graham - 2005-06-17 I am a real fish lover. i have all kinds but easily love my electric yellows the most. I have 3 large males and 2 small breeding females. i have them in a 5 foot tank and still they continue to fight. I guess its worth it when they started breeding. i now have over 60 electric yellows and still i find no end to the joy they give me.
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Clarice Brough - 2013-01-15 Yeah, I love Electric Yellow Cichlids too! I had kept them for several years, and thoroughly enjoyed these active fellows... and they are so pretty!
alisha soulz - 2013-05-03 my electric yellow got hurt very badly on its tail by the marbles of fish tank during water change its blood clotted in the tail kindly reply me soon what to do for that i love her i dont wana see her dead.
Clarice Brough - 2013-05-03 Generally the tail fin will grow back, as long as the damage isnt' too severe and into the caudal peduncle.
Sabrina Dunkerley - 2013-04-28 Hey, i just bought one of these electric yellow fish, and it is digging up all the rocks etc, and my pet store told me it was a female making a nest. How can you tell the difference between males and females cause i wanna buy a male now! :)
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Clarice Brough - 2013-04-29 The Electric Yellow Cichlid is a very nice fish, however sexing is difficult. They need to be mature and as you can see from the topic above: Sex: Sexual differences, the male will be a bit bigger and when spawning be more colorful with a bluish cast. Because they are so hard to distinguish, that's why in the breeding section above they suggest you get 5-6 juveniles and raise them up together. That's your best chance of getting a male/female pair.
Cheri - 2011-02-20 I just started my new 20 gal cichlid tank. I have a red zebra, a bumblebee, and an electric yellow. Do you think these fish are all ok together? I want to add one more...is there enough room? How do you tell if these fish are male or female?
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Paul Miller - 2011-03-27 Not sure about the red but I have a bumblebee and two yellow labs in a 25 gal. and they seem to be doing awesome together. Going to get a few more yellow lab, but I have the same question about sexing them. I think mine may be too young to tell but would like some help in possibly determining the sex of them.
rachel - 2011-04-01 I can help you with the bumblebee, but I don't know much about the others. If your bumblebee has 1-2 egg spots (small yellow circles) on its anal fin, its a female. But if it has 2-5 egg spots its a male. The male will grow to about 6 ft; and the female to 5 ft. A 50 gallon tank will work for a single fish, but you need a 100+ gallon if housed with other compatible fish. hope that helps!
rachel - 2011-04-02 Sorry, not 6ft and 5ft, but 6in and 5in.
Danny - 2013-03-21 A 20 gallon is way 2 small. U should have at least a afr55 gallon to house African cichlids. They wont become aggressive until there adults and u need 2 females to 1male. They get about 4-6 '. U need plenty of hiding places. Over stock (in the right size tank) to lower aggression. And u can tell male from female by venting. Loom u.derive
Akshay Amle - 2011-07-28 Can i keep my yellow electric cichlid with my 3 red belly piranha which are 3 inches and cichlid is about a inch and half...someone please tell me asap..I need to move this cichlid from my tank to piranahs, cuz it eats the tail and the fins of angel fish and sometimes even kill them
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Charlie Roche - 2011-07-28 Not a good idea. - The cichlid will be seen as food. Sorry about that - another tank under consideration????
raghu - 2011-08-09 Dear Akshay, adding your yellow with piranahas is like putting your finger to the fire. No ways.
mat everill - 2012-02-20 I am doing that exact same thing but with a 10 gallon. Yes you can. Opinion loses to fact - do it.
Jeremy Roche - 2012-02-27 If you want variety in your piranha tank, you can add some Convicts. They hold their own pretty well.
Guzel - 2013-03-02 I have your standard Goldfish Bowl. My cat does not seem intersested in the fish but it is the only water my cat is drinking. I guess we will have to buy a fish tank with a lid and a pump to keep the cat out of the water!
