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I use API test kits myself and they seem to do the job but ive heard many people have problems with them and there not accurate enough. :blink:. Does sound like its fluctuating a little going from dark to light back to dark purple again which sounds a little odd i think, usually after a couple...

So the ammonia is dropping which is good but don't know why your nitrites aren't dropping by now, not even a little?? :blink:.. I think its just a longer cycle than most, as i know you are wanting he fish but if it is taking slightly longer id rather it do that and be right for the fish once...

Thanks, Yeah it should grow fine on ocean rock. The male maybe guarding his territory or building a breeding nest ready to breed. Is he showing good colour and looking healthy?? Spirulina flake is fine and i would only give them an algae wafer every so often, NLS (new life spectrum) is a great...

You don't have any live plants that a reasonably tough to throw in there do you? So are your nitrites and ammonia staying at a consistent level or not?? Are they dropping at all?

What filtration you going to be using? The Astatotilapia latifasciata do blend quite well with malawi's even though they are from separate lake's but as far as i know they are pretty hard to come by at the moment (decent ones that is) A nice group of saulosi will be fine i recon and as Rifty...

Nice tank. :good:

lol :P

Welcome to the forum :good: What cichlids you keep?

Welcome to the forum :good:

Your water parameter's are what matter the most, aslong as all your water readings match that of the lake the algae that grows in the tank will be similar to what grows in the lake. I add lake salts to my water which add's all the right supplements for the fish, so the algae that grows is...

They do look like Metriaclima estherae (blue zebra's) They are all looking healthy though which is good. :good:

Could be bud yeah, when are your planning on getting the new fish? :good:

Sounds good, lets hope you can have fish for saturday then :good:

6 to 8ft would be a brilliant size mate i have 225G 6ft myself and i love it. Some Saulosi i think would be the best option and then when you do upgrade you can have all the other larger species your wanting to keep. :good:

Yeah thats fine :) Daylight or natural lighting will look best i think, the blue bulbs do no justice for an African ciclid tank i think. :good:

Ohh yeah, you are pretty much fully stocked i think, you could add a few more labs to your current 2 though. Is there any other species that you like the look of for the 120 Mate??

Can i turn the video round as its vertical :P ??

The labs i think will get too large for a 120L, surely your not fully stocked in your main tank?? Some Pseudotropheus Saulosi or some cynotilapia species could work in a tank that size :good:

Still got many fish i think mate, they have started with discus as well i think??

She is lol, still crazy how it works though.

Looking great Jourdan very healthy looking.

A friend of mine sent it to me. Its awesome :hyper:

How does it work i don't understand?? I mean green blue and red make up more or less everything in colour but still HOWW!! lol

stare at the red dot on the girls nose for 30 seconds then stare at the ceiling and blink rapidly Its crazy :hyper:

No pic :(

Not sure, in my 405's its in the top and in the Fx5 its in the middle, seems to be the exact same outcome in all the filters and they all need recharging at a similar time.

I would say it wouldn't matter? I added mine to any of the baskets in my fluval FX5 and 405, As long as your not removing anything thats beneficial for the filter id put the purigen anywhere in the filter.

Yeah but like you say Oscars geesss these guys are messy i have 4 now (still waiting to pass them on) they just spit food everywhere/stir the sand up move the wood about, generally just making a mess lol

Yeah that's the best thing to do, especially with Malawi can never have enough filtration.

Not sure about leaving the lights of during a cycle(never heard of that myself) but im guessing the lights wouldnt be left on anyway as there is nothing in the tank to look at? Like i say the algae will come with time, depending if you want it or not??

Probably a second would be a good idea not just for extra filtration but as a back up to. :good:

Yeah hes a saulosi mate definitely :good:

What you using filtration again? as long as your filtration is good then 18 fish is fine plus the saulosi are dwarf mbuna :good:

The haras are gorgeous :) Why not have both??

Saulosi i think, both beautiful males and females and will work well in your 55g :)

Venting is the best way to tell the sex of cichlid's as its guaranteed to tell the sex of your fish, but the easiest way to get a rough idea is the males have egg spots on the anal fin and sometimes on the dorsal plus they have pointy anal and dorsal fins as well as long pelvic fins. Some...

Yeah not 100% sure on exactly what species of Malawi mbuna they are. Does the guy who you got them off know what they are.

Yep looks like you have Mbuna (lake malawi cichlids) :good: Most look like hybrids though :( where did you get them from??

Depends what species of cichlid you have but new era is very good food. :good:

Yeah course you can :good: