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Which fish is the bully? I am with pretty much as above said.... I would remove bully to a spare empty tank or if no room place it in a breeders net. I would re arrange the tank, add 5 or more cichlids of different colours, similar size. Re introduce bully after a week, see what happens. Some cichlids are head strong, some can come around. Trial & error. Frenchy

Your right, jags aren't that bad. He is selling them that way to mask it. It is misleading. If the fish was a dwarf form David, it will still have its own variant name or separate species name. It would be classified, or labelled as yet to be varified, classified. There are dwarf, shell dwelling versions of cichlid species. eg; Altolamprologus compressiceps have 2 dwarf variants off the top of my head. They are A.compressiceps"mbita pearl" & A.compressiceps "sumbu" Frenchy

Nice cichla to shadox. Any chance someone can pm the people that run the show, this is a misleading sale. There is no such thing & when asked he wouldn't answer. Give them this link, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parachromis_managuense Another thing is what is he doing selling them at 1 1/2 weeks old. Thats a no no here, fish have to be 3cm. What a rip off. Feel like joining just to give people .... Frenchy

Is there really a dwarf version. I have never seen one or heard of that before. :-? Got a link Ryan? Chances are in this case, the guy is telling prokies, or if they stay small, stunted or hybrid. Frenchy

Anything small & skittish in a planted tank, ie; loaches. Same to rock work tank, ie; demasoni, loaches :lol: Frenchy

Caper, with lights out "most" fish are inactive & resting. Therefore they don't take in much oxygen. Which is obviously different to day time. Frenchy

Metro is used in the aquarium industry as a treatment for internal parasites. For worms, well you can soak food in prazi, trichlorofn & garlic. The book I have states a few other drugs, but they are not available in Aussie, don't know about NZ. I use prazi for external flukes & worms. Has the added bonus of not killing filter bacteria or plants. Trichlororfon is great to. But is hard on scaleless fish. & you need to up the airation of water. Frenchy

As Ryan said, they are just what they are. Same as here in Aussie, we only have Otopharynx lithobates. They are the yellow blaze ones, but the name mentioned is all that we can call them. The joys old old lineage cichlids. They find a new fish call it a name, thats it. Sometimes they found the same fish in other bays, but because so similar left them as is. As classifications got better, notice small differences, colour, teeth etc, they now have variants. Frenchy

No sorry you can't call them that either. They are a hybrid. Scientific names are only given to pure discovered species. The only thing you can call them is a zebra, as a common name. Also, they haven't crossed with the yellows, they show no characteristics of an electric yellow. Frenchy

internal or external? Frenchy

The fry are a hybrid. They look nothing like lombardoi. That proves that something you have is either a cross breed, or the one of females are not lombardoi. The females barring isn't right to true lombardoi, especially the one in the 3rd pic. I will add the male looks like a lombardoi. What does worry me in him is the black edging in his anal fins. Not a trait of lombardoi. Compare to these pics, none show black edging in anal fins & compare the body barrings. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=798 Like you said you bought them as blue zebras. That is all that they are. Sorry. Frenchy

What type of cichlids? A lot of cichlids will be to much for them. Frenchy

Probably those in pic 1 & 7 Brad. Pic 6 isn't one either. Frenchy

Great pics. Good to see the fry are growing well. Frenchy

African butterfly cichlid, elephant nose, bigger tetras{congo, diamond}, rainbows.... Frenchy

Cheers, know that. Just a question for others that keep lombardoi. Anyone else think the ones in pic 3 don't look right then? One of them has 7 prominent bars, not right to me sorry. Frenchy

Just a question. What are the ones in pic 3 bought as. The 2 blue ones. They are different to the kenyi. Frenchy

neither have I :oops: :lol: Power cuts can be a problem here in summer. Just glad most storms are at night, therefore damage is minimal. Oh, I do have about 5 battery air pumps just in case. A tip for fish keepers, in times of black outs etc, these are life savers. Everyone should have one, handy for moving fish to. Frenchy

Sounds like you are on the right track, good mix of colour too. Kadango's can get big, but they will only pick amongst themselves. Just keep an eye on your water parameters for a couple of weeks, as of the introducing of 14 new fishies. Frenchy

Nice looking set up, well done. Frenchy

Just to give you a idea of overcrowding. I have 25 plus electric yellows {breeding colony} in a 4x15x18, oh & 2 white calvus. It is all trial & error. It basically comes down to temperament of the fish involved & who gets along with who. The area of the tank etc. Some say heaps of caves, some say not many at all. My colony of yellows are more of a bare tank, just 2 lava rocks & a couple of barnacles for the whites. That works best for the colony. When I had a mixed colony tank, more caves the better. Heaps of caves creates a lot of homes but means a lot of territories can exist & sub dominants can/will hide, therefore not seen much, especially in smaller tanks. nb; lfs have bare tanks with cichlids,{do here} it is not just to make it easier for them to catch. If you have a larger tank, ie; 4x2x2 a lot of caves usually works good, as there is plenty of room for all fish. Not many homes means not so many territories, fish are more out in the open more. Downside is tank looks more bare & if you have a bad bully he may take claim to 1/2 the tank. Then again depends on species. Peacocks are more of an out in the open species too. They hunt food from in the sand in the wild. If you want to add some colour of something docile cichlid wise, throw in some electric yellows. Nice bright colour, won't harass anything else & most species don't chase them. Could easily add 3-4 of them to your current tank. Peacock males can fight amongst each other, best bet is to mix different species of peacocks & try for different coloured types too. Watch the chinese algae eaters, they can be a pain when big, even to cichlids. Good luck, sounds good with the way you set it all up. Keep us posted. edit; just found this page, you may like to read. http://www.cichlid-forum.com/articles/peacock_corner.php Frenchy

Yep thats right Alan, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_FA006 Just have to make sure your fish can handle high temps & don't forget to make sure the airation in the tank is at saturation levels. Frenchy

Yep thats right Alan, http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/BODY_FA006 Just have to make sure your fish can handle high temps & don't forget to make sure the airation in the tank is at saturation levels. Frenchy

Malachite green can be harmful to scaleless fish, oh & humans. That is in most white spot remedies. See what your lfs has. They should give you something suitable, it is a very common fish disease. If they don't tell you, :roll: treat at 1/2 dose. {because of scaleless fish} I always do 2-3 gravel vacs a week during treatment. Just before re treatment. Removes the cysts. If you have increased the temp, make sure there is plenty of surface agitation. Oxygen levels deplete in higher temps. As said above, no point removing fish to quarantine, all fish in the tank will be carriers now. The parasite is easily transfered to other tanks, via nets & buckets too. Good luck, you should be right. Frenchy

I am more with the water quality as the filters have been off. Water change would of helped, as shown by the puffers recovery. The chances are if filters are off during the day, oxygen levels would of depleted in the water. The krib wouldn't have come down with pop eye that quickly either. It is usually linked to bacterial infections, ie; poor water & food quality etc. Frenchy