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 The Mother is Back!!! [message #10697] |
Tue, 09 February 2010 21:13 |
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I have moved sense the last time I was here for more then a quick check in, but I'm a full time student now in school for teaching. I will recieve my BA in education in 2012 and my MA in education in 2013. I did have to downsize my 125 gal 45 or so african cichlids to a 55 gal. I currently have 7 African cichlids and 3 catfish, one of which I am trying to get rid of. It's an upside down catfish and leaches on to my speckled pleckos as well as my Ralph catfish. As beautiful as he is, he is just more of a problem than I want to deal with. A woman has offered a trade with me but wanted to get your opinion on this particular fish. I don't know anything about this one. Its a tilapia African cichlid, in her words. I just pasted what she said. It seems to me there are several kinds of fish with the tilapia name, one of which is a dwarf. The others I couldn't find much out except for the latin name was a little different in the end. Can you help me out. Any info on it would be helpful and as quickly as possible. I can be found on facebook. Just do a search for RohndaPag@yahoo.com. I never use that email as it's just for facebook, but you or anyone else can find me there most of the day in and out. I will start tomorrow going through some of the site's comments and questions and hopefully I haven't forgotten to much. I hope all is well with you and your hubby.
Please come visit me at www.facebook.com RohndaPag@yahoo.com
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| Topic: New Website |
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| New Website [message #10676] |
Sat, 02 January 2010 16:21 |
 jackf 
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Jack Freiberg discovered A.jacobfreibergi. His new website is telling of his adventures in Africa. New chapters will be added monthly. There are photos, tips and you can email questions to him. Visit www.african-fish-adventures.com
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| Topic: Tank Issues - PLEASE READ/HELP!!! |
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| Tank Issues - PLEASE READ/HELP!!! [message #10584] |
Fri, 04 September 2009 13:26 |
jenn0024
Messages: 2
Registered: August 2009
Location: East Setauket, Long Islan... |
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Hello, everyone!
My husband and I are new tank owners. We have a 90 gallon freshwater tank with 7 fish, artificial plants, several hiding caves, towers, logs & gravel substrate. The tank has been up and running for a little over two weeks. We started out with 5 fish two days after setting up the tank, and then added two more fish about a week ago.
This morning, the Ammonia was .50, Nitrate was 20, Nitrite 0, and Ph was 7.4 (this number has been fluctuating between 7.4 and 7. , we add a teaspoon of lake salt every day. We added stabilizer (we put a capfull in every other day) this morning. We feed the fish once per day in the evening.
Everything seemed to be going along ok until a couple of days ago. We started noticing cloudiness in the tank. Every time we try to call the aquarium where we purchased everything, they either don't call us back, they try to sell us something or we end up talking to some kid who really doesn't sound like they know what they're doing.
We don't want our tank to be someone else's science experiment - we want to get it right the first time. We fully expect to end up losing some fish, but don't want them ALL dead either.
To be honest, we're really not sure what we're doing. We've been trying to read up on things, but we're still at a bit of a loss. My husband would really love to be able to just talk to someone who is either a breeder or someone who is REALLY experienced in what they are doing and can lend us their expertise.
Is there anyone out there willing to help us and willing to talk by phone? I would love to be able to sit on my computer and watch these forums all day, but I have an infant daughter and a 3 year old, so I really just don't have the time and my husband just doesn't use the computer at all.
I know asking someone to call us is a bit unorthodox for the internet, but after all the money we just spent on getting this thing set up, I want things to go as smoothly as possible. You can even call us collect, I don't even care!
If you feel you have the time and are willing to help please, please PLEASE give us at a call at (New York) 631-476-0791. Oh, and if you want to see some pictures of our tank set up, please feel free to click on/copy and paste this link: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=100855&id=66310429 6&l=786936a052 These pics were taken a couple of days after putting the first 5 fish in the tank, so you won't see two of the fish we have.
Thank you so much for reading!
