Cichlid Care

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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do cichlids like blood worms?

EmRaaN wants to know: i have a community of african cichlid in my tank. i use to feed them floating pallets made of shrimps and yeast. do i need to feed them blood worms too? any plus point of feeding blood worms to cichlids? any change in health or color of cichlids which are additionally [...]

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What Cichlids should I get?

Brandon wants to know: I saw how the People at Wal-mart fed ghost shrimp to their cichlids. Since the Walmart fish suck it only said Regular African Cichlid and Oscar. I am going to get them at Walmart instead. Since SA Cichlids and African cant be together, which ones should I get? What cichlids are [...]

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my fish is digging why?

krissy_4_cookies wants to know: Its a male african cichlid hes the only one in my tank. Ive reoranged the rocks so he has alot of hidding spots. he digs holes where i thought was inposible but he dose it. WHY???

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What fish for a lake malawi tank? PLEASE ANSWER?

Mr Snuggles™ wants to know: which species of african cichlid would you put in a lake malawi tank? (different types)

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Is a black convict cichlid a african cichlid or south american cichlid?

guti wants to know: I really want to have a black convict cichlid but i have african cichlids and i dont kno if they are south american or african because i read you shouldnt mix them

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Long long does an African Cichlid (Mbuna) take to fully grow?

Andrew wants to know: Assuming the cichlid is average will grow to about 4 or 5 inches. My tank is only 30 gallons, and i have two electric yellow cichlids, two blue johanni and one other mbuna that i dont know the species of. They are all also just under two inches.

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Can different type of African cichlid breed with each other?

aznsuperman123 wants to know: I have a zebra female. I have another one and i dont no what type is it ,but i think it is a male . It is blue with black stripes. Also its bigger than the female one.

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How can i make my african cichlid more aggressive?

Chris L wants to know: i have 3 cichlids and 2 pacus and i really want them to be more aggressive help anyone?

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which is the most aggressive non rift lake african cichlid specie?

movais wants to know: I mean cichlids which are not foun in lake Malawi,Victoria and Tanganiyka.Which is the most aggressive non rift lake cichlid specie.

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