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Re: new fish
Here in the UK , we have access to captive bred Lake Malawi cichlids who thrive in our local tapwater so no need to worry too much about Ph or hardness etc
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Re: new fish
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Originally Posted by alucard0822
The trick with Cichlids is to keep the water hard, warm and alkaline, a lot of fish folk don't like to mix AC species from all 3 different lakes, Malawi and Victoria are close enough to be OK, Tanganyika is a lot more alkaline than the others, so while a few others have had luck mixing all 3, or keeping Africans in neutral PH and soft conditions with unrelated tankmates, I haven't in my tanks or others I've helped with. Fish get stressed, then start to get aggressive, sick and die off eventually, the higher toxicity of Ammonia in high PH ranges also kills a lot faster In new tanks or where the bioload gets increased fast. Zincubus is right on, more fish and more hiding spots cuts down on bullying, so too few fish they get picked on, but too many too quick, and they get sick, AC tanks are pretty much the reason fishless cycling came about. Best advice is to use sand as a substrate, easy to spot clean to keep bioload down, and the fish seem to like it, add a pile of rocks containing limestone to keep the PH up around 8-8.2, and KH up at 10-14, small water changes often with enough buffer added to keep the PH consistent, and they will be happy. You will have to change gradually being you already have fish, and the Shark should probably find a more compatible home. Can't wait to see how they grow
they water is hard and theres good alkaline and the temp of the water is a consistant 80 degrees, i check the water weekley and do small water changes, we have natural spring water so thats probably why its hard. i had balas but the water was too hard for them so i got the cichlids instead, the shark is doing great in there too, they dont bother him at all. i might get some black sand for them when i switch them to a bigger tank, i really like the look of sand in tanks. they are all doing really well together :)
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Good choices, that Electric yellow is :gj:
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new fish
Lovely fish ...the Yellow looks very similar to the Yellow Labs ( Labidochromis caeruleus) I mentioned especially with that thin black strip on the edge of the dorsal fin and that bottom one 'looks' a little like a Kribensis .. ..
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yel...w=1024&bih=672
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Re: new fish
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Originally Posted by Zincubus
Lovely fish ...the Yellow looks very similar to the Yellow Labs ( Labidochromis caeruleus) I mentioned especially with that thin black strip on the edge of the dorsal fin and that bottom one 'looks' a little like a Kribensis .. ..
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=yel...w=1024&bih=672
Kribs
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=kri...kribensis+fish
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Re: new fish
Yeah , looks 100 times better to me as well ! Your eyes are attracted to the fish and the pink plants now :)
Get those coloured plants out and some green ones in and you've got a serious looking viv :)
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Re: new fish
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Originally Posted by Zincubus
Yeah , looks 100 times better to me as well ! Your eyes are attracted to the fish and the pink plants now :)
Get those coloured plants out and some green ones in and you've got a serious looking viv :)
ill be getting a couple plants in there in a few days or so
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