MarkLB

I wish :lol: I've never seen a red Red Zeb before.Pics anyone? They're orange but nice and bright. I got these from a forum member here in ChCh. Really nice fish.

:bounce: I got 4 new Red Zebs, which have amazing colour, to go with the one I've already got and I also added 2 nice clean E.yellows that I'd been growing up in another tank.

What fish would these be?

Hi all. I got some new Cichlids today :bounce: and it got me wondering how others introduce new fish to their tanks. I had a search and couldn't find a thread about it but I apologise if this is a repeated subject. With all the reading I've done about these fish, and from personal observation, I know that they are very territorial and will beat up and possibly kill new comers to the tank so steps need to be taken to protect new fish. I remember when I first started to keep Africans I had a female Melanochromis in a nursery tank and I forgot to take measures when I put her back in the main tank :oops: I went out for a couple of hours and by the time I got back she was beat up pretty bad. I hospitalised her but she didn't make it. I've heard of people simply waiting for lights out and slipping them in when the occupants are settled for the night. Or putting them in during feeding time. Or, and this is the method I use, remove the rocks, add the new fish and return the rocks so that everyone is back to square one territory wise. So....how do you do it??

:lol: I'll be posting them on the 'Full tank Shots-Add Yours' thread tomorrow.

Sorry to hear your day's been a little more down than up ....life huh? If it's any consolation I've had a great day.....I got some new fish and I've re-aquascaped 2 of my tanks. :bounce: :bounce:

Patience...and a tripod. I will often take 20 or more pics to get one that I'll keep.

:lol: Replace Dick Smith with Harvey Norman, otherwise...ditto :lol:

Thanks ppl. Cheers to everyone else for your pics too 8) I could stare at Cichlids all day.....Oh wait....sometimes I do :lol:

Cheers for the vid.. 8) Cool text tone :lol:

Labidochromis caeruleus Metriaclima callainos Pelvicachromis pulcher

Posting pics is really easy. Just remember to resize it so its not too big to host on the forum. If you can't resize it then you can post a link to it instead. http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/postin ... t4307.html

Metriaclima Estherae Melanochromis Takeaguess Aulonocara 'Stuartgranti Maleri'

works for me

Ditto

Derived from Latin 'Marcus': Mars (Roman god of war). Yep. God of War...thats me :lol: Not likely. I'm a pretty peaceful kind of guy.

Ditto

Hi and welcome

Welcome to the forum :bounce:

Hi Carla and Co. Welcome to the forum. :bounce:

You're welcome.

Hi darkfur. I had a male Platy display the same symptoms. He lasted for 3 weeks with TLC but eventually died. He was definately an old fish and thats what I put it down to....old age.

1050 litres

It is. I love Neons. They are the fish that made me fall for fish keeping.

Updated pics on page 8. 200 litre, 2 Kribs, 3 Platys, ? Guppies, 4 BNs, 3 Blind Cave Tetra, 40 Neons, 2 Sterbai Corys, 2 Peppered Corys, 1 Zebra Danio, 1 SAE. 450 litre, Peacocks, Cobalt Zebs, Red Zeb, E. Yellows, Melanochromis Takeaguess.