ive never had so many issues as i have this time with cichlids or fish in general...i use to have cichlids and i've got all of the same ones i did before..with the exception of one..ive had them for about a month..friday night i bought two more acei to go with the one i already have..i noticed the same night the one acei with his nose up to the top of the water..and his back tail is half gone..not sure if i bought him that way..or if he got injured when i was releasing him from the bag..i have a certain way of doing it to prevent them from getting stuck in the back..but it happened that night..i've dumped him in another tank which is only suppose to be for guppies..thankfully havent got yet..but will tuesday or wednesday..so i have no idea what to do with him..i've pegged my bumble bee the aggressor..i cant seem to part with him...i loved him when i got him..he was the darkest one in the tank...didnt know they changed colors...i even asked about it here cause he lightened up a lot..3 of the cichlids must have grown an inch cause they are an inch at least bigger then the others...i've thought about seeing if petsmart would switch for a smaller...i dont know if he's attacking my other fish thus resulting in casualties (then death) or not...my water from testing looks good...plenty of rocks etc..although ive been trying to find more lava rock and cant seem to find them without either being fake or costing me a fortune..or something that kinda goes with it...also do corys go with my african cichlids..i bought 3 and down to 1...i dont know if they've picked on them or not..they've never been bottom dwellers..they've always been crazy around my tank..and love my bubble wall...
i guess i really have no point to this post...i've rewritten this twice cause i didnt want it to be so long..i've had so many deaths..and not sure what the cause is..if its just from one of my cichlids or that i'm getting them from petsmart or what..
i guess i really have no point to this post...i've rewritten this twice cause i didnt want it to be so long..i've had so many deaths..and not sure what the cause is..if its just from one of my cichlids or that i'm getting them from petsmart or what..