Recent content by gauriemma

Well it sounds like your tank is big enough i have a fire eel with mine and love him. You really need to have a tight lid as they are escape artist. They are hard to find and expensive also. I think he would be fine with them. Should have alot of hiding for them too. My mbunas dont mess with...

A 29 gallon sounds perfect to me its only 30 1/4 L x 12 1/2 W x 18 3/4 H.

Wow sorry to hear that. Well your on the right track as far as using all the material in the tank for the bacteria. 1st i would research and find a GOOD local fish store. Sometimes you can get some seeded media to help with cycle. Most cycles can take 4-6 weeks sometimes more. Its kinda the...

ok cool thanks guys. Is ok to have 2 females and 1 male. I have a yellow one also. I just love the white one shes a beauty.

i thought this is a female. i know i have a male and a female also. But this one is ice white with black stripes no yellow at all? let me get my real camera and take a better pic.

Ok heres a pic of a new i think mbuna cichlid. I got him or her from the fish store because ive never seen one. They didnt even know what it was. Its ice white with stripes going down the side like a female auratus. Pic from phone and shes fast. New rearranged tank pic again phone pic better...

Yeah nothing on chin suggestion babies. no bloating skin is great she looks perfectly normal.

So i have about 10 other malawi umbuna cichlids for about 1 month. They all get along as good as cichlids do. No real bullies yet, they are still small 1 1/2" to 2". But the past few days this one has been alone and not eating. Shes swimming fine, no marks,spots etc looks healthy. Tank is a 55...

Ok thanks hope i didnt do any thing wrong. I reread the rules.

Only about 2 1/2" at the deepest not alot thats why i like these so much its not taking all the tank space up.

I bought like 5 3d backgrounds they are made of foam aquarium safe and some are made of a composite material really nice i only used 1 of them. They are extremely light and have magnets on back of hard composite ones, the foam ones are bendable and need to me siliconed on back of aquarium. I...

video for id ing cichlids :: GEDC0745.mp4 video by vettekingz06 - Photobucket

I have 11 small cichlids and think i have id'd most of them just want to get some help from some more experienced people. Please watch video in next post to help i could only put 8 pics here i have 11 fish. I really cant figure out the white ones there are 2 albinoes of some sort, 1 has orange...

Sorry about the late passing fishy. Lady Alia can you tell me what kind of fish the one in your avatar is. Hope im not being rude.

ok i see not a bad idea ill give it a try. Thanks