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What is wrong with liking good vintage? :) I just got back after an illness absence. Have to relearn to renavigate the site. I thought it was current because it was in the general topic area. But thanks. Don't the older threads get gradually buried by the newer ones. Anyway I volunteer for the...

An acquaintance of mine has a blood parrot and an Oscar that were constantly battling. We did some research and she brought in a Severum and a large Synodontis Catfish. The Oscar and B. Parrot battle less. The Severum has become more confident but is outweighed by the either the Oscar or the...

I am not disagreeing with you as to different PHs, however a way to get around it is that some of the chains and independent fish stores' suppliers have raised several or even many generations of cichlids to a mid level pH and omnivorous commercial pellets diet. I add occasional fly larvae...

If you don't have a hyrometer, they are usually reasonable and accurate to determine salinity levels.

Rinse the sand anyway. Our town bay and sand is near some former industry discharge and occasionally but rarely have a red tide bloom. After rinsing sand, add the Marine salt to your water to the correct percentage salinty for your creature(s).

I 've used beach sand too added to my purchased sand. May not have to rinse lack Colin said, but I have freshwater setup, so I rinsed sand. But all is good.

Hello, Sounds a cool, colorful mix. The Labs aren't aggressive as you probably know and go to 3-4 inches. The Peacocks can get 4-7 inches and semi aggressive. Hope you have fun.

Cool, I have a Bumblebee (Psuedotropheus crabro) also called Chameleon Cichlid, I suppose they shift colors. I have Electric Blue Johanni-- in a separate tank. They is a size difference. I didn't put any other tropical fish with them. I did have some Large Nerite Snails occupying the tank...

Correction: Red Shouldered Severum. I meant to correct that. I added that to your list because of your preference of a Severum included your selection. Also because of it's popularity as an aquarium fish and it's somewhat flexible range of water conditions.

A special note: The Senegal-Dinosaur Eels probably should not be paired with the Danios or any fish they will out grow. It was advised the same should apply to the larger cichlids on your list, even though these are primarily peaceful . The quote was. " They are still cichlids" and I inferred...

Hello, Sorry I was answering another post that was asking for some help.Then feeding my Birds. Feed my fish after our communication. The fish on your list are interesting. The Tetras might disappear if you couple them with some of your larger possiblities. *Congo tetras are about 3 inches. In...

FOR BIRTHING BABY FISH: *Put a lot of Java Moss into the tank. Some fish stores will give to you free. If you are a customer, tell them you are trying to save babies. Alternatively or in addition, if you can't find enough moss, or don't want use moss; use a breeding mop or untreated plastic...

And if you have a sand substrate, stir sections of it to release trapped gas pockets from decomposing plant matter, food and fish waste that is buried in the sand. It (the gas) will rise to the surface and be dispersed into the air. Because gravel doesn't compact as tightly as sand there is...

Sincerely Mont. (I have been running cichlid and tropical tanks for decades and currently have several.)

I have busy today but I wanted to answer your post because as of this writing no one has. * Cichlids should usually be housed in their own tank. Many species will kill even aggressive tiger Barbs. Also most tropical fish species go with a lower PH. Average 7.6. Most cichlids with a higher PH...