sandaz Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 Hi, I just got a new tank with some cichlids. I've also posted in beginners corner but have not had much response. I have a community tank and don't know much about these guys, but keen to find out so I don't accidentally kill them. :-? Just wondering if someone can help me out with some questions: 1. What type of cichlids are these? People I bought it off just wanted to get rid of them and couldn't tell me anything about them, apart from the fact that new babies seem to appear every 2-3 weeks. 2. It's a 90 litre tank with 5 cichlids in them, is that too many fish? 3. The light blue cichlid has 3 spots on one of his fins on the bottom(no other spots), is this disease or something different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 1. As stated in previous post, convict cichlids 2. I think its to small for them, from memory the tank is only 620mm wide (correct me if I am wrong) 3. As previously stated egg spots.often means its a male fish, but not always the case. Side note, dont expect the live plants to last very long. Chances are they will get dug up and nibbled on. The Cichlids you have should be easy to keep, weekly water changes, lots of caves/territory, good filtration, food. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandaz Posted March 11, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 1. As stated in previous post, convict cichlids 2. I think its to small for them, from memory the tank is only 620mm wide (correct me if I am wrong) 3. As previously stated egg spots.often means its a male fish, but not always the case. Side note, dont expect the live plants to last very long. Chances are they will get dug up and nibbled on. The Cichlids you have should be easy to keep, weekly water changes, lots of caves/territory, good filtration, food. Thanks camtang! So I need to get rid (give away) how many then? And they are all convict cichlids or just the one in picture 2? Read up on the egg spots, very interesting! Plants are already floating as you said, so will remove them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
camtang Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 They grey ones with the orange are convicts, I am unsure of the other two I am sorry. Personally I wouldnt keep any of those cichlids in that tank, but thats me, the convicts alone maybe ok, or the others alone may also work. However the others are africans cichlids, and they do better off with a few to distribute aggression, so two may not work with them. Also convicts and Africans like diffrent water conditions, however convicts and most Malawis ( Lake your Africans come from) are normaly pretty hardy in diffrent conditions If I was you I would get a bigger tank if you choose to keep cichlids ( exception for dwarfs) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
disgustipated Posted March 11, 2013 Report Share Posted March 11, 2013 africans are not gonna like low ph. keep the water tuned for the africans, the convicts will be sweet in high ph Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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