Recent content by Marylizbella

Hi. The reason the change colors is because of where they live in the wild. They live in caves with cave dwelling catfish. They like to eat the catfishes parasites and also their eggs. So when the catfish are spawning they turn black so the catfish don’t know they are there. They tricky little...

Thanks! Thanks for the advice! But I read online, if you get them hidey holes that it could relive some of the tension and so far, it looks all good. I’ll keep you guys updated as to what happens! And as for disease I’m not really worried about that part, because they are all eating well and...

Nope No, we’ve already had them for a few months now and they’ve grown substantially. And I wouldn’t want to Rehome them... I love them. They’re my fish babies.

Hi! I’m new here and I was wondering if I could get some advice...?! Ok. So I’ve had cichlids before, ok?! But I’ve only had one. (A two year old red zebra(fred) I first had him in a three and half gallon tank, then when he got too big for that we moved up to a six gallon. And now we have him...