Search results

Anyone know what fish this is.

Anyone know what this fish is. Looks like its from lake tang with the tropheus in background.

I'm selling my all male haps and peacocks tank. I ve had them along time and become frustrated with the constant fighting because of lack of females. Lol. I was toying with the idea of either going saltwater or an all tropheus tank. The look of saltwater speaks for itself but will cost a small...

I'm selling my all male haps and peacocks tank. I ve had them along time and become frustrated with the constant fighting because of lack of females. Lol. I was toying with the idea of either going saltwater or an all tropheus tank. The look of saltwater speaks for itself but will cost a small...

Im thinking about changing from African cichlids to saltwater and in the process of collecting as much information as possible before the change. I popped into my LFS to ask about how to mature using live rock. The guy said you can either buy cured or non cured rock. He recommended non cured...

Hi. I currently have a 240 litre tank containing all male malawi cichlids. I ve always wanted to keep marine fish, so I ve decided that after I get married in June I'm going to make the plunge. In order to gain as much knowledge as possible between then and now I ve been reading as much on the...

What you think???? Opinions please.

I'm in the process of clearing my 4ft Malawi tank of fish I don't want so I can try other types. I bought a 2ft tank in order to hold the fish till I can find a suitable buyer. I know the tank is small but so are the Malawi I'm selling. Problem is the fish in the 2ft tank seem to be scared. They...

Hi, I ve got a 4ft tank at home which I house Malawi peacocks and haps. I ve watched a few people's videos on YouTube with them showing their own tanks off and they keep harping on about having a power head in the tank. What are the benefits to keeping a power head and is it worth investing.

Hi can anyone help. I was watching my fish last night and all of a sudden my frontosa went mad. He was swimming as fast as he could and was bouncing off rocks and the side of the tank. He then started doing what looked like somersaults. I took him out of the tank for fear the other fish would...

Hi all I ve wants to have an all male peacock set up for ages and I ve decided to take the plunge. Problem is I ve got female peacocks and mbuna in the tank at the min. What should I do? Jut start buyin males and leave the females and mbuna in or get rid of them.

What's the best flake for peacocks in the uk? Name and brand please.

Asked this question on another thread about removing nitrate s from my tap water (my tap water contains 20ppm nitrates) has anyone heard anything abut purigen? What it does how it works???

Hi all I ve had problems with my fish not growing and colours looking bland for a while. I ve been pulling my hair out to say the least. I feed them often with good flake food, do weekly 50% water changes and got three filters running simultaneously. After starting numerous threads on here to...

hi all. i currently have a 4ft 65gal tank at home. i have a mixture between malawi haps and peacocks and they seem to coexist together. problem is i havent seemed notice much growth in the majority of the cichlids even though i v had them for 6 month. is this normal? the fish that arent growing...

Hi all I got my first tank about 10 months ago after years of waiting and have not regretted it one bit. I can still remember going to my first LFS and been like a kid in a candy store. Every Malawi cichlid I liked the look of I bought. Lol. As a consequence I ve got a very varied tank. My...

I have a 65 gal tank at home with a fluval 305 filter and two u3 filters running, I also do large regular water changes. How many Malawi cichlids do you think I could keep???

Is it possible to keep just male aulonocaras? Or do you always need females?

In my Malawi cichlid tank I current have a wall of ocean rock spanning from one end of the tank to the other. I'm really happy with the setup. The problem is I really like my rocks to be clean, I don't like brown and green algae growing on the rocks and have to remove different rocks every...

At what size should a red empress start showing his colours. I ve bought 3 today and I'm worried they re all females.

I know there will be different time limits depending on each individual fish and type, but on average how long does it take the average Malawi cichlid to reach adult hood?

Here is a video of my mixed Malawi cichlid set up. What do you think???

Here is a video of my 240 litre tank containing my mixed Malawi cichlids. What do you think???

YouTube

Hi guys. I ve currently got a mixed Malawi tank at home with approximately 30 fish. I ve got 4 male peacocks and about 10 females. All the fish are doing fine. However, apart from one of the males the colours are not great, they have coloured fins but stripped body's similar to the females. I...