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Jonny Vance - 2012-12-04
As far as the aggression, I have a full grown jack Dempsey, 2 rainbow sharks, a bala shark, a tiger oscar molly cichlid, a pleco, a chinese algae water, and 6 australian rainbow fish in with my m and f Kenyi cichlids, and their 17 free (about 4 months old) and there is no aggression at all, they all get along fine, providing plenty of space to declare their own terrotory is the key, they will defend their territory but seldom pursue another fish into theirs.

tom - 2012-09-01
Good picture but my cichlid is fuller bodied same stipes but a larger size and shape and styles different

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carolyn - 2012-09-01
I'm worried about my cichlid. It is decidely a pale white black green, maybe the color hasn't come out on it yet?

shreyas - 2012-11-12
plz help me my flowerhorn fish is sick its putting its head up and parking near the corner of the tank and refuses to eat the food plz say me the treatment for it plz

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-11-12
Do a check of your water levels. Make sure Amonia isn't too high. I would do a good water change. Maybe add some live feeders to see if you can get it's natural instincts to hunt going. Any others signs or symptoms physically with this fish?

jaysnider - 2012-11-11
I had my oscar fish for 3 years and it's 12 inches. Will he get any bigger?

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-11-11
Yes, the oscar will more then likely keep growing!

zak - 2011-12-17
Hi, ten P.Bs ,10-15 cm,have been brought home from wholesaler to be sold separately later, the fish have been placed in 3 ft tank ,where we kept healthy cychlids day before,12 hours later they were all death, with cloudy eyes,slimy skin,swiming upside down, there where no visible sings of anny sickness when we got them. What could coause this sudden death?

andrew brown - 2009-11-01
I have a 50 gallon tank, how much fish can I put in there (cichlids). I love those fish. I also have a large female 5 bar and a lot of other fish, do u think it would be a wise idea to get a male 5 bar.

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Charlie Roche - 2012-11-28
Rule of thum is 1 inch of adult fish for each usable gallon of water. If you have a 50 gallon tank - you have to subtract usuable gallons for filter, subtrate, decorations etc so you probably have about 45 usuable gallons. So 45 inches of adult fish all together when adults. If fish are 5 inches as adults - you can get 8 (maximum 9) fish for the tank to insure healthy conditions for the fish.

jj - 2010-01-08
I had a supposed Jack Dempsey that I got rid of a few years ago. I went to one of those small pet shops and bought what just said "cichlid" for $2. The lady said she wasn't sure but thought he was a Jack Dempsey. I had no idea what I had and gave it away about a year ago. I was surprised to see what Dempsey's looked like, nothing like I had in my tank. We had ours for a year in its own tank and I loved having one of these. Wish I had known what I had.

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Anonymous - 2010-11-19
I'm pretty sure these are fairly common, I think they have them at a local PetSmart. Not that PetSmart is the greatest place to get them.
Anonymous - 2010-11-19
I'm not sure what I saw actually was a red hump eartheater. Seems strange since they're fairly rare. Could've been a Suriname eartheater.
Jady - 2011-08-18
I was realy confused, and this answered all my questions.

norman - 2010-08-10
Hi, I have 2 dwarf rams with danios and tetras, would I be able to put a pair of kribs in with these? regards NORM.

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star - 2010-08-25
I have a 55 gallon with kribs, a ram, small danios and platys, and a geophagus. Yhey all get along great.

Larry - 2009-01-23
I have a pair of convicts which just had babies on the 16 of Jan and all is well. The last 2 days I notice the pair looks like their kind of sparring off and kinda nipping at each other. The females lips are a little rough. What are they doing and are they ok Thanks

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raghu - 2011-08-09
Hi Larry, the pairs are okay nothing to worry about it's the nature of those species. Even I have noticed and come across and they are fine.
raghu - 2011-08-09
Hi Larry, the pairs are okay nothing to worry about its the nature of those species. Even I have noticed and come across and they are fine.

brandon - 2012-11-27
Where do you get a midas cichlid, are they supposly rare fish like a frontosa, arowana and a jaguar etc.

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