Dwarf Cichlids!

[Fishman007]

Have you ever bred rams before? I would use the 20g if you haven't.

I have had some but not bred them, the two 20s are going to be SW so i am going to use the 10.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

A pair is doable in a 10. Keep up with water changes and you should be good

 

[bshenanagins]

A pair is doable in a 10. Keep up with water changes and you should be good

I also advocate some floating plants like water sprite to suck up all the nitrogen waste that accumulates in smaller tanks. I have a 5 gallon chi that is very clean due to a nice ball of water sprite and some Anubias. I have one 5 watt LED overhead with a concentrated lens and the plants are doing well nice and green.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Did you know they make fake floating plants?! I have some lol

 

[bshenanagins]

Did you know they make fake floating plants?! I have some lol

Lol, wow.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

hahaha I have lots of open top tanks, and it helps prevent my dithers from jumping! plus fake duckweed looks cool.

 

[Fishman007]

Is duck weed good? My lfs has tones... Camt find water sprite near me

 

[CanadianWaters]

Hey guys you might remember when I posted about the pair of Cacautoids I got? Probs not.
Anyway, the male is really struggling and is just lying on his side on the bottom, can't swim around even though he tries. Any help would be awesome... I started a thread in the Unhealthy section already but thought I would get more responders here.

29 Gallon Long
Amm=0
Nit=0
Nat=5-10

 

[CanadianWaters]

That's ok guys...he didn't make it through the night...all I found was his spine on the sand.

 

[bshenanagins]

Is duck weed good? My lfs has tones... Camt find water sprite near me

Any floating plants are beneficial. Duckweed is easy to maintain so yes it's a good choice requires pretty much no maintenance just some light

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Hey guys you might remember when I posted about the pair of Cacautoids I got? Probs not. Anyway, the male is really struggling and is just lying on his side on the bottom, can't swim around even though he tries. Any help would be awesome... I started a thread in the Unhealthy section already but thought I would get more responders here. 29 Gallon Long Amm=0 Nit=0 Nat=5-10

What's your ph? Water temp? How did you acclimate?

 

[CanadianWaters]

My PH is 7.5-7.8

My temp is higher right now bcuz I'm treating for ich, but he never showed any symptoms

He's been in the tank for a month now so I don't acclimation was the issue

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

Apistos don't do well with salt or high temperatures. also ich infects the gills long before it shows on the scales. It could be either. I'm guessing heat and salt.

 

[CanadianWaters]

I wasn't adding any salt, I am treating with jut heat. Anyways I'm not sure if it was ich because the night before he died he was having trouble staying upright as if there was a swim bladder issue, but that wouldn't prove fatal so quickly would it?
Thanks for responding so quickly!

 

[CanadianWaters]

I wasn't adding any salt, I am treating with jut heat. Anyways I'm not sure if it was ich because the night before he died he was having trouble staying upright as if there was a swim bladder issue, but that wouldn't prove fatal so quickly would it?
Thanks for responding so quickly!

On second thought: does this species have a minimum amount of time the tank has been set up before adding them? Like I have always found that people suggest having a mature tank before adding GBRs? I never saw this for these guys but could that be a possibility? I added them after the tank had been cycles for 1.5 months.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

No fish has a minimum tank time, it just makes it easier since your bio filter will be more mature. What were your tank temps? And I have never heard someone treat with just heat I'm pretty sure you need both.

 

[Zinnib123]

My baby

 

[CanadianWaters]

Tank temp is around 87-89 F.

There's a fair bit of info online about solely using heat and it was advised to me on this site because of I have some less salt tolerant fish.

I don't know but the female appears totally fine through this all.

 

[TheCommunityCichlid]

That's your killer IMO. Apistos don't do well in temperatures above 80 let alone pushing 90.

 

[Fishman007]

Any floating plants are beneficial. Duckweed is easy to maintain so yes it's a good choice requires pretty much no maintenance just some light

Is there any bigger floating plant like a lily pad that is easy to grow?