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i have had cichla as small as an inch when they didnt even look like cichla in the past and i have never had a problem.. if you know how to take care of tricky fish and you match them in the right conditions you are fine.. if your a beginner or a moderate fish keeper and you dont know everything about water chemistry ect. goood luck to you.. it is important you read and read and read and do reasearch before you purchase these fish.. there are many factors to take into consideration that are so important and are over looked by most. first ... water quality is the most important... making sure everything is perfect and match there natural condidtions.. do some research on soft water fish and soft water chemistry. everyone just buys some cichla and dumps them in with there other fish that are in 8.0 ph water.. wrong wrong wrong ect Second...... tankmates... stress caused by tankmates can be fatal to young peas' or stress cichla. Third... DIET and Forth.... number three is just as important as number one
 
Have you though that it maybe too much in-breeding ? you know,making a copy of a copy,ect,ect, ? The gene pool maybe bad.You are so far away from S.A.
Just a idea.

Arapaimaman
 
^no idea....

ive read up on them many many times.
temp of water i put back into the tank is 31-32 degrees celcius.
does it hurt them?
maybe your right about the ph thing.
cause i dont check the ph of the water from the tap.
last pbass is surviving and starting to show signs of spots. :)
 
i would only do a 25-30% water change and make sure to check you water from your tap. your tap maby be 8.5ph and your could be 7.0ph big differnce.
 
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