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The parameters have been off lately, Nitrates are off the charts and PH is low. Heater blew and have not been able to get another one yet..So I have been shuffling the heaters from my other tanks around. They have gotten quite aggresive and as warned have killed off a bunch of my AC's. I am in...

So no one knows anything about Jacks? Shocking!

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 bred yellow labs, guppies and just recently Ngara flamtail peacocks.

will the peacock fry be alright with the yellow fry?

what a team!! LOL

Yellow labs start breeding when they are 2 inches or bigger. Males will have more black on it's anal fin and will get bigger than the females. The male will swim in front of the female and shake like crazy, it is really fun to watch. He will keep doing this until she is ready to breed and then...

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...

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Electric yellows are one of my favorites as well. Take into account that of all my cichlids the yellows labs breed the most. Have a small tank set up if you want these fish as they will breed. I started out with 4 and now have over 20 with more on the way. As stated above they are peaceful and...