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personally i love the electric yellow cichlids, peacocks and orange cichlids. if you want non african i would go with the fire mouth or convict. Convicts are great with their young, but then again, all cichlids are from what i have noticed.

Do you have a breeders net? it holds the pregnant mom until the babies are born. When they are born they drop away from her and are seperated into the other compartment. when she delivers, which should be anytime, when she delivers, put her in the main tank and put the babies in a seperate...

it sounds alot like they are eating the remains that they find during the night. I agree that you should check your water parameters. i have never known snails to attack and kill live fish in a tank. The snails are doing what they are designed to do, they are cleaning up. Think of the snails...

how long have you had the tank up and running? If the fungus as you described it, is white, it could very well be 'cotton', you can pick up meds for it from your local LFS. Just remember to remove your filter and put it aside before you add a med to the water.

Thank you for the warm welcome. I am looking forward to being here.

Good day all. :rolleyes: im new to the forum but im not new to aquariums. I have had so many in the past both fresh/saltwater and brackish. I currently have several tanks up and running, all of which are cichlids. My most recent tank is a 30 gallon, african cichlid tank. I have always...