Recent content by danimarie37

He's an African "Jewel". Good point about the ph! I live in Florida, so hard water is easy to do. I guess I'll cycle the tank more often. According to Wikipedia, the ideal temperature for goldfish is 77 degrees. I don't have a heater in there, but i keep the house temp at around 78. Maybe I...

Excellent point on the water requirements. I'm not sure what to do about that. Maybe keep it a little warm for the goldies and a little cool for the cichlid. So far, no homicides. The goldfish aren't cowering away from him and he's no longer hiding in his little house. Good call on the...

I have a large african cichlid tank. there are several aggressive "alpha" fish in there. One night about a month ago, they all started picking on this one "omega" cichlid. They chewed his tail fin down to the root. He was near death. i pulled him out and he recovered in our "hospital" tank -...