Recent content by clancaster23

I had an unknown bulb in the tank light I bought from someone. There are no markings on it so I don't know any of the ratings of it but it seemed to do pretty well. I was reading that a light around 10000k rating was ideal for africans. I went and bought a Coralife Actinic 03 Blue 40 watt bulb...

Ok. Another video. The one I started on is the one in question. Is it just a really light colored female? After I was on her, I moved to my smaller very blue female just to show the difference in the two. Maybe the one in question isn't a Kenyi but I bought it thinking it was...

So it's a male Kenyi? Meaning I have two males and one female (the blue/purple one) although the one male I know I have is much larger, it doesn't have any yellow in it. Will this other one eventually lose the yellow and look like my bigger one?

I managed to get two pics of it with my cell phone. This is the one in question. I do have three electric yellows "Labidochromis" but I was under the assumption that whether male of female, those were always yellow. This on ein the pic was sold me with me thinking it was another bumblebee, just...

I have a 75 gallon with about 10 cichlids and a couple others in it. The tank has been cycled and running well for about 1 1/2 months now. I bought it off of someone and fortunately didn't have to wait long for it to cycle and be ready for fish since it was still operating when I got it. It has...

Standing anywhere near the tank makes them go nuts so I can't really get a good steady pic so I just did up another short video. It starts off on my non-albino red zebra then onto the other bumblebee. Then just random shots on what's in there now...

Well unfortunately she doesn't appear to have them anymore. As of yesterday she no longer has the swell in her mouth and is no longer hiding and is eating. Basically her typical behavior before this. I guess she either swallowed them of spit them out somewhere. Wasn't home when it happened...

I did have three Kenyi up til about a week ago. A female died suddenly. No idea why. It had been hiding around and not eating for a few days then I just found it laying on the sand dead. So I have two now. The red zebras, I know the albino is female but the other is a light shade of orange. I...

My albino red zebra seems to be holding eggs although I have no experience with this as these are my first so I'm not sure. Posted a short video and you can see in some shots that the bottom of her mouth is a bit bigger and if you get a good enough shot, you can see she has something in her...

Thanks a lot for your reply. Definitely the most helpful suggestions yet. Question though, your reccommendations, are the numbers for a total count or what I should add to my current stock? This is what I "think" I currently have: 2 Kenyi - (Metriaclima lombardoi) 2 females, 1 male 3 electric...

Either way, not really concerned about the platies. Still wondering though what else I can add to this tank that will actually be compatible with the cichlids.

The tank is about a month old. I gradually added my cichlids over time and I'm thinking they are all still pretty young although some are bigger than others. I really only have one aggressive one and that's the albino red zebra. All the others are pretty passive toward each other and the platies...

Wondering what other kind of fish I can mix in with my cichlid tank. I plan on going up to around 20 or so cichlids but would like to have a little variety if possible. Tank already had old filter media in it when I got it but I used four platies to test it out for a couple weeks and they are...

Well, just found the kenyi dead in the tank. No clue why it died though. It was just laying on the bottom a few hours ago but still alive. Looked just a minute ago to see what she was doing and was gone. Hope whatever killed it doesn't go to any others.

Two questions about two fish I have in my tank. First will be about my female Kenyi. Since say two weeks ago, she has just been hiding in corners, under rocks or in plants. Swims around a little every now and then but nothing like she did when I got her, about a month and a half ago. She seems...