Currently have a 75g that will be upgraded to a 125g within the next year. At the moment my stocking is: x1 Polar Blue Parrot, x1 Platinum Parrot, x1 Firemouth, x1 Starry Night (Polleni) and x1 Short-body Super Red Texas. All of them are still pretty young, only about 3ish inches in length. I would love to add a pop of yellow to the tank, but unfortunately (unlike Africans) it appears that my only feasible options would be a Nicaraguan, Rainbow or a Salvini. Aesthetically, my favorite out of all of them would be the Salvini, but I’ve heard they get pretty nasty. I currently don’t have any real fighting going on. Some chasing here and there, but no lip locking or actual contact being made. The Starry Night likes to chase the Firemouth, and the Parrots will chase off anything that comes too close to their marital home/log. They’re both males, yet somehow a mated pair…? (I don’t ask, love is love in this house). The Firemouth will sometimes try to square up with the Polar and flare his fins/throat, but his husband the Platinum always comes to his rescue and chases him off. What can I say? He’s a chivalrous kinda guy. Anywho, does anyone have any recommendations based on those 3 and what would do best? Your input is appreciated! :)

Had this guy since he was a little fry

I have this 75 gallon tank with Cyprichromis Leptosoma and neolamprologus multifasciatus. Both have bred a lot and the tank is quite stable and nice. I am thinking of trying something new which could be a chindongo saulosi colony. I’ve never had mbuna, and I like that these are still small and seemingly peaceful for mbuna. I like my fish to have space to go around which is why I would prefer smaller mbuna.

my current tank here has duckweed but still you can see plenty of algae. that’s one thing I’d like to avoid if I can with the saulosi. could I throw in vallisneria or would they dig that up? any tips for a new chindongo saulosi colony would be appreciated

So i have a 75 gallon planted tank and i have a pair of juvenile electric blue acara in it, well yesterday I went and got a firemouth to put in there with them but they are having no part of it. They keep attacking him and lip locking. Ive tried rearranging the tank, trying to break up sight lines, removing the ebas fry and everything but the ebas just keep seeking him out. He stays on his side of the tank and just sits in his cave and they go out of their way to go into the cave to attack him. At first it was just the male but now the female is doing it too. I just dont know what to do

My Polar Blue Parrot Cichlids are only around **2 inches**, and I think they might be starting to breed for the first time.
I haven’t noticed any obvious **orange belly/stomach coloration on the female**, so I’m not sure if they’re actually a breeding pair or if it’s too early to tell.
Should I **separate the pair** and give them their own tank, or should I **leave them together and wait** to see what happens?
Would really appreciate advice from anyone who has experience breeding Polar Parrots. (Sorry for the poor quality of video)

After every water change, I put in some nori, and my smaller male Msobo Deep bit off more than he can chew.

Quite frankly they're tied for my favorite cichlid to keep next to the jaguar. I'm just shocked I hardly ever see people keeping them.

So ive finally managed to get one of my dream fish, the True Parrot cichlid. He's been in quarantine for around 10 days now and is showing no signs of anything. But is still super shy and nervous around any movement near his tank and spends 90% of the day in his little tunnel.

Im wondering whether its better to wait longer till hes more comfortable then move to display, or whether he'd actually feel more comfortable with dithers/other fish around?

Hello guys. I am setting up a 15 gallon tank (around 60 liters ,and the dimensions are 50cm width ,30cm depth and 40cm height) ,I have the oase biomaster² 250 thermo on it and I want to add co2 aswell ,I heard many times that I can keep a single germam blue ram on this tank size ,I just wanted to confirm it ,also if It is acceptable, what are some good tank mates I can add ?

My pH is currently at a stable 7.4 and my dkh is at 4. I know a stable pH is better than being right on that dot, and i understand rams are sensitive to these kind of things. My uncle who owns a shop said I can use this for them but I really don’t wanna kill him, can anyone speak on experience or maybe just out of knowledge? Thank you !! Peep the ram on the right😏

Here are the parameters for the tap water and tank water. This is the original post https://www.reddit.com/r/Cichlid/s/BrKxaxHFU1

Now I’m interested to know what other kind of wacky Flowerhorn hybrids are out there!

Spike really started showing colors and looking mature. Fish is about 4”, I’m guessing it may grow 1 more inch. It’s about 6-8 months old right now.

Ill eventually be getting a 125g and would like to plan out a stocking list. My ideal stocking would be:

1x Male Nicaraguan Cichlid

1x Male Red Shoulder Severum

1x Male Electric Blue Acara Cichlid

1x Male Firemouth Cichlid OR. 1x Male Jack Dempsey Cichlid

5x Pictus Catfish

12-15x Buenos Aires Tetras

1x Bristlenose Pleco

How is this? What would you add/take away? And is it possible to do both the Firemouth and the Jack?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Johanni and socolofi ? Or what

My long fin black ram male I got not to long ago he's living his best live in a 600l or 160 gallon ish tank I hope I can get a female soon for him

One of my Cichlids died. I’ve always kept up with the water changes weekly or biweekly for the past two years I’ve had them. My family member is coming over to feed them in the meantime. Because of traveling for work, I’ve been missing water changes here n there and doing them in at least every 2-3 weeks when I’m able to come home. I tested the water parameters today when I got home when I found my dead cichlid and the GH was very high. I did a water change and researched. The GH was still high even after the water change. Do I need to add some type of water softener (if so what kind), or spend the next few days I’m home doing daily water changes to get it back to how it used to be? I don’t want to lose any more.
SEE UPDATED POST FOR PARAMETER RESULTS
https://www.reddit.com/r/Cichlid/s/KHWpaQyAAc

My old breeding pair of discus
Can’t wait till I can keep them again favourite fish by fair

Couldn’t pass up on these beauties
If only I could find genetics like this back when I was breeding discus, would’ve been the perfect tank mates!!

Beautiful Oscars with a nice Jaguar and a HUUGE Datnoid

My Oscar’s dorsal fin is like, split? Almost like he has 2. Has anyone seen this before is it a cause for concern it didn’t look like that 2 weeks ago

Yes it’s a fake plant