Anonymous - 2004-04-22 i have had a couple of these for two months and i have found them to be non-agressive. altough non-agressive they will still stand up to my fully grown firemouth and my giant snakeskin gourami. they always come to the front of the tank when someone is in the room. they are great.
chris - 2011-07-21 Actually,my electric yellow isn't as calm as I had expected. It killed off all of my fish except for a molly and some neons. The molly that survived was actually pretty a aggressive molly and at the time I found it fighting with my electric yellow, and yes I mean a molly fighting with a cichlid. The electric yellow beat up the molly. The electric yellow bit off the mollys tail and fins, and to this day the poor molly has no left "arm fin". I had to put the electric yellow with my lone male plakat betta in another 10g fishtank to save what was left of my community tank. When I put the yellow in the betta picked on it at fist, but a day later after it claimed its territory I found the betta between 2 of my plants in its 10g fishtank with barely any fins so I take the betta out and put it in what's left of the community and it heals up. 1 month later I try the combination again to see that the electric grew 1cm and was about as big the plakat from head to toe. I see the electric spinning around the poor betta but the betta couldn't catch it. 3 minutes later the betta is beat up in the corner of the tank.i take the electric yellow out of my betta tank and put it in with my other mbunas and everythings good.
imo electic yellows should just be kept with other mbunas and not community fish
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Philip - 2011-10-15 Neons and mollys are community fish and will only rarely survive with cichlids. Cichlids are, by comparison, aggressive and will harass/ stress/kill most community fish. Electric yellow are reasonably calm when kept with other cichlids.
Jog - 2011-10-17 Did you not do some research before letting off the bull in the china glass market ? Even the most novice fishkeeper does some research before introducing any new fish in the tank. !
doug - 2011-12-20 Why would you put a cichlid with mollies ... And then put it in a betta tank. Betas are never suppose to be with any other fish.I have a cichlid tank with other Cichlids In it and these fish are amazing. Their also a great fish fish to have if you bright fish but don't want a saltwater tank.
jane - 2012-02-17 You shouldn't mix chilids with other fish. You can only have chilids with chilids.
dean - 2012-03-04 I have 2 Electric Yellow Cichlids in with a school of tiger barbs and a red tail shark, the yellows swim with the school of tiger barbs but don't harrass them. When first introduced they established dominance over the shark but then left it alone once everybody knew who was the boss of the tank :)
jb - 2012-05-01 I have kept one male electric yellow he was 5in with a dozen of mollies, 20 neons, kribensis, 2 bristlenose and 5 yoyo loaches still happy now
scott - 2012-04-21 My male yellow lab has been chasing the female lab and has stressed her. I've learned now I need more females to share the stress. I have her in a hospital net. What else can I do to stop her from dying...thanks ..scott
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slau - 2012-11-06 How big is your fish tank? Best to have 3 or more females to 1 male yellow lab.
carl - 2011-11-10 Hi I have a 2 yellow labs, last week I watched them breeding, she had the eggs in her mouth for 2 days, the next morning her eggs were gone mouth empty, they then breed again later that day and had eggs again in her mouth, following day eggs went again, this morning had eggs again in her mouth, just looked tonight and her mouth seems empty again, why is this and what's happening to her eggs? thanks
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pam - 2012-08-13 They are probably getting eaten by the parents. I know my red jewels just had over 100 frys and everyday they would get less and less til there were none but I read that's normal for the first couple times until they get it right. It's normal don't worry. I'm sure they will have more and get it right. You did nothing wrong.
slau - 2012-11-06 Are you sure you have a male and female? Female still have eggs in her mouth. Female holds the eggs for 3 weeks until fry are hatch. The best is to remove female to her breeding tank alone.
Jit Sarkar - 2012-10-11 Please Help. I have 6 Yellow labs. One of them is clearly the dominant male. Another one (Same size and age with the dominant male) with very rich colour has thick black borders in anal and Dorsal Fins, But has no egg spot. Is it possible a male without any sign of egg spot? Or a female with same size, same rich colour & dark borders in fins like? I want to breed them carefully in a species tank with only 1 male. At first I thought due to the presence of the dominant male it is acting to be female, But I noticed clear transparent fin with no sign of any spot, and the dominant male shows no aggression.
