r/Cichlid

Please help! My one blood parrot started shivering randomly. She’s never done this before and I’m worried she’s not well. I’ve included a video so people can see. Has anyone experienced this before with a fish?

Someone said its a muppet fish because there isnt anymore info on it.

Needing advice on the water flow. I have a fx6 on this 75 gallon tank but i got the spray bar attachment on the filter rather than the original output filter, should I swap it out to the original filter since I heard these fish like more water current?

I was scared in the beginning that these fishes are so tiny my other fishes will bother them and infact few acaras and a geo altifron was doing it when they were just introduced but as a night passed things are clearer

Ik tank might not look over stocked by once the fishes will grow it will get overstock and I have already planned to remove few fishes when it will be needed

mustard went from sick and dying from a mystery illness last year to fathering many babies. i'm so proud of him. even though he eats most of them lol

Decided to change up the scape and lean into the branchy river look. Front 2/3s of the tank is completely empty now so more open swimming space for them as well. Colours in the second video are more akin to how the tank looks like in person but the camera still gives the fish a weird blue hue.

72x18x20 inch 112 gallon tank

6 Geophagus Altifrons

9 Red Eye tetra

Mind the tank, I was mid water change and rearranging the setup. I got these 2 Severum about 3 weeks ago. They was labeled as Orange Shoulder Severum when I got them from my LFS. They are gorgeous and very active. But one looks different than the other imo. Any idea anyone??

Got a new guy added to my 60*30cm tank, single male Apistogramma agassizii. He is so bold that within a minute of introduction, he started exploring everything - no stress, no hiding. Can you help me identify which variety/colour morph of Apistogramma agassizii is it? Looks closer to Double red or wild morph? or something else?

My wife picked these two kribensis, but even the LFS guy isn't 100% sure it's a couple.

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Potential female :

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I was watching videos of American cichlids and this one came up, do you know what it is?

TLDR my multis won't grow. Help?

7 or 8 weeks ago I got 7 baby multis from my friend in a trade we did. The remaining fish from this batch back at his place are much larger now while mine are not growing.

Tank: 10 gallon standard. 2 small sponge filters, 1 small hang on back with a pre filter foam, bucket filled with biomedia and crushed coral. Substrate: quartz sand and aragonite mix. Decor: 2 pieces of old dead reef rock that we use in all the african tanks here. Currently there are a few endler guppies living in the upper waters in here. They were put in as dither fish because the multis were initially a bit shy. So far no problems. Once these multis get bigger I had planned to move them into a similar layout20 gallon tank where they could really build a colony. They would have the 20 gallon to themselves.

I know I need more shells but I never see them using the shells they have now and there are 14 shells in here for 7 cichlids.

pH stays at 8-8.2 which is what the water comes out of the tap at, and hardness and kH stay at about 12-16 which should make tanganyikans quite comfortable. The breeder is using the same water parameters and temperature as me, and he has success while I do not.

Temperature is 76F.

The tank has quite a few floating plants and these keep the nitrates at undetectable levels. I do water changes @ 20% every 7 days. Dechlorinated with seachem safe (powdered version of prime).

Now, they do eat. They prefer powdered food so I feed the Aquarium Co-op magic small fish feed as well as powdered cichlid flakes, and I give them shrimp wafers which they also peck at. Every time food is offered which is 2-3x per day, they do eat quite a bit of it. They never refuse food. They show no signs of illness or discomfort as far as I can see, and water quality as far as what I can test is good. I can't really afford the extortion level prices on frozen fish food where I live in Ontario Canada. It used to be in my budget and I had a freezer full all the time but they want like $30 for a small cube 12 pack now and I just can't. I am building up a colony of grindal worms and will soon begin feeding them to all my small fish, and I am planning to get decapsulated artemia (shelled brine shrimp eggs) which I've used before. You just soak and feed fish love it. My source is out of stock but getting some soon.

Anyways something doesn't add up here. I know these fish don't have parasites because their batch siblings are almost full grown already at the breeder's house.

Help??

I bought a pair of Kribs about a month and a half ago from my LFS. Over time, I noticed the male’s tail becoming more and more frayed. When I first bought him, he did have some fin damage as they were in a tank with larger Mollies who were relentlessly picking on his fins. Instead of getting better, his tail has gotten progressively worse. At first I was worried it could be fin rot, but I was able to rule that out. Regardless, I’ve been dosing the tank with Stress Guard every other day or so to help it repair. I noticed my female chasing him around every now and then, but rarely see her actually make contact with him. I’m 99% sure she’s the culprit as none of the other fish even bother them, and she seems to be quite nippy while he’s definitely more docile. They’re in a 46g bow front and as you can see from the video it’s heavily planted with a lot of rock work and plenty of hiding spots. I’m wondering if I need to consider rehoming her, or if this is the normal process of pairing. He’s showing no signs of stress whatsoever, has a voracious appetite and is not showing any symptoms of being bullied/scared. Please let me know if I should consider rehoming or just let nature play it out. From their size I would say they’re still quite young, but I’m not sure if this is normal behavior. Thanks!

I really didn't know Kribs could look like this. I've seen red and purple bellies, but didn't know the rest of the fish was amazing too. I am very impressed so far.

Just picked this guy up today… didn’t notice it while in the shop, but once he was in my tank I noticed the white spots on it.

Is this anything to be concerned about?

Thank you!