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| Topic: holding....need advice |
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| holding....need advice [message #10583] |
Fri, 04 September 2009 11:03 |
mommyto2
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Registered: September 2009
Location: michigan |
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Hello we are new to this board, our names are jessica and mike we love the fish hobby we have a 125 gallon chiclid tank, and a 110 gallon tank. Our question is we currentley have this fish holding (i will attach a pic) but we want to know if anyone can tell us how much longer before she actually lays them? Remind you we have a 125 gallon with about 65 chiclids all have been together since they were very small, no agressive behavior, etc.....we can get a good look inside her mouth and they appear to be black with little white dot?! Any advice will greatly be app., also should we keep her in the community tank, or move her? thanks again in advance
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| Topic: African Cichlids overnight deaths after water change |
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| African Cichlids overnight deaths after water change [message #10556] |
Mon, 29 June 2009 15:21 |
marty6521
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Registered: June 2009
Location: US |
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I have a 75 gallon tank with 10 various hap african cichlids. I've been running the tank for almost 3 years now with no issues or deaths until this morning. I did a 50% water change last night around 8pm like I do everyweek. This morning 6 of 10 were lying on the bottom of the tank dead in a pile. Below is a listing of the 10:
1 - frontosa (still alive)
1 - limax "red chest" (still alive)
2 - red empress male and a female (still alive)
1 - venustus (dead)
1 - vc-10 (dead)
1 - blue ahli (dead)
2 - red empress (dead)
1 - rubyred peacock (dead)
My PH is at 8.4, GH is at 300ppm, KH is at 240ppm, nitrate is at 20ppm, nitrite is at 0ppm. the nitrate has always been between 0 and 20ppm. I am running a Rena XP3 canister filter which I alternate each cleaning by adding two nitrazorb pouches to keep the nitrate from going out of control. I also have an aquaclear 110 powerhead running for water movement. I use a python to do my water changes each week. I add a water conditioner to remove chlorine, etc each time as well. The water parameters have always been the same since the tank was set up.
I'm just clueless as to why I had the black plague over a one night period after successfully maintaining the aquarium for almost three years. A friend of mine suggested that there may have been excess iron or copper in the water that I added last night. I live in a town and have/buy the borough's water (no well water in other words).
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
PS: My girlfriend has the same set up in a 25 gallon tank with a pair of jewels and 2 mbuna. We moved the two red empress and red chest to her tank this morning upon discovering the deaths. They came around after 10-15 minutes and have recovered in her tank. I still have the frontosa in the tank since he seemed to be fine at the time. It's now 3pm and he appears to be swimming at the top of my tank. We are getting ready to move him over to her tank so he doesn't kick the bucket as well. I need to find out what to do so I can get them back into mine though since they will be way over crowded in her's.
Please help! Thank you.
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Marty
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| Topic: 20 Gram Tilapia Hybrid Male ans Females |
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| 20 Gram Tilapia Hybrid Male ans Females [message #10554] |
Thu, 25 June 2009 22:18 |
tilapiahybrid
Messages: 5
Registered: April 2009
Location: Bettendorf, IA |
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I am working on a selective breeding program crossing Rocky Mountain White (O.aureus X O.niloticus) with F1's O.mossombica. I'm consistently getting a 50:50 male female fry ratio. Male fry can be seperated from females at 2 weeks, that's what makes this hybrid nice. At first it was a haunch...I noticed significant difference in phenotype and began seprating the orange fry from the dark/grey phenotype. 3 months later my initial observations were validated by visual inspection of sex organs. Females were predominately orange with some black pigmentation. Where as the male population exhibited two different phenotypes. They are either dark grey with verticle stripes, or a very light shade of grey (almost white) with less predominant stripes. I must say it was a surprise to observe such an array of pigmentation, and this makes selective breeding all the more fun.
Don
http://www.tilapiahybridpair.com
tilapiahybridpair@yahoo.com
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| Topic: are currents good in tank? |
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| are currents good in tank? [message #10530] |
Fri, 01 May 2009 17:29 |
macskee
Messages: 6
Registered: March 2009 |
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i bought a small current machine (250 gpm) for my 30 gal tank. seems to be pushing kind of hard and cant really tell if the fish dig it or not. i have read that africans like strong currents? any concerns or input here?
