Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / November 2003

Earlier thsi week I posted a message about my LFS identifying a fish
incorrectly that I had bought, I went back and now confirmed what it
should be, which is a Pseudotropheus magpie. I cannot find out
anything about this fish. Has anyone out there ever come across it?

Can anyone tell me what kinda cichlis these are ?
http://www.kevincaughey.com/images/fish/1.jpg
http://www.kevincaughey.com/images/fish/3.jpg

I purchased a new Ebo Jager TS heater (250W, 105 gallon tank) - I've got the
heater set to bring the tank to 79.5 degrees - I'm used to seeing heaters
run (the red light stays on) until the tank is at the desired temp, then
cycle on and off as necessary - this heater is cycling on ...

So I happen to another tank ..... that I  am going to use for a hospital or
feeder tank.
so I pulled out some gravel from my big tank (55) becuase even though I have
live plants I got WAY to much gravel in there....

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I'm trying to take some photos of my Africans - are there any tips or any
useful websites? Is there any way to take clear pictures without waiting for
ages for them to stay still?
TIA.

I have an Angel in a small tank (about 40 litres) and a couple of baby
Electric Yellows.
About six or eight weeks ago I dropped a large sharp rock on him and took a
chunk of skin off him about 1.5 cm wide.

It seems to have on their bodies and some parts of their bodies now..
I give them live feed what should I do ? Advise. Is that a disease ?
They look like some dust like white... very very tiny. The other
fishes do not seems affected in a 29 Gallon tank.

I have a 150gal with 32 mixed-lake africans.  Over the course of the
last year and 1/2, I had 6 of them die on me out of the blue.  At any
point when any one of the 4 dies, all the others are still healthy.
The symptoms are basically spitting out food, fins are frayed &

do labidochromis have teeth?  I've just noticed today that mine seem to have
little red teeth, around 1/2 - 1 mm long.   I never noticed them before,
they are red and spikey.. maybe they ate something red and it showed up the
teeth? I just want to make sure it's not a parasite or ...

we are new, i am, to fish anyhow and i would like to know if its sensible to
mix a black angel and two malawis in the same tank. ive heard that angels
are cichlids and shoudl be fine, then i heard not. who do i trust and who is
right? anyone who has some constructive criticism, ...

hi guys, I got a 5 inch E. yellow a couple of days ago from the fish shop. I
think it is a female.   It is not in very good shape.
when it hovers still in the water it is not quite horizontal, it's head is
higher than its tail, on  a ~ 25-30 degree angle. It also uses it's "cheek

Does anyone have any recommendations for where to get some live food
cultures.  I am looking for Microworms, Grindal Worms, and White
Worms.
Thanks!

I kept planted tanks with small tetras and killies successfully
before. Now I am turning my attention to keeping large cichlid
like Texas Cichlid or Midas singly in a 70 gallon tank.
I had a Flower Horn in a 3-feet tank and boy, does he put out

One of  my red peacocks will occasionally stop where he is, and extend all
his fins to the fullest while opening his mouth really wide, all for just a
second and then he carries on.
What's that mean? I haven't seen any of the rest do that.