I walk in to petco to get some fish food ad I see these amazing yellow fish an I asked the clerk what type ar these and she said they are lemon cichlids.I bought 2 one inchers and when I got home I had to put them in my firemouth nursing tank.I have no wher else to put the will hey live happily until They all grow and I get spiecies only tank?
Do you know what type of fish you actually bought? I've never heard of a "Lemon Cichlid" Can you post a picture?
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Could be a yellow lab Some of them are very yellow like a lemon. This one was ours. [imglink]https://www.fishlore.com/fishpicture/data/836/thumbs/yellowlab4.JPG[/imglink] **UPDATE** Lemon Cichlid Profile They are from Lake Tanganyika
I have a one 1in. lemon cihlid in that link it says they can live in peaceful aquarium but now I need to know about the firemouth cichlid how aggresive are they as 1inchers
is it a yellow lab play? if so, they are a species only fish...an african cichlid that cannot go in with anything but other african cichlids...firemouths arent compatible
they all come small like that..but they dont stay that way ..im combining your two posts as they are the same thing and boucing back and fourth is hard LOL
OK i've heard they get up to seven inches but Once they get about 3 in in my 10g I am going to by a 75g and put about 6 in their.
never mind im going to leave it...now we know you have labs, ill close this thread and you can continue in your other one for stocking ok?
Firemouth Cichlid Profile You wouldn't want to mix these 2 types since they are from 2 different parts of the world and have different requirements. Here is the Lemon Cichlid Profile again Sorry to confuse you all. I didn't want to double post.
https://www.fishlore.com/fishforum/aquarium-stocking-questions/60047-stocking.html is where her stocking questions are !! thanks outlaw!! again I hadnt seen your updated link lol ... and I agree they are still african cichlids and need only other african cichlids with them
The Lemon Cichlid, Leleupi, is a carnivorous ciclid from Lake Tanganyika. It gets to be about 6inches long & is generally peacefull though it will engage in mouth locking wars over territoy. There is usually no damage done during these test of strenght fights. They will combine well with most rift lake cichlids but I have seen Tropheus species pick on them constantly & would not reccomend keeping the two species in the same tank. You should really have these fish in very hard water with a PH of at least 8.2 as they do not cope well with long periods in water with a low PH. If you decide to keep a group of these fish make sure your tank is fairly large with lots of rockwork to provide numerous caves for the fish to hide in.