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| Topic: Pregnant Cichlid? |
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 Pregnant Cichlid? [message #10503] |
Sun, 29 March 2009 16:51 |
Dzmoon
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Registered: March 2009 |
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So, i have an Orange african cichild, whom i have always thought to be a male, but as of late it keeps to itself and hasnt been eating much, or at all for that matter for the last couple of days, i had one cichlid that had her babies the day i bought her so i only got to see late stages of pregnancy. any ideas? ill try posting a picture soon, just wondering!
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| Topic: NEW FEED FOR TROPHEUS? |
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| Topic: Lake Malawi |
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| Lake Malawi [message #10430] |
Tue, 03 February 2009 05:23 |
Mith
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Registered: February 2009
Location: fontana |
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Hi guys,
Hey, I was looking at your pictures and think I'm going to go with the Lake Malawi Cichlids!!!! Now all those fish under that lake's name... can I get any of those to put in my 125 gallon tank... AND how many can I get for their best happiness?
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| Topic: Compatible fish |
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| Compatible fish [message #10429] |
Tue, 03 February 2009 03:04 |
Mith
Messages: 5
Registered: February 2009
Location: fontana |
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Hi Folks.
I just joined your form and had asked a question (another thread) about posing pictures from this site (legality) to the other site I am a member of. THEN it dawned on me (BOING)... since I just joined THIS site AND since I'm going to be setting up an African Cichlid tank... LOL... why not ask YOU guys since this is an African Cichlid site.... HELLO!... hehe
So here's my question. I have a 125 gallon tank (below)
Do you guys have a list I can go through of fish that will be compatible with each other (maybe pictures to choose from that are grouped)? I have a few rocks in it, but can add more. There are about 8 fairly large hiding places in this tank.
Thanks in advance.
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| Posting your fish pics [message #10428] |
Tue, 03 February 2009 02:27 |
Mith
Messages: 5
Registered: February 2009
Location: fontana |
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Hi people. I was looking at the fish on your website trying to pick the ones that I want in my tank. I also belong to an aquarium forum (AC).
I was wondering, am I allowed to post pictures found on your site there so that the members can tell me if those fish will be safe to put in the tank together?
I noticed a copywrite thing on each picture and I don't want to over step my bounds.
Thanks in advance.
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| african and oscar [message #10393] |
Sat, 10 January 2009 17:03 |
irenej68
Messages: 6
Registered: December 2008
Location: albuquerque |
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I have a fifty gallon tank and one oscar and two african. Is it possible to add more african to my tank? One african is white brown stripped and the other is pure orange? also what kind of filtration system can i use to help keep my tank its cleanest possible?
Irene
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| help [message #10300] |
Fri, 05 December 2008 19:47 |
irenej68
Messages: 6
Registered: December 2008
Location: albuquerque |
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not sure if you have to have the same type of cichlid to mate? plus my orange one looks like its house cleaning moving rocks around. any suggestions on why it might be doing this?
Irene
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 New African Community [message #10294] |
Mon, 24 November 2008 23:12 |
Glenn 
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Registered: November 2008
Location: Australia |
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Hi all
I have recently set up an African cichlid tank in my new Juwel Rio125 tank and I'd like any advice/comments regarding my selection of fish and setup.
I have the tank stocked with the following:
• A single princess (Neolamprologus brichardi), who is currently the dominant fish.
• A single julidochromis marlieri, who is one step below the princess.
• Four Electric Yellows (Labidochromis caeruleus), who are one step below the princess and tolerate the julidochromis marlieri.
• A pair of Steatocranus tinanti, who are new. These fish are agreeable with the other inhabitants, except at feeding time when they fight with the electric yellows. The princess hated these fish, most especially the larger one.
• A pair of Cuckoo catfish (Synodontis multipunctatus) who aren't bothered by anyone.
• A single Bristle nose catfish who isn't bothered by anyone.
