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Help! I have been struggling with cloudy water for a couple months and now it is green! I change the water once a week but the problem keeps coming back and it gets worse each time. I tried some water clarifiers with no luck. I changed the floss pad in my canister filter and that didn't seem to...

Hey all Do you think a 30 gallon tank is too small for a few Cichlids? I have a 110 gal tank for Africans but my other tank is empty now.

Hey all I have been keeping freshwater fish for up to a year now. I have a 110 with 16 cichlids in it. I am thinking about setting up a 30 gal tank as a FOWLR. I was told that HOB would be ok for saltwater by the lfs. Is the tank too small and would HOB work?

Hi all I have 16 Cichlids and one Pleco in my 110 gal tank. I feel like the more dominant ones get all the food. Is there any way to get food to those who are more timid? I am feeding them New Life Spectrum Cichlid Formula pellets and the occasional frozen brine shrimp. 1) 3 X Hybrid Peacock =...

I have sand substrate instead of gravel but when I try to clean it it gets sucked into the siphon and clogs the hose. My problem right now is murky water after doing a 75% water change. I assume it is the gravel making the water cloudy. I cleaned my Marineland canister filter on my 110 gal tank...

I think one of my Cichlid's is pregnant. It is a White Fin Acei with a large lump on it's underside. I am new to this so I am not sure what to do. The Acei is with 2 others like it and I have around 13 fish in the tank. I have an empty quarantine tank too. Should I put her in there?

Hi all. I recently lost 16 fish and then I found ich on my surviving Plecostomus. I started an ich treatment yesterday and today the Plecostomus was dead. I have 3 guppies, 2 platys, 1 Danio, 1 Minnow all hanging in there. I plan on continuing the ich treatment but I wonder if ich could kill all...

Hey all Well I lost 16 fish over the last 2 weeks. I lost 3 Danios, 1 Gouramis (my favorite), 1 Loach, 1 Cherry barb, 5 Neon Tetras, 2 Minnows, 3 Guppies. They were all in my community tank and I have second tank for Cichlids. At the height of the slaughter my tank temperature was at 85 k and I...

Hello all I recently had a utility sink put in my basement so I can get hard water that bypasses the softener. I took a GH reading from the hard water in the new sink and it went from 1 softened to 17 hard. The PH has not changed, still at 8. Do you think it is safe to do a 50% water change...

I have 15 cichlids in 110 gal tank. They all come to the surface at feeding time except for the Peacock which is the largest fish ( about 6" ). I have been feeding them regular flake food, Cichlid pellets and the occasional frozen brine shrimp. The Peacock sometimes nibbles at the food that...

Well my tank is fully stocked now and it seems rather peaceful. I was told to stick with mbuna for the remaining fish but I couldn't pass this peacock up when I saw him. What a beautiful fish! The biggest in the tank too. I have in a 110 gal: 1 Demasoni 1 Peacock Hybrid 1 Red Peacock...

Hey all I am new to African cichlids and was wondering about their behavior. It seems like they spend a lot of time chasing each other. Is this normal for them or is it a sign of aggression that I should worry about? The biggest fish ( the Peacock ) is about 3.5" and the rest are smaller. In...

My setup. Finally got enough rocks. I left little spaces between the big ones for the fish to swim through. Any thoughts so far?

Hello I need to do my pwc with my fish in the tank. I have a Python system but I was wondering if I could add prime to the tank then fill it up 20% while leaving the fish in. Otherwise I would have to add the prime to the water outside the tank in a bucket (trash can really).

Hello I am working on my hard scape for my cichlids and was wondering if it is ok to lean rocks against the back of the aquarium. I have a 110 gal tank so it needs a lot of rock work. I have egg crate under the sand so I think the bottom is sturdy. Any thoughts. Sent from my iPad using...

Has anyone seen African cichlids spitting out food and then sucking it back into their mouth to spit out again, repeated a few times. Just got my first 4 Africans and they all do this. I am feeding them a pellet food for Cichlids. I have a Red Dwarf Jewel, Peacock hybrid, Demasoni, and Yellow Lab.

Thanks for all the help!!! Bought 4 Cichlids for my new tank. Yellow Lab Demasoni Peacock Jewel Cichlid So far so good!

Hello I am going to a lfs (actually in Milwaukee, one hour away) to buy my first cichlids. Are there any cichlids resources that might help me prepare. Looking for a list of African cichlids. The only fish I know I want is Tropheous Dubosi so I am looking for colorful fish to go with it...

Hello My fish less cycle is complete so I have been adding ammonia each day until I get some fish. I plan on getting my cichlids this Saturday. Is it ok to do a 90% water change on Friday and let it sit overnight with no ammonia added? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

Hello My fish-less cycle is 4 weeks old and I think it is complete. I have been adding ammonia, around 4 ppm, each night and the next night it reads: 0 ammonia, 0 nitrites. The nitrate reading however is at +160. I won't be getting fish until next weekend possibly so should I do a pwc now or...

I am cycling a new 110 gal tank for African Cichlids. The water from my tap has a PH of 8.2 (I think) but the GH is 0. How do I raise my GH levels? Also, is it possible I am not reading the API test for PH correctly? Seems strange that the levels are so lopsided. Here is a pic from tonight:

Anyone else find the API kits hard to read? I can't tell what the color in test tube is with real certainty and I look at color for a living (photo retoucher). Is there another test kit I can get? Sent from my iPad using Aquarium Advice

Might have messed up I am doing a fish less cycle and it seemed I had low Ammonia, Nitrite and Nitrate was at 20 ppm. I did a 90% water change and filled the tank 20% before I added Prime with the filter off. I added ammonia once the tank was full, up to 2 ppm. Now my readings a day later are...

Hello I have 2 tanks, 30 gal and 110 gal. The 30 I have had for 6 mo with fish in it. The 110 is a new tank that I am cycling. I seem to have different GH readings in each tank. The 30 has a reading of 11 where as the 110 is at 0-1. The tap water is the same in both so it must be something...

Hello I started my fish-less cycle in my 110 gallon tank about 3 weeks ago. I finally got my Ammonia down to .25 ppm, Nitrite is 0 ppm, and Nitrate is around 40 ppm. Is it time for a water change and at what percent? Curious