Pet Forum / Aquaria / Cichlids / December 2005

I have a pair of Firemouth Cichlids that have spawned twice. The parents
were good in leading their little troop around the tank. The fry do well
for about a week, and then all of a sudden, they're all gone. I don't
know if they aren't feeding and dying or if the parents are ...

I want to setup a 48G tank with a Severum as the main attraction.  What
dither fish can I add in with it?  Can I put Zebra Danios or Blennies?  Or
will it pretty much kill those?

I just shelled out $20 at the LPS for a smallish piece of driftwood, in the
forlorn idiots hopes that such an expensive piece would not give me the sort
of problems that found driftwood potentially usually has, namely
contamination, floating, and discoloration of the water.  Well I ...

Looking for the software for a used Hanna Turtle, HI9815.
thanks

I currently have 2 oscars both approx, 1 year old. so about 8 inches
each, and 1 pl*co @ 12".  The LFS i just went to has 3 large oscars, he
didnt know much about them, but the ranged from about 6" to 10". From
other pics I've seen they seem to be a more wild breed.  I have a 125

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i was out of town for a week, and had a non-fish friend taking care of
the feeding...
when i got home, both my green severum and my jelly bean cichlid had
these TERRIBLE-looking white wounds on their foreheads...  it's almost

My convict cichlids lay about 50 eggs a month but they end up eating al
of them. How can i prevent them from eating their own babies. I fee
them extra food when they have babies just so that they don't ea
them,but it's not working. I always thought convict cichlids take ver

Hi folks.  I have a planted tank w/ hiding spaces containing about 12-15
tetras, a few otto cats,a pair of German blue rams and a pair of
Apistogramma cacatuoides.   These bully my  poor blue rams chasing them away
from the front of the tank.  The rams have lost their nice color ...

75 gal setup for sale asking $250 - or make an offer, includes all of the
following:
 a.. 75 gal tank
 b.. 2 Emperor filters (400 & 250)

I just noticed today that one of my ram seems to have some sort of
swelling above his mouth.  Unfortunatley, he's still a little guy, and
I couldn't say for sure how long he's had it---or if he's even had it
for all of the 2 months or so that I've had him.

I'm a relatively new discus keeper and I don't know if I have a problem or
not, but my discus appear to be itchy...  They are constantly rubbing their
eyes against the plant leaves...  The will swim up and flick themselves
against plant leaves or the driftwood...  I don't know if ...

I've got some fish for whom a sand substrate is reccomended (Geophageous,
African Peacocks) but I have always found in the past that sand inevitably
gets into the impellers for power filters and / power heads, destroying
them.  1) Is this  the case or am I doing something wrong, and ...

My convicts eggs have hatched. I'm hatching brine shrimp eggs to feed
them and have removed all the other cichlids from the tank other than
the parents. The yolk sacks are still attached to the fry so I haven't
put any baby brine shimp in the tank yet. I am relatively new with

My male jade and female convict have bred and are now guarding the fry
religiously which is cool :)
was wondering if the fry themselves will be able to breed when they
mature, or are they sterile like a mule? cannot find any info on the