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I have a german blue ram that has been an inhabitant of my tank for several months now, and for the past week or so has been showing signs of illness. I have done daily 25-50% water changes to see if there would be any improvement in her condition. Unfortunately, it has only worsened, and went...

Are there any treatments that you know of that can be used in the tank to prevent the death of the female? (if it was indeed a parasite) I know that GBR are delicate, so I've been apprehensive about using anything.

Well he died... : ( I have had him for about 4 months or so... And I did about 50% water changes at least once a week.

Will someone please just respond? He's looking very poor, and my fiancee is freaking out. He keeps "falling over" but then quickly rights himself back up-right. It appears that there may be something protruding from between his anal and pelvic fins. (not poop btw)

He is looking quite bloated as well... the tank mates, a female GBR, and 4 neons are fine.

Okay, so I've had a GBR with fin rot for a few weeks now and I've been doing (almost) daily 25-50% PWC along with an addition of stress coat+. He hasn't been getting any bettor however and today he's been literally just resting on the bottom. (not sideways, but still, resting) Is there ANYTHING...

Old thread, but doodle, he already said that the biggest tank he can get is a 29g... Try to make sure you read all the previous comments before answering a question... That way you know you aren't giving any inapplicable advice. ~Kaden

Oh, it's fine Carey, just wanted to clarify. They're from SA, and yes, are definitely as colorful as mbunas and other African cichlids, just typically more in the red range of colors. Look up Apistogramma cacatuoides, or Mikrogeophagus ramirezi. There are lots of them that pop up in google image...

Lol... that was a lot of specifications... I'm not quite sure what to tell you at the moment, and I need to go, but I can help later if someone else doesn't before I'm back. Just keep in mind, the "Apisto" group encompasses the Apistogramma genus, as well as several others... It is just a...

They're typically extremely sensitive to pH and nitrates... I would recommend getting your tank well established before adding any dwarf cichlids.

Dwarf cichlids aren't some sort of mutated "miniature" they're just different species which don't get as large... lol...

I'm a little prejudiced when it comes to tank size. I will always tell people that smaller will work, but as everyone else says (and I agree) bigger, haha, is almost always better. Keep up with water changes, and make sure they don't feel like a cat living in a shoe box, and they'll be fine. :)

Haha, Appistos are quite different than what Cary here is describing however... They don't get very large (usually 3 inches) and some species (as I said) can be kept without incident with a variety of other fish. Whereas with African cichlids even if you only use cichlids from the same lake...

If you're looking for cichlids that you can actually keep with other fish, you're going to want to go with Apistogramma species... (or similar dwarf cichlids)

Sorry.. Didn't mean that to sound harsh, but yeah, corys and cichlids would in general be a really bad idea... Depending on the cichlids I suppose.

The short answer is yes. :)

Thanks so much guys! ~Kaden

Two weeks after I start seeing the fry? Or two weeks from now?

-2 Mikrogeophagus ramirezi -6 Paracheirodon innesi

Well... First off (as a keeper of mbuna) I just want to say that that 125 is going to be awesome. :) But from there... I have to say I definitely wouldn't keep an Arowana with mbuna. Not that I know they wouldn't get along or anything... just simply because Arowana and mbuna require drastically...

Interesting... I'll have to look into that... Haha, the LED strips that I bought were $50 a piece... lol