Cichlid Care

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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Is my cichlid tank overstocked?

Kay-Cody 0918 wants to know: I was told my the petstore owner at my local petstore to have 10-15 cichilids in my 55 gallon tank, so it will lower aggression. I currently have 9 and was wondering ur opinion. I have… 2 Johanni- 3-4″ full grown http://www.tropicalfishandaquariums.com/AfricanCichlids/Johanni.asp 1 Bumblebee- 5-6″ full frown http://www.thetropicaltank.co.uk/Fishindx/m_crabro.htm 1 Kenji- 5″ full grown [...]

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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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My red zebra african cichlid has had a lot of long poops lately. why and what can I do to fix it?

thasacoolname wants to know: I have noticed my red zebra african cichlid has had lots of really long poop lately… why is this, and what can I do to fix it? unless it’s normal… but it doesn’t seem normal. He’s acting fine otherwise, and he is the only one in the tank…

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I have a 10 gallon fish tank, i am getting a bigger one soon, what size should i get?

mike wants to know: Right now i have 4 african cichlids (yellow lab, red zebra, mbuna, and cobalt). I was thinking about getting a 40 or 55 gallon tank and getting a pair of oscars. If i get oscars what kind should i get?

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My male red zebra cichlid turned from orange to transparent white, anyone know why?

passionflower2k5 wants to know: My male african cichlid was bright orange when I first brought it home. Then his color slowly began to fade and now its been about 2-3 years and he is almost all white. Is that normal or are my chemical levels not right? Any comments/suggestions would help.

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How many african cichlids can i put in my tank?

Joe C asked: I have a 75 gallon tank. what is the limit of cichlids i can put in it. Most of the ones i have or want grow: 3″, 5-6″, one 8″ , and one 1′ fish. I want 1 electric blue and a zebra tilapia. I have had them before and liked them [...]

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Should I use sand or gravel for African Cichlids?

lasvegasnights21 asked: Should I use sand or gravel for substrate? I dont know if this helps, but they are African Cichlids. Mbuna to be exact. electric yellow, yellow lab, red zebra, electric blue, cobalt blue zebra, etc!!!

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