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Thanks Andrew

Thanks a lot for you're help!! Is it ok to do a water change??

Around about 4.5 - 5 inches

I think my cichlids are breeding??!! I have a pair of pseudotropheus crabro (bumblebee cichlids) and I noticed the male and female doing a bit of a dance about a week ago, and they would both circle and try to eat something from each others tail repeatedly. Now , and since then the female is not...

Thanks heaps for the info guys, ill try out what ur saying. At the moment I clean my filters out every 4 weeks, but never at the same time, so I always have 2 weeks bio load in at least one filter, if u get what I mean. Maybe I should start cleaning them both every 2 weeks?

I was afraid this might have been the answer. Since I don't really want to get rid of any of my fish, I guess I'm going to have to increase the amount of water changes I do? Would the addition of live plants help?

Hi all, I've got a 55 gal tank with 12 assorted African cichlids in it, 2 clown loaches and 1 syn pleco. I currently do a 50% water change weekly and check water parameters quite regularly also, but I am finding it very hard to keep nitrate levels below 40ppm. For filtration I have 1 x eheim...

Thanks for the info guys, I think I will get a uv steriliser even though some of you don't think I should, all valid points. That's what I love about AA, some many valid opinions to help me out on decisions. Thanks again guys!