Recent content by Demeter32

If the fish is being particularly uncooperative I'll take pictures like that but with smaller fish (like my young OB peacocks) I simply press them gently between the glass and my hand then snap a few pics that way. Either way is stressful but it's not like I do it very often nor for a long...

As a general rule all mouth brooding Africans will cross with other mouth brooding Africans. I've had a male yellow lab spawn with a female peacock and produce the male in my profile picture. I've also had a male blue ahli hap breed with a female peacock. Female peacocks really don't care who...

They all look like mbuna (group of cichlids from lake Malawi = rock dwelling) and mbuna the most aggressive grouping for African cichlids. The kenyi (blue with stripes) will get around 5-6 inches, same with the orange fish that appear to be red zebras. The yellow fish with black stripes may be...

Considering that plecos (is your's a common?) come from areas with soft, acidic water and African cichlids come from hard, alkaline water they certainly do have opposite water requirements. I've seen it done, I've tried it and it worked for a short while with my adult male BN pleco. He would...

What brand of pellet are you using? I usually feed just twice a day, the exact amount varies for each betta/tank as most the tanks have other inhabitants that also eat them.

Egg spots are not a determining factor for sexing young bettas. I've got a spawn of ~20 juveniles growing out right now and I can see some males already. The males have an egg spot but I'm 90% sure they are indeed males.

They are too young to be 100% sexable at this point. I would guess that the last 2 pics are male, based on the head shape and not-so-plump belly area. I assure you, once 1 juvenile starts showing that it is male the rest of the males follow shortly after.

African cichlids are a no-go in communities. Either switch to all rift lake cichlids are keep it a peaceful community. What is the temp, pH, and hardness? With the fish you have now you might be able to add peaceful American cichlids such as angels or rams but they will likely eat the...

I'd like to see pictures of the juveniles. All will appear female until they suddenly don't. Egg spots are not a good way to determine a young betta's gender. It's a combination of egg spots, fins, body shape, yellow ovaries, and a beard that really shows who is what. For female, looks for the...

She just has a lot of eggs. Females will always be on the plump side, when their tubby bellies start looking unusually round, their colors pale, and appetite diminishes they can be either egg bound or have dropsy (with scales sticking out). If she's behaving as normal then don't worry too...

Angel eggs don't really belong in a tumbler as they are not mouth brooding cichlid. The parents simply fan the eggs and can for the fry as they absorb the yolk sacs. For artificial hatching I'd simply take the object the eggs were laid on and move it to a separate tank complete with a heater and...

Yellow labs are a species of mbuna that come from Lake Malawi in Africa. They are primarily vegetarian and do best on spirulina (algae) based foods. I prefer to use Cobalt Spirulina Pellets mixed with the same brand of large cichlid pellets. I'm not fan of Tetra brand foods because they are...

Can you post a few photos? Sounds to me it is either an internal tumor or fluid buildup that isn't necessarily dropsy.

IMO the stocking sounds fine, but you will need a very large tank for frontosa, venustus and ahlis. The frontosa will be the largest and I'd not keep them in anything smaller than a 100gal tank, even then bigger is always better. I understand the general idea about sticking to fish from just...

From my understanding I thought the eggs in the tumbler were found/abandoned. I am perfectly aware of what stripping mouth brooders is and means as I've done it a few times myself to ensure I get a batch going before Mom spits them in the main tank. Also @Built2Prfctn it is better to start...