Recent content by nautilus83

I have a 29 gallon tank with a blue zebra mbuna, a golden mbuna, and a jewel cichlid. All of them are about a year old. The jewel cichlid doesn't seem to care about the mbunas. It turned bright red and laid eggs once, but even then it wasn't overly aggressive. The two mbunas are a different...

I had a sick fish that I was trying to execute. I made a thread about it a while back. Anyway, I decided to put it in a fish bowl and added half a bottle of hydrogen peroxide. After several minutes, I checked on it and it was still alive. It had bubbles all over it, but it was still...

Because freshwater aquariums are cheaper than saltwater aquariums, because cichlids are beautiful fish, and saltwater tanks are too much trouble.

I just read somewhere that you can buy stuff at the pharmacy for toothaches that has clove oil in it. Some people use that.

Can't you just put him in a bowl of his own water (room temperature) and stick him in the freezer for a few hours? It seems like that would be more comfortable since he would freeze gradually than shocking him by throwing him in frigid water.

What are some good ways to kill your fish if they get sick? One of mine is bobbing around at the surface, stomach side up. He looks like he is suffering and about to die. One idea I've had is to turn on the garbage disposal in my sink and throw him in there. It would be an instant death...