All fish are small at the moment, except for the princess (almost fully grown) and the cuckoo catfish are about three inches long). They get along well, except for occasional bickering and there have not been any injuries from fights etc. I am only really concerned about my two cuckoo's as one is new and the older one seems to pick on it a bit. I hope they get along better soon.
Although the tank is small (80cm by 33cm floor space), I have it well furnished with two pieces of Texas Holey Rock, other assorted rocks, and a couple piles of oyster shells. So, there's lots of hiding places. The substrate is sand and so with this combination of rocks and fish, especially the Texa holey rock and electric yellows, it looks like a marine tank.
I also have two bunches of vallisneria sp., which have been recently added and I'm quite happy for these to be eaten and I'll replace them regularly if this is the case. I have several anubias plants and a number of java ferns.
My questions are:
• Are there any foreseeable problems?
• Have I already over stocked the aquarium? If not, will it be so when the fish grow?
• Is there a blue coloured fish cichlid that I could add that would get along with all the other occupants? A cichlid that grows to about 12cm max? What about Pseudotropheus Socolofi?
• Also, can someone explain the water hardness thing? When I measure my water for carbonate hardness it takes six drops and for other hardness it takes 23. So, is the total hardness 23 and the carbonate hardness 6 (or does one have to subtract one from the other etc)?
• Is my water hardness OK? My pH is about 7.4 and I intend to increase this to about 8.0 using carbonate (cause I also want to increase my carbonate hardness).
• Is there any room left for a small (3-4 fish) of shell dwellers?
• Should I add additional princess and/or julidochromis marlieri or are these two fish happy on their own?
Finally, the tinatis are special. I truly recommend them. Also the interaction of the tinatis and the electric yellows is especially fun to watch at feeding time.
Any help or suggestions would be most appreciated.
Cheers
Glenn
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| Topic: mixing south america convict with african please help |
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| mixing south america convict with african please help [message #10251] |
Sun, 12 October 2008 21:45 |
cao2828
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Registered: October 2008
Location: germantown md |
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| Topic: can african cichlid live and breed in salty water |
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| Please help me ID [message #10234] |
Fri, 03 October 2008 10:43 |
scaredycat
Messages: 1
Registered: October 2008
Location: Toronto |
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I cant find what species these fish are, I have one male and one female. The female just had released about 20 fry. The fry are orange. The parents are brown with faint black vertical stripes going from back to belly. The have a long dorsal fin running almost the length of the body and their heads almost look "stubby." Any help is much appreciated.
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| Topic: Saying Goodbye |
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| Saying Goodbye [message #10152] |
Sun, 07 September 2008 12:46 |
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As of October 1, 2008 I Rohnda Pagan aka Malawi Mother will be signing off of africancichlids.net permanently. I will no longer be answering question or greeting newbies.
Due to lots of circumstances that are out of my control, I have found that there is just not enough hours in one day to have a normal life. Because of the house fire, I had to sell my aquarium and fish due to space issues and had to buy what ever was not donated to us leaving us a bit in the red financially.
I have enjoyed meeting all of you and helping you through your fishie problems as well as seeing your beautiful aquarium setups. I would encourage all of you including the newbies to please take advantage of the search bar at the top of the page. I use it a lot when someone asks a question and I relay the info found in the search bar back to the questionee. Sometimes it's just a matter of your wording to find the right answer in the search bar so keep trying if you don't succeed the first time.
I hope you all find the same satisfaction here that I did when I first started here at africancichlids.net. I learned a great deal and loved passing that knowledge around. Take care my friends and take care of your fish. They depend on you to keep them healthy and happy.
Remember to research fish before you buy them. Remember don't flush when they get sick. If you have to put them down, use the oil of clove and water trick to put them to sleep gently. You can search it here in the search bar for more details.
Remember to feed them a flake a couple times a day with perhaps a pellet once a day and a veggie such as romaine lettuce 1-2 times a week.
Also to do 25-33 percent water changes once a week and to use a dechlorinator with each water change.
Water parameters should be 0ppm (parts per million) on the Ammonia and nitrites, and 10-15 on the nitrates. pH values should be anywhere from 7.6-8.6 and temp should be between 75-80 degrees.
