I have had a 90g tank set up for over a year wit 8 mdoka white lip African cichlids. All has been good for the most part other than typical cichlid fights. I came down to feed them this morning and one was dead. The tank leader has red lips along with one other male in the tank. Fighting? Levels are as follows: Ph 7.4 Ammonia 0 Nitrite 0 Nitrate 0

This is the best picture I could get, I hope he's not sick, since he is quite old, I've noticed his dent maybe a week ago, then now it seems much larger than before

Two of our polar parrot cichlids had babies only about an hour or two ago. We moved all the babies into another tank since one of the parents ate a baby. I still don’t know if this was the right move since all the babies are huddled under a rock in the small tank and the parents are getting aggressive towards the other fish and looking around for the babies. Please help. (I found a dead fry and I put it in a bag and cried so yeah)

Sorry for the low quality, he’s fast!

I am converting my 20 long into a shell dweller tank and was wondering if my pH would be okay? It is about 7.6-7.8 and all the other parameters are in the clear (gH is at 9 and my tank is fully cycled) I know my water is hard because my Vals have completely taken over and know that I run the risk of some getting uprooted as well.

I am converting my half sand half river rock bottom to a full sand bottom and ordered large shells already (3 per fish from what I see) to get the tank ready.

Do my parameters and tank sound okay? First time keeping a cichlid but coming from keeping Corydoras and Shrimp

My paratilapia is around 10-11 months old, and ~5 inches long mouth to tail tip. Can I vent him and see what sex he is, or should I wait longer?

(Fully grown males are supposed to get up to 10-12 inches, females between 5-9 inches but usually 6-7)

Hello everyone! My BP has been gettin black spots recently and I don’t know why. My boyfriend just moved in and gave me some of the tetras in his tank to put in mine. Before that my BP had been in a solo tank with a crawdad. Since he’s been getting them, I’ve already done a 50% water change, but I honestly think they’ve gotten worse. Are the tetras possibly sick? Is it stress from all the tank management?I would give the parameters but I have to get a new testing kit soon. Weather in my area isa hot 76 rn and temp in tank is about 79-80

Please help my flowerhorn jumped out of his tank, he's now kinda sideways and his colors are dark. He hasn't swam distance more so he's turning around. The height he fell was about 48 inches at least. He's about 4.5 inches. We put him back into the tank immediately after he jumped, he jumped while we were looking at him so he wasn't out long. Will he be okay?

Hey everyone! Not sure what flair I'm supposed to use. Sorry. I saw this cichlid at an aquarium store a few months ago but I already forgot what it was. It was pretty big actually. Maybe 12-16 inches and seemed very muscular.

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I have a zebra obliquiden that is getting bullied in my African cichlid tank, she's about 3-4 inches long. Her tail is almost completely missing and she isn't swimming well. I was thinking of putting her in this tank to heal up for a while until I can move her back in.

The tank has bleeding heart tetras, candy cane tetras, tiger barbs, corys, and 2 female kribs about 1.5-2 inches long. I don't think the zebra obliquiden would bother them but I want to be on the safe side.

I also have a (heavily planted) 10 gallon I could put her in by herself, I was planning to get a betta soon but it could wait. I'd worry she'd eat the plants though. I also have an empty 5 gallon I could use. What's everyone's opinion?

They're about a year old. If they were female they would have started laying eggs by now right?

Soo this is not my first time dealing with ick but it's first time to fight it without anny medical thing because rn I'm absolutely out of monney I mean the ich medicine cost around 8€ but I have like 1€at this moment and my paycheck is coming almost in 3weeks so since I don't have time and can't lend monney anywhere I have to fight it with at what I have at hand so I did 35%watter change instead of 25 cranked up temp from 25°c to 28 and salt them with salt without iodine (used 24tbs for 50 gallons) and hoping for best (also slightly cleared my filter since I should do it like week before) The tank is planted with mostly yellow lab cichlids pair of ob peacock 3 pollard Blue parrot cichlid (they are like 1-1,5cm long (don't worry theyl go to bigger tank when they grow a little) and 4 of Denison barb (on which I spotted ich for first time today) and some bottom dwellers like yoyo loach kuhli loach featherin catfish 1pleco and some snails also some plant are here

So my question is any other tips I could do ? Anything that could help would be awesome and since this is my grow out tank and 90%of fish are breeded by me I really don't want to take any chances to lose them

Tried to take picture of the first spotted ick on barbs but they quick so not much luck

Been showing some nesting traits for the last week!! Is she holding babies???

My Central American Cichlid hasn’t eaten in like 2 weeks. We tried a new food with him and he didn’t eat it so we switched back and he still won’t eat. He’s also normally a bottom swimmer and has started swimming at the top. I don’t think it’s swim bladder because he has full control of his body and isn’t floating at the top. I’ve already treated him for parasites as well. I’m thinking he’s constipated but his stomach isn’t distended. I’m really worried he’s gonna die and unfortunately don’t have the funds to take him to vet. Help!!! I’m desperate and will try anything at this point!