cichlid

So I recently bought a 55 gallon aquarium at my LFS. I really want to make it an African cichlid tank, preferably lake malawi/mbuna cichlids. I have the filtration, heating and lids covered but how should I set it up? I was thinking about using slate for the rock, but I'm not sure. Also, what...

The Cichlid Club Of York PA is happy to announce that Kevin J Carr will be our guest speaker at our Feb 16th meeting. Kevin J Carr will be presenting Cichlids of the Line. It will be about the Care, Breeding, Maintance, Disease, Diet and Showing of large South and Central American Cichlids He...

Anybody ever try this product? It seems like it might be high quality stuff. But looks can be deceiving. Anyone have a review they can share? -Rich

Just re did my 26 gallon and want to do a planted / tropical. I am clueless about plants and looking for suggesting. Here is the start. I put down 2.5 inches of Floral Maxx black, running a 405 and 2x 21 in compacts. Need you comments and plant suggestions

There was an error in the original address I put out for the Cichlid Club of York. The correct address is 3844 Kings Lane, Dover, PA. The first meeting is this Saturday 1/12/2013 at 12:00 noon. Directions are available on my web site on the club meetings page accessible from the list at the...

Cichlid Club of York's First Meeting The first meeting of the Cichlid Club of York will be on January 12 at 12:00 noon. The club will be meeting at 3820 Kings Lane, Dover, PA. From PA 74 north turn left on Davidsburg Road. Then go .6 miles to Tower Drive. Turn right on Tower Drive which...

Hi. My name is Rich. I live in central PA. I had several FW tanks in the early and mid 90's, mostly with S.A. cichlids. I enjoyed arowanas too. Well, now I have decided to get back into the hobby. I started a 10 g tank for my kids a couple months ago and they love it. So, I set up a 150 g...

Saw "xtreme cichlid pellets" at the house of tropicals today. I was a little hesitant on purchasing it. Does anyone know how reputable and good the food actually is? Its a little pricy there just want to be sure on my purchases Sent from my SCH-I500 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

I was told by the guy who sold me my fish to only use spirulina -enhanced flakes (TetraVeggie and the like) . But everywhere I see cichlid flakes and Cobalt even has a cichlid flake with 3 of the fish I have on it! However spirulina is not mentioned on their can. I do have plenty of aquatic...

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Hello I am s little new to the hobbie. I just got a tiger oscar and i have been feeding him cichlid gold but he dosent seem to like it. He will eat it swim down and spit it out is there anything i should do different or feed different? Sent from my SGH-T679 using MonsterAquariaNetwork App

Whats going on? Just wanting to say hello to everyone. Recently got into african cichlids and heard through the grape vine that this was the place to be. BTW... if anybody can help me figure out why I cant message other members it would be greatly appreciated.

i have a few red x gold tigermotaguense and was looking for some good gut loading food source suggestions

Hi, I just came across this site while doing some searches; there's a lot of good information here! I have 3 tanks now after starting out with 4 fish a year ago in a 45 gallon tank I got for free from freecycle. I bought 2 jewel and 2 bumble-bee cichlids (finding out later that's not the best...

So I saw two of the fish in my 55 scratching today so I tested the water. The chemicals were fine. The ph tested at @7.4 (light rust on the API kit). So. Added 5 scoops of the API child buffer. Problem is I later read the package and it said only add the amount based on he amount needed to...

Hi all! I have gotten some great info off of this board, so it is time to join. My husband and I have had fish for about 1 3/4 years now. We started with a 20 gal long, up to a 55 and recently a CL 75 gallon. Mostly we have had generic Petsm**t fish. As some of the older ones started to die...

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Hi all, My name is David and I'm in the process of setting up a 55 in my basement this past weekend that I plan to house Africans (likely Mbuna) in. It's my first tank in 6 years! I'm from Texas and went to school in Tennessee and currently live and work in DC. I've been out of the game for...

I've been reading that my Mbuna should be eating algae and/or veggie based food w/low protein. So, where do I buy food like this? I'm looking for flakes or sinking soft pellets, not hard or floating pellets. The lfs only has meat based and even the 'cichlid' brands arent veggie made. On a...

Cichlids of the Line by Kevin Carr - Saturday April 30th at 1:00 PM at That Fish Place This is a presentation on the Care, Breeding, Maintenance, Disease, Diet and Showing of large South and Central American Cichlids. Kevin has been in the organized hobby since he was 16 years old...