Id please

[zhuber]

Chiclids my friends got from a pond his friend was breeding them in

 

[tiger terror]

Have to say sweet fish! Bout all I can say is African by origin,hope someone here can be more exact..

 

[Freakgecko91]

Some kinda Victorian species, not sure on the exact species

 

[zhuber]

Some kinda Victorian species, not sure on the exact species

Can I find them in lfs fairly easily

 

[sicklids808]

Its a burtoni from lake tanganyka

 

[zhuber]

Its a burtoni from lake tanganyka

They easily attainable?

 

[Congoman]

Similar in body shape to a geophagus but the egg spots on the cadual fin tell me rift lake.

 

[PockX]

Wow, very nice. I have not seen any of those around where I live. So I'm not sure if they're rare or not.

 

[zhuber]

Another question got a 55 bored of angels and community how do I make the transition from community to chicilid

 

[PockX]

Another question got a 55 bored of angels and community how do I make the transition from community to chicilid

Just add cichlids. They also are territorial so caves, rocks, etc are needed. Were you thinking africans or americans?

 

[Sillyfishies]

Another question got a 55 bored of angels and community how do I make the transition from community to chicilid

No plants, lots of rocks, some driftwood, preferably Sand.

 

[zhuber]

Just add cichlids. They also are territorial so caves, rocks, etc are needed. Were you thinking africans or americans?

Africans I think

 

[zhuber]

No plants, lots of rocks, some driftwood, preferably Sand.

I already have substrate in there not sand ):

 

[Sillyfishies]

I already have substrate in there not sand ):

They'll do fine if there is no sand... Mine dug borrows and I had giant gravel.

 

[zhuber]

They'll do fine if there is no sand... Mine dug borrows and I had giant gravel.

That's what I have I wish I had sand its so much nicer

 

[DjBootleg]

That's what I have I wish I had sand its so much nicer

Do the swap. It's mad easy. I swapped out gravel to sand in about an hour and a half. With the fish still inside. I have a video on YouTube on how to do this. Forum won't let me post a link. Just YouTube "Switching from gravel to sand with fish in it"

 

[zhuber]

Do the swap. It's mad easy. I swapped out gravel to sand in about an hour and a half. With the fish still inside. I have a video on YouTube on how to do this. Forum won't let me post a link. Just YouTube "Switching from gravel to sand with fish in it"

The fish isn't a big problem cause I'm trading in everything minus the upside down cat two plecos and one clown loach would they be ok with chiclids I know the plecos will

 

[liamy]

Looks like Astatotilapia Calliptera to me, sometimes sold as Haplochromis Calliptera, from Lake Malawi

 

[DjBootleg]

The fish isn't a big problem cause I'm trading in everything minus the upside down cat two plecos and one clown loach would they be ok with chiclids I know the plecos will

The Clown Loach will be ok. How big is the Catfish?

 

[Sillyfishies]

I'm going to put the sand in a bottle, let all the water sink in, flip it upside down, and then pull out all the dirty water.