Remember to have lots of hiding and oxygen circulation in the tank.
If your fish do not get along, remove bully for a time out for a couple days or longer. If bully still harrasses, you may have to replace him permanently.
Remember to not mix continental fish. No South Americans with African cichlids or no Central American fish with African cichlids. Remember that the common pleckos has a 50/50 chance with african cichlids and that it also gets very large and requires lots of food as it gets larger which also means it creates more waste. Think about these things before you purchase them.
Signs of illness are, staying at the top of water with little movement or hiding under a HOB (hang on back) filter, staying at the bottom of the tank at the gravel site with little movement, turning lighter colors such as white or pale. Swollen stomach area (usually Malawi Bloat), no evacuation for several days, red sores, black specks that seem to be reproducing, stringy things hanging from fish's body, cloudy eyes usually means it got bit in the eye by another fish and they do this a lot. It will clear in a few days. Swollen eye means popeye and fish can lose an eye. Then there is stress. If a fish is being bullied, living in bad water environment or is not getting required food, fish can become sick with any of the things mentioned above. Stress is the number one killer amongst aquarium fish. Not that it actually kills your fish but it starts out without you even knowing it and usually turns to an illness. It's important to watch your fish carefully. Check them each day to make sure they are healthy and happy. If you see your fish having any of these signs, do a search here or ask in the forum under the illness tab. If it's an emergency, I suggest you do the search first. You may find your answer is just one click away and save yourself a couple days that could be vital for your fish.
Remember to research before you buy and Good luck as always,
Rohnda.
P.S. If there is an emergency, you can email by clicking on my name anywhere in this site. Please remember though, this is just for emergencies.
Please come visit me at www.facebook.com RohndaPag@yahoo.com
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| Topic: Looking for info on the Para Tilapia polleni |
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| Looking for info on the Para Tilapia polleni [message #9909] |
Sun, 29 June 2008 10:55 |
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I am just curious. Does anyone know about these fish? I know they are endemic to Madagascar and they are very rare to have in an aquarium. There is someone in my area selling them in pairs. They have breeded them. I have googled them and get the same info that I just typed. But other then the people of Madagascar eat them, I haven't found a whole lot of info on them.
Please come visit me at www.facebook.com RohndaPag@yahoo.com
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| Another ID help question [message #9450] |
Mon, 07 April 2008 10:23 |
NewCichlidMom
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Registered: April 2008 |
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Hi Everyone,
I'm new and would like some help IDing two of my fish. I believe they are Africans. I got them from a friend and I'm trying to get a comfortable home for them here in one of my tanks. If you have any idea what it might be just let me know. The other one is the same but a little more of a lavendar color. The tank they are in is a little to small and crowded for them. Their colors are very bright at the moment and they seem to be doing some kind of fishy slap and tickle. No fin biting just lots of snuggling. Here is a picture of the darkest one.
Thanks Everyone
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| Even More ID Help [message #9263] |
Fri, 21 March 2008 22:10 |
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I do appreciate all your help
Kim
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| Topic: bio-spira |
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| bio-spira [message #8978] |
Fri, 07 March 2008 18:49 |
honeybunny
Messages: 50
Registered: February 2008
Location: new york |
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hey guys,
my tank is finally cycled. the raw fish really wasn't working. i waited two weeks without fish just waiting for raw fish to rot in my tank. i read about bio-spira. it really works. i emptied my tank and started over. with the new tank i make sure the temp was correct and the ph was correct. i purchased bio-spira from lfs and 10 small cichlids. my tank cycled in four days while having fish to look at. all the fish is nice and healthy. none of them died. really good product.
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| bio-spira [message #8920] |
Fri, 29 February 2008 18:19 |
honeybunny
Messages: 50
Registered: February 2008
Location: new york |
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hey guys,
i wanted to know if you knew anything about bio-spira? does it work?
