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Catfish ID Request

I know not a cichlid, but my BPC likes to harass him/her sometimes and I’m curious what flavor catfish it is. Thanks. Sorry if not allowed.

2 Comments
2025/02/02
22:40 UTC
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Can anyone identify this guy? (Mostly white with yellow fins)

Had this feller for a while, wondering if it's a hybrid

8 Comments
2025/02/02
21:04 UTC
4

Just wondering what y'all think this little guy is

5 Comments
2025/02/02
20:32 UTC
11

What food are you guys feeding

I've been feeding omega one pellets and omega one brine shrimp

3 Comments
2025/02/02
19:05 UTC
30

New 75 gallon mbuna setup

Currently I have 5 yellow tail acei, 4 females and 1 male. 4 yellow labs, still too young but I’m pretty sure I have 1 male and 3 females. 4 mainganos, 2 males and 2 females and I also have two peacocks in there. There was definitely some aggression, mainly from the really dark male maingano but after I added the 5 yellow tails and the blue peacock, I haven’t seen any chasing and everyone seems to be pretty chill. I know peacocks require more protein in their diet but they seem to be doing well with what I’m feeding them which is the extreme cichlid pellets at 38% protein. Let me know what you guys think

4 Comments
2025/02/02
18:04 UTC
8

New Tank Setup for cichlids

The Fishiest Fish, Micro Organism, Middle and Little ALL LOVE their new tank setup! They love the caves and the sand!

1 Comment
2025/02/02
15:01 UTC
8

What kind of cichlid ? Also male or female? I think it’s a female

15 Comments
2025/02/02
08:26 UTC
2

Help

I've come to realize I have at least 4 different mbunas in my tank. They're all fairly young. I was educated by people claiming to know what they were talking about to sadly find out, they did not. They told me to over stock my tank and said any Africans would do fine together. I have found out this is not true. They are not fighting yet. But again, they are still young. How bad is this going to get, and how can I fix this? Fish store wont take any back (it's been months since bought) and I don't want to kill any. How can I keep my tank from becoming a battle field. 55g 78°f water parameters are all good

8 Comments
2025/02/02
05:15 UTC
1

Can't get good pic. Need Id for this guy pls

5 Comments
2025/02/02
04:52 UTC
2

Fish ID please

Little guy was sold as a "Parrot"

to me clearly isnt a Blood Parrot or even a "True Parrot"

Texas cichlid hybrid with a Jack Dempsey ? What do you guys think

Thanks

14 Comments
2025/02/02
02:49 UTC
1

Anyone ever successfully kept an mbuna in a planted tank?

I have one in a planted tank with ample room for it to swim since it was a little guy. Half of the tank is barren with just rocks, sand and gravel. Now he’s all grown up and has completely destroyed everything. It’s like he can’t stand anything sticking out of the substrate. Any plant that he can’t just pull out or snap the stem, he’ll dig until it floats up. I have plants to keep the nitrates and algae in check but it seems this option is no longer viable. How do y’all handle the nitrates and algae in typical cichlids tank?

8 Comments
2025/02/02
02:40 UTC
1

Dwarf cichlids/shell dwellers

I’ve been experimenting with breeding Mbuna cichlids lately and have always had a passion with keeping different cichlid species. That being said, I’ve been researching dwarf and shell dwelling cichlids recently, can any recommend a good breeder with more than a few options on stock regularly?

2 Comments
2025/02/02
00:36 UTC
42

This unit

5 Comments
2025/02/01
23:48 UTC
9

Most hate hybrids. How about these guys?

Made some German red aulonocara-albino champsochromis hybrids. And absolutely love them.

13 Comments
2025/02/01
21:24 UTC
1

Can Yellow Labs (Mbuna) and German Reds (Aulonocara) cross-breed?

I have 10 juvenile German Reds, 2-3 inches, unsexed, no dominant male, no egg spots.

I have 6 juvenile Yellow Labs, 2-3 imches, unsexed, except for one very dominant male.

One German Red is holding eggs as of last week, and one Yellow Lab is holding as of today.

Could they have the same father?

3 Comments
2025/02/01
20:45 UTC
16

African Cichlids

Breeding during water change!

2 Comments
2025/02/01
20:13 UTC
1

can someone tell me what this is?

he’s an albino red oscar fish about 3 years old, just recently noticed this on his head and not sure what to do about it.

4 Comments
2025/02/01
18:54 UTC
7

Lady Lip, nice clean tank

Red Devil

0 Comments
2025/02/01
18:41 UTC
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