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i did a fish in cycle on my 75 but i used 3 yellow labs and water changes water changes and more water changes. i waited about a month before i added more fish just to be safe. only way to get rid of the ammonia is water change and at the beginning i did 50% weekly and i used prime. good luck...

having plants with african cichlids is a bad idea they will shred them, you should get a lot more rock i used field stone or you could get slate or make your own. also make sure you have lots of filtration because you are going to want to over stock

thats one thing i wish i could have afforded to do was black sand and your tank looks great. btw all your pics were visable for me and they looked awsome.

i have a lot of rock and hiding spaces they seem to be doing alright these are pics from yesterday and a bit cloudy from me cleaning the whole tank but the little ones love the 75 gallon!!!!

you think the jewels will mix alright

I have about 14 dems in a 10 gallon grow out tank they are about 3/4"-1" when should i add them to my main and how long does it take them to grow? Next i also have 3 yellow labs in that tank about 1"-1 1/4" when could i add those to my main? in my main i have 1 female acei 3"-3 1/2", 3 yellow...

i keep my malawi tank at 80 degrees faster growth more active and colorful also they breed at 80

aquatop makes decent filters pretty cheap but ultimate filter is a penguin biowheel (LOVE IT)

with africans i would strip them of their eggs but with others idk

my dream tank would be a african cichlid malawi mbuna tank 300 gallon. a couple hundred pounds of rock 3D background and a bunch of cichlids you could have so much color and they have personalities plus they will breed like crazy with the amount of numbers of fish you could have

honestly look into a 29 gallon its 30x12 smaller but big enough to keep a nice school and your buddy could build a stand for that. you could keep 30 inches of fish in total (full size taken in consideration of course) i never really followed rules of stocking limits of course i never went crazy...

if your worried about filtration and you dont have room for it on back of the tank and dont want it on the side, look into aquatop cf series canister filters you could pick one up with uv for like 89-129 bucks not bad and really nice filters i got the cf500uv its great

you need more demasoni anyways they should be in groups of 12+ but i know you cant do that with your tank size and the fish you have so maybe 6-8 more

i have a smaller chip like that on my back corner of my tank havent had any issues set my tank up in december of last year but that seems pretty big can you get a better pic a bit closer

i have one at the top left back corner pointed diagonally across the tank in the same direction as my output of my canister filter and another at the right back corner pointing straight up to the surface about 500-700gph a piece. my mbuna love it

i have a 75 gallon tank, so what i did to start is cut a piece of egg crate for the bottom then set all my base rock up, then added 1/4 tank of water, then added the sand i used 80 lbs of play sand ($8 at home depot, CLEAN WELL), then added the rest of my rock, and then filled with water the...

i have one female acei (nice blue fish), 14 dems (blue w/ light blue vertical stripes), 6 yellow labs 3 ob red zebras, 3 jewels, and 1 Haplochromis sp. "#44" thickskin (yellow/ blue/ red)

stack them so they are stable. cichlids need a switch of structures every once in a while so they find new territories like when you do a big clean monthly/ bi monthly depending on what you do or how stocked you are, re-arrange the rocks/ decor then also if you have new fish to add that would be...

simple formula for finding out your stocking limit is length x with /12 = total inches of fish unless your overstocking and have over kill filtration, excessive water changes, etc buy a 20 gallon you can do a little more the bigger the better in this hobby

ok i have a 75 gallon african tank right now i have 1 female acei, 3 yellow labs, 3 ob red zebra, 1 Haplochromis sp. "#44" thickskin red tail. i met a guy a month ago or so who had a few demasoni broods, jewel cichlid broods, and yellow lab broods the fish were only a half inch long to about an...

a powerhead is a pump which pushes water around the tank type in marineland maxijet 1200 on google that is a power head/circlulation pump cichlids love water flow my filter is pushing 525gph, and i have two powerheads totalling in about 650 gph with all i am doing about 1175gph throughout my 75...

i love my sand i used washed play sand from home depot $4 a 50lb bag, i like the aquatop cf series canister filters they are cheap but push a lot of water and have a lot of room for media, maybe get a power head, and do what you want for lighting cichlids dont care, last lots and lots of rocks

yeah you can see its turning a greyish black color on its sides and its not bright like my other 3 labs

not really he doesnt eat at all and just lingers in different areas always hiding

ph 7.8 ammonia 0.25ppm nitrite 0ppm nitrate 10-20ppm using api fresh water master kit temp is at 80 degrees i am using an aquatop cf500uv canister filter bottom media tray coarse sponge and filter floss, middle 2 media trays fine filter cloth then ceramic rings, and top fine pad w carbon, 2...