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March 3rd, 2009
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| Identify.. Please
Hi,
So I have tried to post the pics in my other post, but had some technical difficulties. Could you please try and identify these for me?
Also any comments or advise with regards to my tank/setup would be appreciated. The tank is 1200mm x 450mm x 500mm and I use a Cascade 1000 canister filter, 300W heater, one power head and one internal power filter. Bought the whole setup as is.
Also please advise on the fish in the last picture, as it is constantly swimming in this upright/vertical position and when another fish comes pass, it will turn to it's normal position and swim away, just to turn vertical again.
Thanks,
B | 
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March 3rd, 2009
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| Here is the other 2.
Also maybe if it is possible to tell the sex of each. And more or less how many more fish will I be able to add? Would like to have at least one pair of all. The fish are all about 10cm on average long. | |
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March 3rd, 2009
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| hmmmm I'm not familiar with the type of fish in your second post. I'm sure someone will let you know shortly. Your tank is beautiful though. Your profile states that you don't know about the nitrogen cycle...you can click here for more info on it. It's VERY IMPORTANT that you know it and live by it in the aquarium world. http://www.fishlore.com/NitrogenCycle.htm
I see some white spots on your orange Bloody Parrot and on 1 or 2 others that has me very concerned. You may have ICK in the tank. Click here for info on ICK http://www.fishlore.com/aquariummaga...sh-disease.htm
Last edited by aquarist48; March 3rd, 2009 at 06:14 AM.
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March 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| picture #2 looks like a jack dempsey and picture #5 (the fish in the bottom left corner) is definitely a blood parrot.
steveangela1 is extremely knowledgeable about cichlids, you may want to PM or post on her profile page to see if she can identify the rest | |
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March 3rd, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| Yellow Lab next to the Blood Parrot in pic 5 | |
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March 3rd, 2009
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| Pic 2 on the upper right hand is a Jack Dempsy, picture 3 on the middle left is a kenyi (male) with a yellow lab (unable to sex), picture 4 is a starburst peacock, picture 5 is a blood parrot with a yellow lab (unable to sex them, the last two are both male red top zebras.
The blood parrot and the Jack is not compatable with the others. The other fish are Lake Malawi Cichilds which require hard high pH water, a lot of rocks to cover, and are extremly aggressive. The red top zebras and the Kenyi will most likelly fight being both males and from the same species group (Metriclima).
Here is a stocking aid: http://search.atomz.com/search/?sp-q...p-f=ISO-8859-1 | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| Thank you all.
Updated my profile as I know about the nitrogen cycle.
Even though it might look like white spots, it is not. It is tiny bubbles. As I had to fill the tank with water after the move, the whole tank was filled with these bubbles (which are now gone). I saved 1/3 of the original water and I also did not clean the filters after the move. So I just topped up with new water using the hose and very fine sprinkler head so I do not wash all the gravel out of place. This sprinkler head made all the bubbles.
There isn’t really fighting going on in the tank, but the “kenyi” sometimes do chase the small “red top zebra” (swimming vertically) around. The fish were all together in the tank for more than a year when I bought it over. Would you recommend I remove the Jack and the Parrots from the tank?
Any comments on the last red top zebra? Why would it swim like this? And if it is also a male, why is there such a big difference between this one and the other one? Seeing the other one has much larger, sharper edged fins and even the tail fin is much bigger.
Any way to see if the Jack, Parrot and Peacock are male or female. I have two parrots, but just posted one picture as both look very much the same, one is however slightly smaller.
Also is it possible to add a catfish or any bottom feeders to this tank? If so what would you recommend? The cichlid food I have seems to drop to fast and even if I just put in tiny bits at a time, not all gets eaten before it reaches the gravel.
Thanks again,
B | |
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March 4th, 2009
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| | Fish Master
| The red top zebra that is verticly swimming actually doesn't look healthy at all. I would recomend keeping a close eye on it if not putting it in a Q tank for a couple weeks to be safe.
The others tail is much wider because its healthier.
I would move the jack, parrot out they require different water conditons than the malawi's.
The peacock does look male.
Syonotis (sp) catfish are from malawi, they are great to put in the tank w/ them.
I would watch the kenyi and red top, they can get so aggressive towards each other that it could end u p in a death (maybe whats happened to the vertically swimming one it may have been beaten up by the kenyi).
You can ad some female kenyi's (they are beautiful, bright blue with black barring) to lower the aggression. | |
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March 5th, 2009
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| Thanks Steveangela1,
Will try this and let you know. | |
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March 5th, 2009
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| Male Bloody Parrots are usually larger than the females. However, you really won't be able to sex them until they attempt to mate or until they reach maturity (approx. 4 years old) Then compare the size. | |
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March 5th, 2009
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| Hard to tell fro a just a pic but Pic 3 maybe yellow lab and BB. Pic 4 seems Pseudo Sp. rather than Aulonocara Sp. | |
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