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-10-11 Any idea on the age of the fish? Maybe they have not hit sexual maturity yet.
Tanya - 2012-08-26 How do you tell the difference between male and female yellow electric cichlids? I've done some research and so far for the most part, it looks like the males have black on all fins, and the females do not. However, I have also seen it were the female had black on all fins also. I'm a little confused?
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Jeremy Roche - 2012-08-27 Males typically larger and will develop a blueish color. Easiest to tell during breeding. The males colorong will really pop!
The bold striking colors of the Electric Yellow Cichlid have certainly helped it earn its name!
I am a real fish lover. i have all kinds but easily love my electric yellows the most. I have 3 large males and 2 small breeding females. i have them in a 5 foot tank and still they continue to fight. I guess its worth it when they started breeding. i now have over 60 electric yellows and still i find no end to the joy they give me.
Yeah, I love Electric Yellow Cichlids too! I had kept them for several years, and thoroughly enjoyed these active fellows... and they are so pretty!
my electric yellow got hurt very badly on its tail by the marbles of fish tank during water change its blood clotted in the tail kindly reply me soon what to do for that i love her i dont wana see her dead.
Generally the tail fin will grow back, as long as the damage isnt' too severe and into the caudal peduncle.
Hey, i just bought one of these electric yellow fish, and it is digging up all the rocks etc, and my pet store told me it was a female making a nest. How can you tell the difference between males and females cause i wanna buy a male now! :)
The Electric Yellow Cichlid is a very nice fish, however sexing is difficult. They need to be mature and as you can see from the topic above: Sex: Sexual differences, the male will be a bit bigger and when spawning be more colorful with a bluish cast. Because they are so hard to distinguish, that's why in the breeding section above they suggest you get 5-6 juveniles and raise them up together. That's your best chance of getting a male/female pair.
I just started my new 20 gal cichlid tank. I have a red zebra, a bumblebee, and an electric yellow. Do you think these fish are all ok together? I want to add one more...is there enough room? How do you tell if these fish are male or female?
Not sure about the red but I have a bumblebee and two yellow labs in a 25 gal. and they seem to be doing awesome together. Going to get a few more yellow lab, but I have the same question about sexing them. I think mine may be too young to tell but would like some help in possibly determining the sex of them.
I can help you with the bumblebee, but I don't know much about the others.
If your bumblebee has 1-2 egg spots (small yellow circles) on its anal fin, its a female. But if it has 2-5 egg spots its a male.
The male will grow to about 6 ft; and the female to 5 ft. A 50 gallon tank will work for a single fish, but you need a 100+ gallon if housed with other compatible fish.
hope that helps!
Sorry, not 6ft and 5ft, but 6in and 5in.
A 20 gallon is way 2 small. U should have at least a afr55 gallon to house African cichlids. They wont become aggressive until there adults and u need 2 females to 1male. They get about 4-6 '. U need plenty of hiding places. Over stock (in the right size tank) to lower aggression. And u can tell male from female by venting. Loom u.derive
Can i keep my yellow electric cichlid with my 3 red belly piranha which are 3 inches and cichlid is about a inch and half...someone please tell me asap..I need to move this cichlid from my tank to piranahs, cuz it eats the tail and the fins of angel fish and sometimes even kill them
Not a good idea. - The cichlid will be seen as food. Sorry about that - another tank under consideration????
Dear Akshay, adding your yellow with piranahas is like putting your finger to the fire. No ways.
I am doing that exact same thing but with a 10 gallon. Yes you can. Opinion loses to fact - do it.
If you want variety in your piranha tank, you can add some Convicts. They hold their own pretty well.
I have your standard Goldfish Bowl. My cat does not seem intersested in the fish but it is the only water my cat is drinking. I guess we will have to buy a fish tank with a lid and a pump to keep the cat out of the water!
i have had a couple of these for two months and i have found them to be non-agressive. altough non-agressive they will still stand up to my fully grown firemouth and my giant snakeskin gourami. they always come to the front of the tank when someone is in the room. they are great.
