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african cichlids f || question to those that keep or know somethign about those fish?

dAmIAnOO wants to know: i have a 90 gallon tank that stays empty its cycling and im trying to figure out what type of fish i want there but thats not the question i also have a 50 gallon tank with african cichlids and it worries me that almost everyday another fish disappears i had 1 [...]

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I want to add to my cichlid tank, need ideas please?

Kristy wants to know: I have a 37 gallon tank. I currently have 1 male and 1 female yellow african cichlids. I want to add more cichlids. I don’t want anymore yellows. I want to fill my tank. So ideas for tanks mate, what species, how many male of female of that species. Id like [...]

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blue acara cichlid question?

The Jam wants to know: how do i tell if is a blue acara or a green terror??, because i bet those retards from the store will give me a super aggressive green terror instead of a peaceful acara cichlid, so i need to know how to tell the differences between them, just a few [...]

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cycling a 29 gallon tank?

John A wants to know: im setting up a 29 gallon small african cichlid tank with only 5 or 6 of the cichlids that get from 4-6 inches long. im going to put in lots of big rocks to decorate. the tank had ick before thanks to walmart fish, which im not buying any more. should i [...]

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Please help me with dead fish smell in wood furniture in my bedroom?

funsunjoy wants to know: I didn’t realize a large size African Cichlid jumped out of the tank and got stuck in between furniture and tank. Over the last few days I couldn’t bare the smell and thought it might be the filter. This morning I found the poor guy dead, smelly and stuck. [...]

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I have a question about African Cichlids?

Zak wants to know: I have a 10 gallon tank with one kenyi cichlid and my friend has a 15 gallon tank with 13 african cichlids each about 3 inches long. He has had the tank for about 6 years with only having one of his fish die. He never has to buy fish for [...]

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Can a jewel cichlid live with a red zebra cichlid and an electric yellow cichlid without problem?

ELLE(: wants to know: Two days ago I bought 1 red jewel cichlid, 1 red zebra cichlid, and 1 electirc yellow cichlid and put them in my 20 gallon tank. Everything was going fine until I noticed about a half hour ago that my zebra and my electric yellow cichlids are both swimming at the [...]

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Why are my cichlid’s fins constantly down?

Prisoner 655321 wants to know: QUICK RUN-THRU: I have a 60 gallon tank of 6 african cichlids (plus plecos and whatnot). It’s been an established tank for probably 2 yrs now. Mostly a happy tank. Often excessive aggression, which is typical of a cichlid tank but I often find ways of distracting them from that. Also [...]

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my fish ate up my dead cichlid?

fishin for answer wants to know: i have cichlids for fish(african).i awoke to see that one of them was dead and others were eating it up.i am not sure if they all did or just a few.i had nothing but almost a skeleton left of the poor thing.is this going to harm the fish that [...]

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Update of question asked yesterday. I was given a 35 gal hex with appx. 30-40 African cichlids what to I do?

moe ron wants to know: I have had this tank for 1 week and was told to get rid of alot of the fish but how many? There are around 30-40 fish in the tank. I did a 20 gal water change 3 days ago and the amonia leves are safe the ph is 7.6. [...]

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