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My African Cichlid is holding eggs

Newatthis — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 18:27:38 GMT

Hi, I just don't know what to do for her. She is holding eggs in her mouth and is not eating with the group. I have a 29 gal tank also but it has little 1 inch cichlid. Should I put her in there until she is ready?

55 gal - 17 large Africans
29 gal- 12 small Africans

Please help. Thanks

Recently

neesejohn — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 02:37:53 GMT

Don't know when I'll get another chance to post. Life has been busy as.. well... busy.

I've still been keeping up with my fish. Been some time since I lost any and they are growing lke weeds.

A few weeks ago, I was figuring up some expenses and found that I was just spenidn way too much money on my fish. A while back, I had made my own herbivorous food, but this time, I decided to do something different with it. I decided to make a purely carnivourous diet.

This time I also decided to use no gelatin. I needed the gelatin in my herbivorous diet, because otherwise there was nothing that would hold it together, and, it would just look like someone threw some plants in the water, and I can't stand a messy tank. But the gelatin has almost no nutrition so I can't see a valid reason for adding it to the mixture.

So, the first diet ( my trial carni- diet):

1 lb of shrimp
1 lb of crayfish
2 cups of greens ( anything but lettuce)
2 cloves of garlic
5 drops of baby vitamins ( liquid)

I chopped all of this and then spooned it into ice cube trays. I didn't shell the crustaceans, as I know the fish can pick up colors from the shells of them.But the problem here, was that #1) I purchased steamed shrimp by accident and #2) I also purchased steamed crayfish. The fish ate it up, but left the hells, and talk about a messy tank! It looked disgusting and it took forever to pick them from the sand and rocks. Backup batch made... Oh yeah, I meant to do that... :)

Resipe Numero Dos

1 lb raw shrimp
1 lb raw crayfish ( uber hard to find)
2 cloves of garlic
5 mL of baby vitamins (liquid)

Okay, I know. That's a lot of vitamins, but let me say, my fish have never looked better. And some of my "hard to feed" species go nuts for it. So basically, all this raw stuff was chopped and spooned into ice cube trays and bagged. The fish eat the raw shells and there is virtually no mess.

Recipee Noomber Three

2 lbs of raw oysters, chopped
2 cloves of garlic
5 mL baby vitamins (liquid)

Bada bing, bada boom, you've got fish food. They eat it, your wife complains about you using her ice trays and worrying of her freezer smelling like fish, and WHATATAH!!! You've got an amazing fish food that your carnivorous fish will go nuts for.

Needless to say, I'm not a scientist or a vet and this is just something I tried that worked for me.

Anyway, everbody take care. Keep up the fun.

Wish I could've seen you all at the convention but duty calls.

Ciao,
John

Severums

BobB — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 00:49:21 GMT

Where can I find pictures of the various severums?

Cryptoheros panamensis

buntbarsch — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 20:06:26 GMT

New residents in my fish room

H. frempongi video

tjudy — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:11:55 GMT

I have been playing with my new computer (mac) and did this with the iMovie program. Not sure why the quality is so poor. Other videos with the same camera have not been pixilated at all.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-UohoGO8JM

Paracyprichromis Question

NVCichlids — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 03:36:59 GMT

Will paracyprichromis brieni and nigripinnis cross breed? The reason I ask is I know they prefer to be in larger groups.. my brother has a group of about 8 P. nigripinnis and I just picked up a trio of brieni (they didn't have any more and had no clue where they got them..) So my question is would it be bad to keep them together?

Breeding Cryptoheros Cutteri

cavamart — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:21:42 GMT

I pulled a trio from the fishroom and after about a week both the females are tube dropped and ready to go. This battle for the male results in no real damage and all three have lost color and took up their breeding patterns. All the excitement really turned on the the female Nanoluteus who insisted on staying in the middle of it.

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More A. trimaculatum

SteveC — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 00:19:15 GMT

One of my favorite fish I'm keeping at the moment... A few more trimac photo's

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Today In The Fishroom~9/5/10 Beani & Zonatum

aquamojo — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 19:41:07 GMT

Nice shot of the male Zonatum. Lots of color and flash shortly after a water change.

Here's the FO. Benai male. I rarely see the females in the tank as they hide from the male. I believe they are breeding once again. I did a 90% water change twice this week....if that doesn't do it, time for Barry White.

Hot shots!

afrabat — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 02:03:35 GMT

Just some shots from around the tanks when doing water changes. Hope you enjoy.

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Amazing Cichlids from Uruguay

nikonf — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:15:19 GMT

Hello,
I have just started this hobby and I currently have pairs of Tiger Oscars, Jack Dempsey, Parrots, Fire Mouths and a single Green Terror.
I have recently viewed photos of beautiful cichlids that are native to Uruguay. Do any of you experts have these fish? Would anyone know where to get them in the US? I found a dealer in Canada and they can not ship to the USA due to our agriculture regulations.
Here are a couple of links:
http://www.livefishdirect.com/store.php?cid=37

http://www.aqvaterra.com/cichlids_other_fishes.php

I plan on putting these fish in a 40 gallon breeder or a 55 gallon tank.

Many thanks,
Mike

oscar eggs

pooririshman24 — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 13:55:48 GMT

hi i am anew memeber to this site altough i have had oscars for many years i have now for the first time had my first male and female set and they laid eggs 2 times being young parents they did not manage the first set well and all were lost now the second set has been laid and they are doing much more this time to care for them i see a growth on them that looks like a white fuzz can anyone tell me if this is normal or if not is there anything i can do to prevent or remove ti without harming the eggs thank you for any help you can give :huh:

Hap Peacock Diet

crazycichlid — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 06:51:32 GMT

I have tried NLS, and have been trying extreme pellets...but never do i get results like these

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMh9wSllDC4

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKx1MC9eNEA

I keep good water conditions, but never get this many males to color up so well together.

Any suggestions?

cc

Oblongums...

CrazyFishLadyJulez — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:02:24 GMT

I have decided to go with the Oblongums.. I have a dozen coming next week..

WOOT WOOT!!

Im so excited!!:D

How are the Beani doing?

Cichlidfever — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 23:19:00 GMT

No more talk about the Beani any more, just wondering does anyone has anything that they would like to share about Beani? Has anyone been able to raise one to get full size? Is it possible to house them in the same tank with other cichlids, has anyone been successful in doing that? What are you feeding your Beani, and what temperature do you keep them in? How do you tell if you have male or female? They say that they are dimorphic in sex, so you should be able to look at them and determine their sex? Anything that anyone have to share about Beani would help in the learning/growth process would be helpful...