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Please can people post some sites that they know of that i can get malawi cichlids from? Cheers

Thank you dthoffsett thats a great reply for me. I am currently looking at all the fish and trying to work out what i want, apart from finding out if they can go together the next big problem is buying them, big lack of cichlid shops round me! Do you need to know the genus or just species to...

I live in kendal cumbria and up to now i have no idea where im going to buy fish from to stock my tank im building??? Can anyone help me? Or is buying them online and of ebay the only way? I hope not! Cheers

Thats correct its 4 ft and ive worked it out to be 190 litres. Im trying my best to read through everything on the internet but the information seems to either contradict eachother or just doesnt help! Guess the best thing to do is find fish i like and ask on here if they are going to be ok.

Ok i have finally decided i want to keep african cichlids, now i need help knowing which ones i can keep with what? I want to keep the most colourful and attractive fish i can. Also i need to know what i need to do with the tank? I love Labeotropheus cichlids does this help anyone to help me...

Sorry to keep been a pain but can someone help me out and give me the exact catagory of fish im looking at, i like Labeotropheus, Aulonocara and Cynotilapia that sort of thing, they seem to be given all kinds of catagories, i can research correctly if someone can just let me know what kind of...

I have kept fish before bit it was a comunity tank, just decided cichlids are the most attracitve fish. But im still very much a beginner really when it comes to fish keeping, but im more than willing to learn. Having a quick scan about rift valley cichlids appear to be the most appealing to me...

Is there any articles u know of to help me deicde what to keep? I know this is a lame way to decide but which is the most colourful and attractive?

Ok can ya help me out with the advantages, disadvantages of both, guess im gonna need to choose which one to go for now. Things like is one very difficult to keep? Cost? How easy is either to get in the uk? Anything else i shoudl watch out for? Cheers

Is it possible to keep lake malawi ad new world cichlids together or is this just a really stupid question? Doing a bit of research indicated they require dirrerent conditions so my guess is no? Can anyone else help me out and let me know if i can do it. As i love lake malawi cichlids and also...

Thats what my instincts were telling me do i need to replace tha carbon and other stuff u think? Ive never used an external filter so im kinda working in the dark here

I have just purchased a second hand fluval 204 external filter for my tank, its been used for marine fish and im gonna keep cichlids, what do i need to do with the filter before i use it? Is it ok just to clean it up and use it or do i need to replace all the internals?

I used salt water and got most of it off then a bit of white vinigar for the rest, worked a treat, given up a good wash and dry so there will be nothing in there now. Cheers 4 the advice, Next thing is cleaning a second hand Fluval 204 external filter?

Im pretty sure ive got the lighting and temp sorted, what is involved with the CO2 injection?

What is the best solution to give a second hand tank a real good clean? I heard a small amount of bleech in the water is ok? Is so what ratio?