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| Topic: I'm Back |
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| I'm Back [message #8397] |
Sun, 30 December 2007 23:17 |
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I'm back for awhile. Hope all has been good in my absence. Sorry about not getting to my private messages right away but I did answer them now. If anyone still needs help let me know. Let me fill you in for those who haven't seen me before. They call me Mother here. I have a 115 gal tank with approx 40 fish. I also have a 29 gal with two monsters that I have recently named Dr. Jeckle and Mr. Hyde. I had to take them out of my 115 malawi tank. They are also malawi but they are mixed that I got from someone off Craigslist. I also have a breeder tank with 25 sunshine peacock babies, about 3 weeks old. I have raised quite a few batches of babies, all malawis. Today we added a new long awaited fish to the 115 gal. A male electric blue ahli. I have had two females for the longest time but didn't want to add a full grown male due to possible aggression problems. So I found a two incher today that is the prettiest blue. He is doing fine in my tank. I have 15 mixed socolofi/kenyi They are a mix from my male kenyi and my female socolofi. I have two kenyi, male and female, 9 electric yellow labs, one is the mother. One female auratus that looks like a male but know she is a female because she gave me 25 babies. I got rid of the male before the babies were born. He was way to aggressive. I also have a multi colored peacock which is just beautiful, 2 OB peacocks, 2 Johanies, one fe and one male. Still waiting on them to give me a batch. They are young though. About 8 or so months, The three ahlis, a bumble bee which is one of my very first fish, 3 red zebras, one of which is a cherry red. And two Kribs. I may have missed a few, can't keep track of all them. I have tried tons of other fish and have made lots of trades till I got it right. These fish work great together. I have lots of hiding. I have done quite a bit of research on the malawi cichlids and have lots of experience. I was a moderator on here but then had to leave for awhile. Things here at home have calmed down quite a bit so I will try to help out as much as I can. I will admit that I don't like to be on the computer much these days, so I will try to get on atleast once a day to answer any questions. I would like to say howdy to all my friends, cichlidfinatic aka Rob, Bubba and the rest of you. You know who you are.
Please come visit me at www.facebook.com RohndaPag@yahoo.com
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| Topic: RED DEVIL FANS WELCOME!!! |
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| RED DEVIL FANS WELCOME!!! [message #8371] |
Tue, 18 December 2007 19:30 |
orcman7
Messages: 4
Registered: December 2007
Location: garden grove |
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 my favoret fish has to be the red devil dont know why just is and i want to know what the world thinks of them
-OCP-
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| Topic: Fish Identity |
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| Fish Identity [message #8339] |
Sat, 17 November 2007 09:28 |
Dave448 
Messages: 51
Registered: June 2007
Location: Durham, England |
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Hi All
I have had my tank set up for four months now and all is still going well. I have started seeing baby fish swimming around but I do not know which fish they have come from as I haven't noticed any breeding activity. They are growing very quickly and seem to look very much like the fish in the attached photograph. Can anyone tell me what it is please?
Thanks
Dave
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| Topic: Lannon stone for my Cichlid tank? |
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| Lannon stone for my Cichlid tank? [message #8293] |
Sat, 20 October 2007 21:32 |
LovestheCichlids
Messages: 1
Registered: October 2007
Location: Midwest |
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Hello all!
I just came from the fish store and I really would like to aviod spending 3.00 - 4.00 dollors a pound on stone for my 55g aquarium.
My Mother's husband said to go to the local stone quarry and get some Lannon stone and that I would pay less the 1.00 a pound there.
So my question is, is Lannon stone from Wisconsin safe for my beloved Cichlid tank??
Thanks all,
Your friend in fish,
Walter
To my wife Jackie,
To the world you are just one person, but to me you are the world.
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| Topic: FREQUENT QUESTION! |
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| FREQUENT QUESTION! [message #7814] |
Tue, 14 August 2007 01:28 |
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HOW TO CLEAR CLOUDY TANK WATER?
there are numerous posts by my self/ Malawi mother on help to fix this problem.