Actually,my electric yellow isn't as calm as I had expected. It killed off all of my fish except for a molly and some neons. The molly that survived was actually pretty a aggressive molly and at the time I found it fighting with my electric yellow, and yes I mean a molly fighting with a cichlid. The electric yellow beat up the molly. The electric yellow bit off the mollys tail and fins, and to this day the poor molly has no left "arm fin". I had to put the electric yellow with my lone male plakat betta in another 10g fishtank to save what was left of my community tank. When I put the yellow in the betta picked on it at fist, but a day later after it claimed its territory I found the betta between 2 of my plants in its 10g fishtank with barely any fins so I take the betta out and put it in what's left of the community and it heals up. 1 month later I try the combination again to see that the electric grew 1cm and was about as big the plakat from head to toe. I see the electric spinning around the poor betta but the betta couldn't catch it. 3 minutes later the betta is beat up in the corner of the tank.i take the electric yellow out of my betta tank and put it in with my other mbunas and everythings good.
imo electic yellows should just be kept with other mbunas and not community fish
Neons and mollys are community fish and will only rarely survive with cichlids. Cichlids are, by comparison, aggressive and will harass/ stress/kill most community fish. Electric yellow are reasonably calm when kept with other cichlids.
Did you not do some research before letting off the bull in the china glass market ? Even the most novice fishkeeper does some research before introducing any new fish in the tank. !
Why would you put a cichlid with mollies ... And then put it in a betta tank. Betas are never suppose to be with any other fish.I have a cichlid tank with other Cichlids In
it and these fish are amazing. Their also a great fish fish to have if you bright fish but don't
want a saltwater tank.
You shouldn't mix chilids with other fish. You can only have chilids with chilids.
I have 2 Electric Yellow Cichlids in with a school of tiger barbs and a red tail shark, the yellows swim with the school of tiger barbs but don't harrass them. When first introduced they established dominance over the shark but then left it alone once everybody knew who was the boss of the tank :)
I have kept one male electric yellow he was 5in with a dozen of mollies, 20 neons, kribensis, 2 bristlenose and 5 yoyo loaches still happy now
10 gallon*
My male yellow lab has been chasing the female lab and has stressed her. I've learned now I need more females to share the stress. I have her in a hospital net. What else can I do to stop her from dying...thanks ..scott
How big is your fish tank? Best to have 3 or more females to 1 male yellow lab.
Hi I have a 2 yellow labs, last week I watched them breeding, she had the eggs in her mouth for 2 days, the next morning her eggs were gone mouth empty, they then breed again later that day and had eggs again in her mouth, following day eggs went again, this morning had eggs again in her mouth, just looked tonight and her mouth seems empty again, why is this and what's happening to her eggs? thanks
They are probably getting eaten by the parents. I know my red jewels just had over 100 frys and everyday they would get less and less til there were none but I read that's normal for the first couple times until they get it right. It's normal don't worry. I'm sure they will have more and get it right. You did nothing wrong.
Are you sure you have a male and female? Female still have eggs in her mouth. Female holds the eggs for 3 weeks until fry are hatch. The best is to remove female to her breeding tank alone.
Please Help. I have 6 Yellow labs. One of them is clearly the dominant male. Another one (Same size and age with the dominant male) with very rich colour has thick black borders in anal and Dorsal Fins, But has no egg spot. Is it possible a male without any sign of egg spot? Or a female with same size, same rich colour & dark borders in fins like? I want to breed them carefully in a species tank with only 1 male. At first I thought due to the presence of the dominant male it is acting to be female, But I noticed clear transparent fin with no sign of any spot, and the dominant male shows no aggression.
Any idea on the age of the fish? Maybe they have not hit sexual maturity yet.
How do you tell the difference between male and female yellow electric cichlids? I've done some research and so far for the most part, it looks like the males have black on all fins, and the females do not. However, I have also seen it were the female had black on all fins also. I'm a little confused?
Males typically larger and will develop a blueish color. Easiest to tell during breeding. The males colorong will really pop!