cichlid

are these true Nandopsis festae or fake? thinking about purchasing.

This is the largest fish in my fish room, he is also the meanest fish I have ever owned. He will not tolerate any other creature in his tank. Even snails fall victim to his wrath. So, he lives alone! However, he is incredibly smart and beautiful. When he passes I will probably cry, and he will...

Here's a picture of one of my Red Terror grow outs, a real stunner considering he's only just pushing over 3.5" and showing the majority of his colors already. He has been kept in a tank with a more dominant RTM and a smaller Texas recently, so the colors would normally be much brighter...

I decided to get back into cichlids after being cichlidless for a few years. I got this Devil on December 6th, 2016. It's housed in a 90gal by itself. I figured that I'd share some pics as the time passes. More pics (spanned between December 9th & 10th)

Has anyone ever had a clay pot change the water chemistry in the tank? Is this ok to put In my tank?

i originally posted this in the ca/sa cichlid forum but I will try here for better results. I have an electric blue acara breeding pair in a 45 gallon by themselves. They have bred once and used to eat like pigs. Since they have bred they have been eating picky I haven't seen them eat for almost...

I'm revamping my 75g tank and am interested in adding geophagus to it. What I plan on currently keeping are my Gold Severum, my featherfin catfish, and my Senegal Bichirs (1 large and two small adolescents [pictured]). I am rehoming my standard pleco and remaining 2 silver dollars (the rest of...

I have a 75g tank with a large Senegal bichir, about 6-8inches, with 2 juveniles that are about 3-4in each. They get along swimmingly, and share their space with a feather fin catfish, about 7inches long, and a 7in standard pleco (was sold to me as a female bristlenose when it was tiny ☠️). We...

Hello all and Happy Thanksgiving! Just joined the forum to ask a few questions about ordering fish online, something I have never done before. some info. The tank in question is a 55g mbuna tank I aquired, that needs some work in the stocking department. once I remove the few incompatible fish...

Has anyone had success with keeping multiple cichlid pairs of the same or different species together in the same tank?

So I want some dither fish for my 45 gallon breeder tank for my blue acara pair. I had 12 silvertip tetras but they were too aggressive and fin nippy. They did more harm then good for my relaxed acaras! So I want a mellow calm, tight, schooling tetra. Preferably pretty! I was looking at serpaes...

Has anyone had their pair of cichlids break up? If so did you get them to pair back and how?

This will be the first entry of my progress/process of getting a group of 9 geophagus winemilleri in an attempt to get at least one breeding pair. The setup is simple. 135 gallon custom tall tank i got for free from a friend. I have 2 Magnum canisters made by Marineland and a 130g HOB that i...

I have recently decided to re-stock my 100 gallon display tank. I currently have a mix of ce/sa cichlids with some bottom feeders and silver dollars. I've been considering a mbuna tank with possibly one frontosa and a few cats all of the same species, or possibly just a single species tank, like...

What type of listing is this?: FS What are you trying to sell/buy/trade?: Oscar Cichlid What are your prices?: 15 Where are you located?: Bellflower, CA Pickup or Able to Ship?: Pickup Description: Selling my Zebra Oscar cichlid Great eater, very healthy Size: 7-8 inches Price is $15 I am...

Ok so I have a jaguar cichlid that I would guess is between 10-12" in length and pretty girthy. In a 75 with about a dozen cons. I'm thinking I want to give him (I think he's a he) a mate. He's been through a rough life...well, more so a rough childhood. Anyway, I'd like to know for sure if it's...

I been looking for a female vieja and found a guy selling some, his unsure of sexes and I'm waiting on more pics, can anyone help me from just looking at them in this pic

This is going to be a log of updates on my breeding pair of a Texas and Blood Parrot. The fish first successfully spawned in a 100 gallon community cichlid tank, however i decided to get the most out of this breeding pair, it would be best to seperate them into their own 55 gallon. After two...

I have two firemouth cichlids with mollies. The mollies are breeding quite a bit and I'm tempted to get rid of the mollies and get something else to go with my firemouths. What would you guys suggest that I do?