Cichlids are by far the most interesting tropical fish that you can keep in an aquarium! The goal for this website is to become the #1 resource for information related to cichlid keeping and breeding. Anyone with a fish tank can get involved, and write about their tropical fish, aquarium, filter, you name it! We're looking for you to share your information about African ciclids, New World Cichlids, and general cichlid keeping.

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AllCichlids.com features:

• Information about African cichlids

1. Lake Malawi
2. Lake Tanganyike
3. Lake Victoria
   

• Information about New World cichlids
• Information on how to breed your cichlids
  
• Cichlid photos
• Aquarium equipment reviews
• DIY (Do it yourself) project guides
• Information on fighting diseases

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Attack on the Cihhlids Christina Grimsley (Unregistered) 2007-04-12 16:02:09 My boyfriens and I just set up an aquarium. Inside we have four african cichlids, an blue,yellow, orange and brown spotted grey. We also have a puffer fish. Although we know nothing about fish, we have been fasinated by the activity of all of them. Its been only one night and I have noticed that the cichlids are very territoral and vivious. They each have claimed there territory already. The puffer fish seems to stay out of the way of the cichlids. This morning I bought a Jack Dempsey central american cichlid and some small guppy fish. As soon as I put one guppy in, the cichlids attacked and fought over the guppy. The guppy died. Later I put in the Jack Dempsy and the yellow cichlid bit off the Lack Dempsy tail and the Jack Dempsy bit off the yellow cichlids stomach. There is a big Chunk missing out of the yellow cichlids stomach. Its was a slow death. Im so sad. What should I do? Reply 16   6

Ouch Justin (Unregistered) 2007-04-13 07:03:12 My first piece of advice: - ALWAYS research FIRST if your cichlids and/or other tropical fish are compatible, BEFORE putting them in the aquarium! Cichlids are territorial, and aggressive, you need to do your research. Your guppies are as good as food. My second piece of advice: - Go back the pet store and ask for your money back. The person that sold you the fish would have known they were incompatible, and was taking advantage of you Reply 6   2

Ouch! Nia (Unregistered) 2008-02-16 14:26:40 That sounds hurtingly!Try to research first! Reply 1   1

Kyle (Unregistered) 2007-07-14 19:52:21 African should only go with other africans, the puffer I would say is a bit of a push. In my earlier days of fish tending I had a puffer and it came to an early death due to it liking more brachish water (although cichlids are too, not as much though). But as long as you keep your africans with other africans you should be fine. If you look on websites with info it will say which fish tend to be more aggresive then others, on the other hand you don't want a nonaggresive fish unless you have lots of places to hide. Good luck Reply 3   2

help cichlid happy (Unregistered) 2007-08-23 02:35:39 Ive recently decided to try to enterprise on my hobby. I started a year ago with an albino oscar. I immedietly became completely fascinated.I have four small kenny fish i am trying to breed them but i have a very limted info base. I dont know how to sex them or anything. Also i have a rather large albino oscar. It is about ten inches long maybe bigger. Is it too late to find it a partner and again i have no idea of its sex. I guess what I need is a good website with lots of information for me peruse.I would greatly appreciate any suggestions on keeping my fishes happy and breeding them. please tell me where I can look for some good "free" advice. I thought the internet was supposed to be the information superhighway. The only problem is that now you have to have a credit card to research anything nowadays. Thank you for any assistance or suggestions offered. sincerely, cichlid happy Reply 4   1

oscars and such jc (Unregistered) 2007-08-27 08:23:22 do you have any specific questions to be answered? Reply 4   2

changing colors Cooper (Unregistered) 2007-08-25 17:37:01 One of my bumblebee fish is changing color is this normal? Is there a way to tell if you have male or female fish? Reply 5   2

bumblebee cichlids jc (Unregistered) 2007-08-27 08:22:47 Yes, it's common that they change color. To tell them apart, you can see the males by their dark brown (even almost black) color, whereas the females will be brown and yellow striped Reply 2   1

Help Erica (Unregistered) 2007-12-21 18:57:01 I love my fish tank. I have african cichlids. I've had the fishtank for one year. but i moved four months ago. I'm getting a wired green cloud in the middle of my tank every month. I've taken the water in to get tested everthing they say all is well at the pet store. My fish look stressed. there laying very low. Help. Reply 0   1

Joe (Unregistered) 2007-12-21 18:59:14 sorry cant help Reply 0   2

green cloud justin (Author) 2007-12-24 07:56:28 how often do you do water changes, and what percentage of water? How much do you feed them? What kind of filter do you have? Have you added anything recently, like new driftwood or anything? Reply 0   1

Anonymous (Unregistered) 2008-01-22 09:43:45 Me and my Husband Also just bought some fish for a new tank we bought. not knowing much about fish its been quite a challange. we had 4 angle fish at fist but they all died which we heard wasnt uncommon for a new fish tank. we then moved onto some south american cichlids we have two of them but there extrremly aggressive with each other. at first we had a meduim sized one and a larger one. the larger one was much more dominant and chased the smaller one. we took him back and got another meduim sized one and as soon as we put them in the tank together they went directly for each other locked mouth to mouth and fought. they still wont leave each other alone. The strange thing that has me completely confused is the cichlids we got were already all in the same tank though the tank was smaller. so why would they argue now???? Reply 0   1

Anonymous (Unregistered) 2008-01-22 09:45:52 Is it true the dominant fish will make the rest of the fish change colors? Reply 5   1

a cichlids jg (Unregistered) 2008-03-08 17:25:45 i have a 90 gallon tank its a high tank it has 2 big canister filters on it how many cichlids can i keep in it Reply 3   1

Male or Female Anonymous (Unregistered) 2008-03-26 16:47:19 How do u tell on african cichlids whether they are male or female??? Reply 2   0

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