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T Thank you , your reply will be of very useful to me

ok i will make sure to add in my apple snail into the tank after getting rid of the fish. thank you

im actually set on passing on my fish to a friend as i have a salvini and a firemouth in my tank currently and there arent many compatible tankmates available for them in my locality. Also i look at this vacation as a chance to start a new stock for my tank ( other than cichlids). i think i can...

well in my experience every day of feeding i skipped the least dominant cichlid would be dead and found only with a skeleton and i feel like i also need a break from all the aggression of cichlids (they will always be my favourites ) and try a different kind of fish . the fish that i have right...

:) no i definitely had mbunas and a pair of green terrors ...wil make sure to use hard water the next time . i have decided to give my fish away to a friend since i am going on vacation and the 3 fish that are in the tank arent very confident and always hiding .. they will probably do better in...

I will be giving away my 3 fish that survived a heat spike to a friend since they are cichlids and there isnt much activity since there are only 3, they are always hiding and very scared with pale colours 24/7. i have to go on a long vacation ( 3 weeks ) but i plan to start fresh when i am...

Ok il keep the lid open slightly and try adding more bottles in through the small gap . The person at the fish store recommended RO since the fishes were born and brought up in it and they had been working fine for me in the last year. I will try my best to cool down the water using your...

Yes it can be raised slightly .. i have tried ice cubes but its a 55 gallon i would have to overflow my tank for it to make any difference and have been using RO water all this while my tap water is extremely hardh.... oh but brilliant idea about keeping the jerry can in AC room definitely...

Thank you very much for taking time to reply ..but most of the tips wont work out for me its a 55 gallon and ive tried floating bottles and it barely makes a difference and if i remove my hood i will have to remove my filtration to because its fixed on the hood . Its unrealistic to keep the...

Hi guys, i i live in india and the summers here get pretty hot my tank is an in- wall one and the hood is very difficult to remove since it also carries top filters ( it can be moved enough for water changes ). I recently lost most of my mbuna cichlids and the only reason i could think of was...

Thanks for the information wills, the lfs i got them from had them along with african cichlids so im guessing they are used to being around africans and the africans i own have been brought up in only RO water even at the store (ph-7) . I shall take necessary actions soon as i notice conflicts...

Got them recently both juveniles and arent fully coloured up i was wondering if they are hybrids

Thank you very much :)

Thank you for your suggestion..will look for the species in my locality :)

Check out my tank here ~ I dont want to overcrowd my tank like a typical african cichlid tank instead i want them to be limited. I have been keeping these cichlids for 4 months now and am scared that adding new fish will disrupt the aggression balance that exists right now . I want to know what...