Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / December 2004

just got two blue rams and am having a hard time getting them to eat as the
rest are, is there a natrual food source that they would relish ?
55 gallon
heavily planted

Hau kolas..quick question..short of snails, can someone reccommend any
readily available algae-eaters for a malawai tank (75 gallon) in the
"aggressive" ;) category? Plecos are apparently not an option..tank
dominaters will kill these. Removing the dominaters will not help..these ...

How many times per day do you think I should feed young Mbuna's?  There are
14 in the tank.
I have been feeding them maybe 3 - 4 times a day, with only enough food for
them to have it all eaten within a minute.

Okay, I know convicts are holy terrors and breed like rabbits but my 3
convicts are doing nicely in my 50 gallon tank with 2 clown loaches and
a pleco.
So, what other fish could I add that would be okay in this tank. I

I removed a male and a female convicts for two weeks. This is because they
breed all the time, and defend 1/3 of the tank (120 g). Well, I put them
back yesterday, and guess what, they went right back to the same spot --  
defending it again. There are about 20 hiding places, and ...

This was very bad.How can I make a fishtank cat-proof?
My cats are very very clever and are not easy to fool ...

Anyone care to identift these juvenile cichlids?
http://www.cutecats.co.uk/cichlids.jpg
I am wondering what these are, I have 10 in total, a few of each in the
picture.

I have Scianochromis ahli and Otopharynx lithobates in one tank.
Could they make babies together?
Regards
Thomas

was wondering if it was okay to give my oscars bologne...because my nephew was eating a bologne sandwitch(no mayo) and he held the bolongne over the opening and they jumped up and grabed it....i wont be a staple diet...was jus wondering wil it do any harm...its the OSCAR meyer ...

On Dec 22 I am having a water softner installed.  I had 14 grain hardness.
What would be the best method to acclimate the fish to the new softer water
condition, or should I use the hard water from an unconditioned outside cold
faucet to service the tank with.  Since it will be the ...

I presume they are easier to keep than Discus?
The aquarium is a Juwel Vision 260 (260 UK Litres).
A few newbie questions if that is OK.
1:  I medium sized Pebble substrate in the aquarium, will this suffice?

Hi all;
   Well, 10 days later and after my angels ate all of their eggs, they're
spawning again today.  But this time, I took the leaf and put it in a
breeding net.  I'll keep everyone posted.

is it possible to house other fish with these guys?  i work at a local fish
store and ive gotten the impression that these guys are the nastiest.  one
guy brought in his 8 inch tiger tilapia with 2-12 inch channel catfish, they
were all housed together in a 75 and the reason he ...

Should water tests be read with a light shining through it, and held up
against the white part of the card, or in shadow, held up against the white
part of the card?

I'm in the planning stages of setting up a 55 gallon tank in which I
would like to keep some Mbuna.  Out of the tap, my water has a pH of
8.2, so my research indicates that should be good for Mbuna without
having to adjust the pH.  I'm thinking of getting an Eheim 2126