Cichlid Care

I want to have an African Cichlid tank and need help?

Nicolette wants to know: I want to start a cichlid tank in my 75 gallon. never had em before. any advice? Like do they require more work than community fish, how many should i get, and do they all have to be african, and what do they need? And why the weekly water changes or whatever? [...]

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What is the best type of rock to use in an African Cichlid tank?

tomnehek wants to know: I know crushed coral is a good substrate to use for increasing the PH, but I’m not sure what rocks to use to build some caves and hiding spots. Also, what rocks would be good for a South American Cichlid tank? Since they like softer water than the Africans they would require [...]

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How much rock can I put in my 100 gallon african cichlid tank?

TORI wants to know: I went to Lowes and bought some pavers and wall pavers for my AC tank. How much can I put in there without it collapsing? There is apprx 100 lbs of pool filter sand and apprx 200 lbs of rock.

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New African Cichlid tank what can go with them?

chickiam24 wants to know: We just purchased 3 African Cichlids (Socolofi) and have had Texas and Jewels in the past but we had to move so we just restarted. Are these more aggresive? We had a Giant Albino Gourami years ago and whould like another whould those fit in? If we find one, our previous [...]

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40 gallon African cichlid tank?

.:*JimBOB*:. wants to know: I have a 3 ft by 1.5 ft by 1 ft tank… 40 gallons approx. Can I put 2 electric yellows, 2 red jewels, and 2 electric blue johannis in it? Are they compatible?

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any ideas what i should do with my fish tank with the decoration?

rR c wants to know: ok. well about 3 monthes ago i set up an african cichlid tank. right now i have 2 filters going. an air bubbler 2 small plants [ not real ] and this ornament in the middle that is pretty big. the thing is when i took a look at other peoples cichlid tanks, they have any more caves [...]

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do you like my african cichlid tank?

cichlid-fish-29 wants to know: check out my new tank, is it pretty cool? what are some improvments i could make? (remember to read the description on youtube) thanks for watching! heres the link : ) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJgHWEHoqw8

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i have 2 question on my new african cichlid tank please answer?

Paul wants to know: ok the first question is why do some of my fish like flip and rub on the sid of the gravel or rocks are they ok? ok and my second question is my male chisumulu stays in the middle of my 55 gallon and the female chisumulu has ben staying around the [...]

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Adding salts to a cichlid tank?

r_ragonesi wants to know: So i have had an african cichlid tank set up for 3 months with Peacocks/haps…now when i do water changes i do add kent cichlid buffer, is it nessecary to add cichlid salts as well???????? Yes? then why yes?

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Filter problem in African Cichlid tank?

Kip R wants to know: I have a ten gallon fish tank with 1 yellow lab, 1 kenyi and 2 peacocks. They are still only about 1.5 - 2 inches. We set up the ten gallon 2 weeks ago with a dolomite gravel as the substrate. We washed it out for a good hour before [...]

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