charts.

Seems to being doing the same ol as the past few weeks. Dosing ammonia up to 4 ppm and its gone before 24 hours. Nitrites keep going up, off the charts again. Ph dropped from 7 to 6.5 yesterday so did a 50% pwc. Trying to keep those nitrites to readable levels is rough. Seems like I have to...

ha thanks everyone for the advice, I cranked the temp up a little more and put a tiny pinch of flakes in. The nitrites have been high for almost two weeks now. A little more waiting can't hurt.

Hey everyone, This may just be my impatience speaking but I'm wondering if I'm doing anything wrong with my cycling. 29 gallon tank Temp - 84 degrees F Artificial plants and decor Air stone running 24/7 As of this morning the water perimeters were: Ph - 7 Ammonia - 0 (added more ammonia to...