help with my cichlids ASAP
- Thread starter rivendel
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Let me just say I understand how you feel, I started the hobby not too long ago.
But as I watch my fish grow I do see why people say to get a certain size tank for certain types of fish.
If I were you, listen to what people are saying, get the right sized tank or get rid of your cichlids and get smaller fish.
Hope that helps.
But as I watch my fish grow I do see why people say to get a certain size tank for certain types of fish.
If I were you, listen to what people are saying, get the right sized tank or get rid of your cichlids and get smaller fish.
Hope that helps.
Well looks like you got some pretty good advice so far. I am glad to see you got a bigger tank as they will need it. New Life Spectrum sinking pellets is the way to go, brings out the color and is good for the fish. You can vary the diet with frozen foods (like brine shrimp/blood worms, etc) but be carefull as some types of frozen foods can't be fed to certian types of fish. I have never had the type of African you own - but they are beautiful fish and a great pick up for a first African tank. Unless you keep shell dwellers (a type of small african cichlid) then your best bet for any African is a minimum tank size of 55 gallons in general. Just try to do research on the type of fish you want to buy before you buy it to see what type of fish they get along with, how there agression is and how big of a tank they will need as well as there diet. Some Africans have a different type of diet then others do. Some will require a 30 gal tank while another might require a 125gal tank. Its always good to read about the fish first. Welcome to the wonderfull world of Cichlids =]
Cichlids are amore agressive then a goldfish, so if you were to keep them together the cichlid has the potential to kill the goldfish. It is better that you get rid of the goldfish and keep just your African cichlids.
Dont feel bad I had a 10gal tank with a big catfish and realized I would have to upgrade so he went to a 125gal and I got my first 30gal tank and had Africans instead. I then upgraded to a 55gal and now I have a 150gal Kigoma Frontosa Breeding Project. You have to start from somewhere.
Cichlids are amore agressive then a goldfish, so if you were to keep them together the cichlid has the potential to kill the goldfish. It is better that you get rid of the goldfish and keep just your African cichlids.
Dont feel bad I had a 10gal tank with a big catfish and realized I would have to upgrade so he went to a 125gal and I got my first 30gal tank and had Africans instead. I then upgraded to a 55gal and now I have a 150gal Kigoma Frontosa Breeding Project. You have to start from somewhere.
Ash;2716745; said:
wow nice set up you got there.. i have 10 gal with goldfish on it and 50 gal again goldfish again my wife loves goldfish, so i purchase my own 50 gal and it hurts my pocket hehe but its ok i enoy watching fish it gives me a relaxation sorry for lost words.... and my question is this guy is offering me 125$ for this==>45 green terrors, 10 Electric Yellow, 12 Macaw Chiclid (Hypsophrys nicaraguensis), 12 Geophaus, 5
Neolamprologus brichardi, 3 Red Shoulder Severums, All fish are from 1 to 3" in size!<== is this a good deal? and can i put this all on my 50 gal?
rivendel;2716785; said:
Yeah its better if you both like fish to have your own tanks and keep your fish seprate so that one does not kill another and then you get mad at one another for it lol. My bf and I have sperate tanks because we like different fish.
All of those fish are from different areas and I would not mix them. severums, green terrors (GTs), Geos, Macaws are all central or south American Cichlids while the electric yellow s and brichardi are African Cichlids. There is a huge difference between the 2 as they are from different parts of the world. I would not mix them as the water parameters are different. South/Central American need certian water parameters and pH levels then Africans. Africans do better in harder water and Central/South do better in softer or more neutral water. I would stick to Africans only. That is also way to many fish to a 55gal. I had 6 show peacock cichlids (alunocara) full grown at 6 inches in a 55gallon tank and I would say it was stocked well. Some people overstock some understock, so I am sure others will chime in with stocking advice and numbers, but 45 fish alone is wayyyy to much. Also GT's will out grow that tank. While the fish are small now you have to remember that they will grow to a decent or large size.
wow wow you really are a fish geek, im still a long way to go by the way pls take a look at my cichlids i bought 5 of them for 5 $, its like 1$ each its good for a rookie like me, im not sure what type but someone say its nyererie or something like that hehehe...
rivendel;2716838; said:wow wow you really are a fish geek, im still a long way to go by the way pls take a look at my cichlids i bought 5 of them for 5 $, its like 1$ each its good for a rookie like me, im not sure what type but someone say its nyererie or something like that hehehe...
The person that already ID your fish, did ID them correctly but there are many variants depending on what part of the lake they are from. These fish are from Lake Victoria. Tydus is the one who ID'd them for you and him along with some other members here keep Victorian Cichlids and have experience with them. Lake Victoria is currently in a bad situation and the lake is being used up by the villages and people that live off the lake. Many of the species in that lake have gone extinct and many are becoming endangered. I would personally keep them, they are beautiful fish.
As for caves, yes they need territories and places to hide caves/rocks and things like that make great areas for territory and hiding. That is also another reason a 10gal is to small esp for there size. If they dont have enough territory then they will fight over it and will either shred eachother or get killed off.
