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After googling the issue it seems this is a pretty common thing they do to show their male dominance

My yellow lab gets a black coloration between his mouth and eye area. The dark color seems to fade from faint to dark. Water params are perfect.

How about a chewere or a Labeotropheus trewavassae 'chismulu red' I had a female demasoni that did ok but she kept havn babies so i gave her away. Would a male work?

How about mixing labs? Someone told me they would fight each other.

I have a 50g tank that has been set up for 6 months and running smoothly. currently I have 2 yellow labs, 2 red zebras, 1 yellow tail, 2 mainganos, 1 mpanga. All Males..and I'd like to keep it that way! Looking to add a few more fish. Open for suggestions. red top afra green afra really like...

Had thus fish a couple weeks. Noticed light colored area under its mouth and chin area. Fish acts healthy but I dont remember seeing these patches before. Could this just be normal coloration b

I would keep dosing your tank. Do water tests daily. If your ph is stable 3 or 4 days then I would add fish. Kh strip tests may not be real accurate but they're probably good enough. You just wanna know what ballpark you're in. You dont have a water softener on your house do you?

Adding fish will not affect your ph. You really need to figure out why your tank ph is so much diff than tap. Personally I would do as large a pwc as possible and check your tank ph for a few days to make sure its stable. Keep dosing ammonia to keep your bb alive.

That seems low for most tap water. If your ph is stable then you are fine. Some people doing fishless cycles have ph problems towards the end. A 90% pwc usually solves the problem. I would test your tap water ph and kh. They should be very close to your tank water

I would test kh and ph of your tap water. As long as you do weekly pwc your tank water will stay close to your tap water. If your tap has low buffers (kh) then you will probably have to treat your water to keep your ph stable. You can buy an api kh test bottle by itself.

Mine zeroed in a 36 hr period so I dont think its unusual to drop that fast. I would still suggest you check your buffers. Its critical that your ph be stable and your buffer level is what stabilizes it. Check your tap water

Wish I could get the female out but I would probably have take out all of the stones to net her

Well now what. I thought I had an all male tank. I dont want babies! Whats gonna happen when she spits em

Mouth looks funny. Pics are if 2 different labs un my tank. I hav a video but cant figure how to upload

I would test your kH of your tap water to see how your buffers are. Changing pH is tricky and very stressful to fish

There needs to be an ammonia source or your bacteria will die

Shell. How much salt did you use in the qt?

I set up my daughters 3g betta tank last night and dosed ammo to 1ppm and put in a whole used filter cartidge from my 50g tank. Just dropped filter in the tank. She has a small air operated filter on her tank. This am ammo was 0. So I suspect this tank will cycle quickly! How long should I...

Hav you changed your filter media since tank started? I can't explain this but I changed my first hob at 1 month and ammo went to 0 within 2 days. 3 weeks later I changed my second hob and nitrites went to 0 within 2 days. Could be coincidence but who knows. You would think changing filter...

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My daughter will probably want another. I have a 50g mbuna tank myself. I filled her tank with straight hot tap water about 135 deg and 1/4c salt. 3g tank. Let it soak for a couple hours then rinsed and set everything out to dry. The tank hadnt cycled so I didnt care about starting over.

Do you use salt in your tank and how much? I've been using 1 tbs per 5 gallon on pwc. Will this help prevent ich? My daughter lost a betta to ich in her 3g tank yesterday. Just got me thinkin