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Any luck with the 3rd fry?

So two days in how's it looking today?

How's it looking today?

Well make sure your parameters are ok before you put them back in.

Did you check the ingredients do the formula? I wouldn't think there is anything to toxic. Mostly minerals/metals? If you check your GH regularly compare it. I don't think there would be anything that would kill your bacteria in it. I'm no expert but if your parameters are safe your fish should...

Do a water change and check your parameters. Perhaps dose a little ammonia and check in the morning.

I'm curious to see what you do with the plants. I feel like you will soon be upgrading.

5 Discus 10 Neon Tetras 5 Panda Corys Zebra Pleco Black sand or gravel with a large piece of driftwood off center with minimal plants.

I would try to keep it to fish 5" and under. And if you want demasoni you should stock heavy. They are very aggressive towards there own species and other blue and black stripped fish. I think the ratio is 1m to 6 or 7f.

I'm not sure but it's probably because of the foot print. How long and wide is the tank? It will also give you a little room to grow. Not mixing Labs is most likely due to cross breeding. Unless you have lots of room for fry and when they become adults.

Continue to dose ammonia to 2 or 3ppm every other day to keep your colonies alive. You may want to do a partial water change at least once and keep an eye on your nitrates and nitrites to just to be sure.

http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/cookie_cutter_75g.php This will give you a good place to start. Check out the profiles too. Just remember that Africans all have different personalities. It is very trial and error.

My GF wanted a male beta so I got her one and put it in our 40g community with some mollies and danios without a problem. She then decided she wanted him in a bowl on her desk so I let her try it out. About two weeks in I noticed the water was a little cold and she was also over the bowl changes...

Is it a community tank or a species tank? Are there other fish besides the tetras? With a foot print that small you would probably want to stay with the smaller less aggressive Africans, like Rams or Kribs. African cichlids territory's are established in length and width, so a tall tank isn't...

I've been cycling a 55g for a week now with no change in parameters at all. Temp. 85* pH 8.8 + it could be past the limits of the test Ammonia started at 4ppm, on Wednesday I did a 50% WC to take it down to 2ppm. I was nervous the test could be wrong since it goes from 4 to 8ppm. Nitrates and...