Hi,
I have been raising several different types of African Cichlids for several years now, and I have encountered a massive problem. I have a 72 gallon bow front, and my daughter has a 55 gallon standard. Some of her cichlids started dying for no apparent reason, other than her young children had dumped a full can of flakes in the aquarium. She changed the water 4-5 times but all of them died except for her two bristle nose plecos. I took them home and washed them off in water from our sink (well water no chemicals and what I use to change my water with). I put them in my 72 gallon, but they died within two or three days. 4 days later all of my cichlids have started dying and I have lost about 20 fish. I may have a half dozen left. I pulled the best looking ones out, rinsed them and put them in a 29 gallon breeding tank. One of them has died but he wasn’t in great shape. Some of my Demason's have fry in their mouths and they are still alive.
There are no outward signs of disease so I am completely lost as to what is happening.
Thanks
Richard
I have been raising several different types of African Cichlids for several years now, and I have encountered a massive problem. I have a 72 gallon bow front, and my daughter has a 55 gallon standard. Some of her cichlids started dying for no apparent reason, other than her young children had dumped a full can of flakes in the aquarium. She changed the water 4-5 times but all of them died except for her two bristle nose plecos. I took them home and washed them off in water from our sink (well water no chemicals and what I use to change my water with). I put them in my 72 gallon, but they died within two or three days. 4 days later all of my cichlids have started dying and I have lost about 20 fish. I may have a half dozen left. I pulled the best looking ones out, rinsed them and put them in a 29 gallon breeding tank. One of them has died but he wasn’t in great shape. Some of my Demason's have fry in their mouths and they are still alive.
There are no outward signs of disease so I am completely lost as to what is happening.
Thanks
Richard