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Just bonded with my boys today, i trained them to take food from my hand and let me pet them. My biggest buy, a red collar of 3 inches is the bravest and would pick and eat pellets from my cupped hand. I first got them to get used to me and used to my food container, they rush to the corner...

so should i rinse under tap or with tank water? some ppl say never rinse with tap while others here do it...

I have 8 small to medium size cichlids in my 55G Hmm im not sure, im using what the kit came with. My filter has been up and running for a month and half now and was wondering if i should do some cleaning...

55 gallon, how often do you suggest i should do it?

I have a Fluval 406, was wondering how often do you guys do maintenance on it, such as rinsing the sponge and replacing carbon/etc?

removing carbon filter does not impact biological bacteria right?

why do you need to remove the carbon before treatment?

what kinda cichlids do you have?

first pic is the blackfin, i assume its male but could be wrong 2nd is OB and ruby 3rd is my red collar and lemon jake in back 4th is the Jake and sulfer head I got a yellow lab and regal but it was to ohard to get a shot of them not darting around

heres my hospital tank setup 10G, tertra 10G HOB 350W (I know overkill) heater

86, i got a extra heater too He should be fine, hes a totally new fish from the day i had him. I honestly didnt think he would survive the first night. Ill try to snap some pics of him

I got him a 10G with a tertra 10G HOB filter. Put in a airstone as well He is doing very well, no more white stringly poop, hes eating and acting like a regular fish. Now i jus thave to address the ICH on him Hes at the home stretch now, i hope he makes a full recovery

I used my main tank's water He took a turn for the worst..i put him in my main tank to see how e would do and ge would just drift and sink...then i discovered a ich spot! Immeditaly put him back on the hospital bucket. Now hes got internal parasites and ich :(

took a turn for the worse, i put him in my main tank to see how he would do...he was the same as before, sinks to the substrate and sits there, while he was sitting and under the LED light, i noticed a ICH spot. Took him out immediate and went back into his hospital bucket. Now i guess ill...

Hes still alive and from the looks of it he could be improving. I did a 90% WC for him today, and afterwards he seemed pretty happy, his breathing slowed down considerably from the last two days. I discontinued treatment today as he has been in Parasite Guard treated water for the last 48...

I did a 90% WC for him today, and afterwards he seemed pretty happy, his breathing slowed down considerably from the last two days. I discontinued treatment today as he has been in Parasite Guard treated water for the last 48 hours but he is still ignoring food. Hes more active and swimming...

but if he is breathing rapdily, no interet in food and spits it out, hides and rest on substrate, lethargic, a rounded stomach...then all these could potentially point to bloat right? Its what i been observing the whole time. He is a bit more active now, but still breathing rapidly and today...

he lost his interest in food. I tried peas and pellets and he eats then spits them out. however he did eat a small piece of the tetra parasite guard that wasnt disolved at the bottom....

Thanks B Ill get a airstone for him I got scared and paraniod because no other fish that i introduced and acclimated behaved like this one. White long string poo, rapid breathing, slightly rounded belly, hiding on bottom. All led for me to believe it was bloat. Like you said, if nothing...

Ok ill feed him some peas today How often can i feed cichlid peas?

he survived the night, I did a PWC change for him today and added Tetra Parasite Guard, my pure metro should arrive by Wed. I soaked pellets in the parasite guard and he ate them. Pooped thin dark poop. Still breathing rapidly, i can see his gills move fast and open/close mouth. Would...

I think its bloat...very thin white poop, slightly buldging stomach on side. I tried feeding him this morning and he would take it and spit it back out...after 3-4 attempts he swallows it. I just dosed his bucket with metro and soaked some pellets in metro. He ate the pellets! Hopefully...

**** i dont have a bubbler or air...ill add some more water for him. Hope he pulls through, ill see if he eats tomorrow.

I had to exchange a yellow female lab for a male today, I also picked up a Black Fin I get home and i acclimate and introduce both the yellow lab and black fin. The yellow lab was at home right away, making friends and exploring. No problems at all The Black Fin started to breath rapdily...

looksl ike ich to me