Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / April 2004

Actually, my fish are not cichlids, they are local wild fish.
I've got two tanks that are fully cycled with ammonia and nitrites safely
under control. Nitrates are also within acceptable range. Besides the water
being a little hard and some variations on alkalinity, everything is ...

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i've tried 3-4 different brands of cichlid food, currently hikari
cichlid staple.  my oscares seem less than impressed, only a  couple
bites eaten it seems.  what can i use/try?  they all loved the flakes.
but that seems a poor choice.

I just picked up an Elipsifer Eel (Tanganyikan Eel) at a local fish store. I
have not been able to find much information on them other then some tidbits
like this.
http://www.ohiexchange.com/armke/fishpages/fpage_aethiomast_elipsifer.html)

In the past 3 months, I have had 2 firemouth cichlids die.  One was
several 2 years old and one was 1 year old.  I am wondering if there
might be something wrong with my water.  I have tested the water this
morning, after finding my firemouth dead, to find the following:

I've put up a page with my current photo gallery of my similis tanks and
their fry. I got some good photos with my new digital camera in macro mode
which motivated me to post the pictures. Later on, I'll make a more
detailed breeding tank style page.

Go to
http://www.geocities.com/starkmaynard8642/jack_dempsey_cichlid.html
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rosebud:
I try to keep a resonable tank for our chiclids.  The ammonia level
seems to be stayin at a level of between 0-1ppm.  My assumption is
that this a good level.  But I wonder sometimes if it should be

I bought a Jack Dempsey cichlid from PetsMart last week. At the store,
he was yellow with a black lateral line. When the lady netted him, his
yellow changed to dark gray, and he got black bands on him. Looks just
like a convict. I have had him for a week, and he still hasn't changed

Hau kolas..
Question for the experts..had a two-inch female M. auratus get pretty
thoroughly torn up by a larger male M. auratus two days ago..long story
short she has pretty nasty looking fin damage, including most of her tail

A story and then some questions...
So I have a 55 gallon tank, 3 red zebras, 3 blue socolofi(sp) and 2
yellow (forget the names, you cichlid folks know the ones).  First
time with these cichlids, had them for a few months now, have done

I've  got a trio of red empress. 1 male and 2 females as far as I can see.
The male is very nicely coloured, a brilliant metallic blue head with a deep
red body. He's about 4-5 inches long, and he's dug himself a large breeding
pit in my 120g tank. he defends it with gusto. But he's ...

Anyone have one/them?? Any input, thinking of a single JD in a 30.... I said
thinking about it..
There are some shops around town that have them for a 1.5" gorgeous colored
JD for $30... but dang, that's $30.... I thought I'd wait a while and let

   I have one gorgeous big gold, and one green severum that matured
together and finally paired off to mate. The gold lays eggs.... they both
tend them. 3-4 tries and no spawn. I separate them for awhile. Lo and behold
the green one lays eggs while alone. They are both obviously ...

Is it ok to house a butterfly fish & 6 inch Oscar together? TIA.
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