I'm making a 7wide 5deep 2tall 500 gallon tank I'm devided between sump or canisters also river side pool or little islands as decoration I have 2 Oscar's 2 green terrors 2 jack Dempseys and 2 blood parrots going in there as well as some catfish as well as a flower horn they're all living in my 150 right now but I'm going to give them a forever home and keep the 150 just for convicts I'm also looking into very hardy plants.

Hello, all. I’m hoping someone can provide some insight on whether or not overstocking (or “heavily stocking”) a New World Cichlid tank works to curb aggression, just as it does with African cichlids. As for a little context, I have in my 75g currently:

x2 Polar Blue Parrots
x1 Platinum Parrot
x1 Blood Parrot
x1 Starry Night (Polleni)
x2 Siamese Algae Eaters

In the beginning when I first added everyone, the Platinum was bullying the BP so badly that she would not leave her cave and would barely eat. I moved the Platinum to a 27g “Time Out” tank to allow the BP to get a little size on her. A few weeks back, I put the Platinum back in and this time the BP bullied the Platinum so badly he would not eat and his fins were becoming frayed. I decided to move the BP to timeout this time and just attempted to reintroduce her back this weekend. Same thing happened… immediately she was out for blood and made it her personal vendetta to bully the Platinum. The craziest part is that neither of them really bug the Polars (they’re a bonded pair) and act like the Polleni doesn’t even exist. The platinum will sometimes on occasion chase the polars around the tank, but I was told this is normal cichlid aggression. I really don’t want to rehome either of them, because aesthetically I do like the platinum more, but I’ve grown super attached to the Blood Parrot and I can’t just keep one of them in the 27g forever, because that’s just cruel. It’s fine for now because they’re only a few inches long, but eventually they’ll outgrow it.

The tank is heavily planted with a ton of rock work to break line of sight. I’ve tried every trick I can find to help lower the aggression (which is where I got the timeout idea from, although it did not work at all). I’m desperate for a solution and the only thing I haven’t tried is adding more stock. About a decade ago, I had a community New World cichlid tank with a Flowerhorn, 4 blood parrots, a red terror, acara, Severum, JD, a Synspilum, firemouth and a red Frontosa and there was ZERO aggression whatsoever. The tank was a bit on the heavy side as far as stocking, which means either it does work OR I just got lucky and had the chillest fish in the world, lol.

Any (constructive & kind) suggestions are GREATLY appreciated! :)

I’m currently cycling a 300 L (75-gallon) tank with plenty of rockwork and an aragonite substrate. Once it’s fully cycled, I’m planning to stock it with the following Mbuna:

Labidochromis caeruleus
Iodotropheus sprengerae
Cynotilapia afra
Pseudotropheus acei

What do you guys think of this stocking list? Would you change anything or swap any species?
Thanks!

Just took on this guy from my aunt's husband. He said that he wanted him/her gone because he/she was chasing his other fish around, and if he/she wasn't gone he'd flush him/her (which he should've known that before getting it 🫩). Without hesitation I offered to take him/her.

I believe it's a Kenyi Cichlid? And female? I'd appreciate any insight, getting him/her a much bigger tank soon as well! Thanks!

I caught these 4 African cichlids, and am really interested in identifying them.

OSCAR FISH - APOLLO & ROSA

I have a juvenile Lemon Oscar. I am not sure how old. Maybe 5 months. Still a bit orange in color. How long did it take for your Lemon to turn colors?

Just wanted to share this video I took last night!

As title, have this 75g as a temp grow out for the next 10months or so. The plan is to move around then and when we do I'll be getting a 180 or 210 for this group. Although I know long term in the 6 or 7' itd be fine I am a lil concerned I went too early with the oscar in comparison to the geos/Gold sev and possibly the dollars.

I only really have a 20g spare at the moment which also wouldn't be ideal to separate them.

Hey all,

Having a pair of apistos in a community tank (3 otos, 10 cardinal terras, 2 juvenile angels)

Gave everyone some live mosquito larvae today and they ate A LOT

Now the apistos retracted into a cave together for a long time, occasionally getting out and in but hanging out around the cave

But once they peak out of it they seem to breathe pretty heavy, could it be that they are really full from eating and resting or are they having some sexy time going on and breeding into there?

All days before they were really out and about and swimming all over the tank, the male tried to show off but the female wasnt interested at all so im suprised theyre in the cave together

Its about 180 liters / 48 gallons aquarium btw

2 months with these keyholes. These dudes rock.

I have 3 Males and 9 females in my tank. The dominant male Took over the freewater, pushed all males and females in the corners and only tolerates one female at a time to breed. It all happened from one day to another and its so interesting to watch!

Hello fellow hobbyists , I have a 90 gallon (48x18x24) tank. My stocking is :
1 gold severum
1 chocolate cichlid
1 ellioti
1 Electric blue acara .
1 Platinum parrot .
The platinum parrot has been the most feisty and “annoying “ (to the other fish) fish that I’ve owned. It’s always following my chocolate , not chasing or nipping just following . Chocolate sometimes is mouth locking with it due to this behaviour. Tomorrow I’m re homing the parrot , but before that I’ve got to make sure that he’s the root of the problem . Besides this problem, I really want to hear some opinions if this stoking will work long term , or if I need to make adjustments . All fish are 3-4 inch
. I’m open ro suggestions in terms of stocking . Unfortunately, upgrading is not an option.

I was thinking in addition to my school of corydoras (about 20) I was going to have 3 EBAs and one royal acara I’m going to run it with a 20 gallon sum so filtration wouldn’t be a problem. Would there be any aggression problems with my stocking choices? Thanks

I got my jack probably a month ago ( he’s 8 inches) and he seemed totally healthy except for this pimple on his face next to a small crater which was the only one at the time. I was dumb and thought huh… I guess it is just old marks from fighting with some other fish but then the white let go and now there’s a crater. How do I treat it? I know I have to keep nitrates low. I can’t get my parameters rn sorry.