The most helpful is on tanks/filtering section posted by none other than MM herself. post shows proper ways to "CYCLE" the tank before fully stocking it to avoid cloudiness. In case if you don't already know the cloudiness is: ALGAE BLOOM its not harmfull it will pass not to worry just a part of the cycling process.
read that post thouroughly and pracitce it- it will cure any problem regarding cloudiness. That or you could hit up your local LFS and purchase Algae away or cloudy removal....
GOOD LUCK hope that helps for further question drop me a line
Rob
Cichlid Finatic
Patience is key for a successful Aquathusiast
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| Removed from "Texas Holey Rock" [message #7321] |
Sun, 24 June 2007 15:43 |
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I am having some post removed from Texas Holey Rocks to here. They are mostly post with a few pictures questioning the type of fish in the pic. There is nothing being removed that shouldn't be removed. It will take a few days.
In the future, lets try to make new topics when leading away from the orignial authors thread title. I myself am guilty of this.
Thank You
[Updated on: Sun, 24 June 2007 15:55]
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| Topic: Spawning vs Transferring of Eggs! |
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| Topic: Good Cichlid book... |
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| Good Cichlid book... [message #4900] |
Tue, 26 December 2006 15:48 |
JimH
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Registered: December 2006
Location: New England |
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There are so many cichlid books out there....which one would most of you recommend that has a good balance of how to's, community ideas, and identifiable pix of the Africans?..particularly for Tangs?
Best....
Jim
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| Topic: Ph question |
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| Ph question [message #4895] |
Wed, 13 December 2006 09:39 |
lmckin1966
Messages: 1
Registered: December 2006
Location: East Texas |
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I have a fairly new (May 2006) 55 gallon tank. I have set it up and added cheap fish to get the cycle going. I recently tried to add fish for the first time since initial set up and they are dying. The ph is stuck around 8.4. I have tried to treat for two weeks with chemicals waiting 48 hours in between treatments. It is not budging. I have been told that I might want to consider African Cichlids as they tolerate a higher ph well. Any advice?
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| Topic: Identify my Cichlid |
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| Identify my Cichlid [message #4894] |
Thu, 30 November 2006 15:25 |
forddna
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Registered: November 2006 |
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He appears to be the same fish pictured on containers of TetraCichlid sticks. I'd like to know if anyone recognizes him..I want to be able to look up information on him. =)
He's very small. Maybe 2 inches in length.
Thanks!
Amanda
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| Topic: If you want fry don"t !!!! |
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| If you want fry don"t !!!! [message #4861] |
Sat, 07 October 2006 16:21 |
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Johanni ( Melanochromis) this is a beautiful fish to watch grow.The parent fish do a good job of birthing.The problem is the little fry will chase other fry.I have other fish putting out fry but none make it due to the Johanni fry eating them.I started with 6 Johanni and now have about 20.Its time for me to get rid of some back to the Aquarium store. 
Stonoman
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| Topic: Sick hap ahli |
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| Sick hap ahli [message #4831] |
Mon, 11 September 2006 09:19 |
seyeatman
Messages: 4
Registered: September 2006
Location: Wilmington, DE |
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I have a 37 gallon tank. Filtration is an emporer 280. PH is 8.2 to 8.4. Ammonia is never over .25 ppm. I have several plastic decorations and some real red lava rocks. The fish have plenty of caves. I have seven juvenile fish in the tank. They are 1 yellow labido, 1 peacock, 1 birchardi, 1 red zebra, 1 elongatus, 1 unidentified african cichlid and the 1 electric blue hap ahli. All fish appear very healthy except the hap ahli. He(she?) has a constant gulping behavior and his eyes appear to be slightly bulgy (maybe more than slightly). I feed once a day as much as they can eat in approximately 2 minutes. When I first started the tank, I believe I was over feeding which caused the ammonia level to go to .50 ppm. However, after regualting the feeding, the ammonia is steady under .25 ppm. I also had a pumice stone in the tank at one point. It seemed to make the water cloudy, so I removed it and added some plastic decorations instead.
Has anyone ever heard of a hap ahli with this problem (or is it a problem at all)? Please help. Thanks.
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Spawning vs Transferring of Eggs!
I always thought 'spawning' was the before time of transferring of eggs 
