chicken-tuna

hey everyone im new to the site, i have a 250 gal. tank i have two juvinile oscars two chocolate cichlids and two baby flowerhorns.

i just wanted to know if anyone else here had any chocolate cichlids so i can ask them a couple of questions about breeding. i dont seem to find anything on the site about my chocolates.

bryant

chocolates meaning brownish black?

Chief_waterchanger

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...ame=temporalis

I believe that is what they are referring to. Chocolate Cichlid is the common name, as is emerald cichlid, amongst other common names.

Typical South American Cichlid breeding patterns.

They, I believe, are rock spawners. You need to give them a flat surfaced good sized rock to lay eggs on. Generally you want something that is atleast twice the size (width and height) of the fish. Do not be surprised as they lay several hundred eggs. Full grown adults could probably lay over a thousand eggs per spawning.

A small gravel or sand substrate would probably be best for them. The gravel should be smaller than pea gravel, if you use it rather than sand.

I would condition them with live foods (red worms, earth worms, bait worms from a non-contaminated source, crickets, grasshoppers, shrimp (ghost, cherry, or marine shrimp for human consumption eventhough it is not live (it is better than processed.))

chicken-tuna

thanks guys for the info. one more thing ive seen this on other oscars i just want to know if its normal or a sickness. one of my oscars has like mouth sore under its botoom lip. does anyone know what it is or how to get rid of it?

bryant

got a photo?

chicken-tuna

I'll try to post pictures ASAP i really dont have a computer at home so it might take awhile. The oscar with the "blister/sore" is doing fine it does not seem to bother him. but the "blister/sore" comes and goes it gets somewhat big then it goes away. one of my friend said its a disease they get and i would need vet medication but im still iffy on going to a vet just yet. My water quatlity is pristine 1 fluval 100gal filter 2 emperor 400 and one aqua clear 100 gal power filter. i do weekly water changes 30% so all my levels of nitrite ammonia and nitrate are at 0 basically and water Ph is nuetral.