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so suppose whatever and all is right, how many would make a merry group? how many males and how females to get em breeding? do thjey also breed in a populated tank like mine? 270 litre FW tank (71 US gallon): blood parrot fish x 2 gold severum x 2 convict cichilid x 2 venus cichlid x 2...

oops, just read cichlid lover's reply, got my answer, danko! partitions here i come.

well. here's another one for da record, do they or dont the oscars do well in a cichlid tank? huh huh huh? i had two tiger oscars, but they were killed, maybe coz they were a bit small, do u think i can add larger ones now?

oh poo poo, i thot they liked it as they'r all fighting to get a bite! so, what do make good and healthy treats for my fishies mentioned below?

congratulations! it's been over 2 months with my new cichlid tank and i must say that i've learnt, or rather, am learning much by trial and error. earlier, i did bring in a small 3 inch common pleco along with the rest of da gand, but it mysteriously died. however, a month later, i added 2...

i read somewhere that cichlids fancy a bit of raw meat every once in a while, am i right? i have tried feeding them chicken mince and they totally fight for it! all except the silver dollars & plecos even the tiny tiger barbs love it, altho they seldom get their hands on any over the big bully...

speanink a bit out of context, how does ome clean the dirt accumulated under the undergravel filter without emptying the tank?

your link doesnt work!

thanx for all ur advices and remarks! mine's a 80 gallon tank! will get a cpl more silver dollars. do u think that if i get smaller ones, the'l mingle in with the single larger one that i already have? and yes, no pirans ofr my tank! anything else i can add maybe?

why not? i thot they were one of the best types of filter systems.

im thinking of adding a small pair of Pirana Fish to my mostly cichlid aquarium. need your advice before i go ahead. here are the list of fish that inhabit my tank as now: 1 pair blood parrot fish 1 pair gold severum 1 pair convict cichilid 1 silver dollar 5 pair tiger barbs 1 Yellow Cichlid...

thanx all for your tremendous response. It's been very helpful and also very easing to know that i have the people on this board to seek information and help from regarding all my fish. The Ceylon Puffer's are apparently the only ones we get in the city i live in (Hyderabad, India). they have...

that's what i mean alright! they are Ceylon Puffers. sorry for the typo there! My tank holds approx 70 gallons. so if i have to have a puffer, i keep it all alone in a tank? what's there has to be some one it gets along with!? i really wanna get myself another puffer and i'l do what it takes...

thanx a ton o guru!

Thank you MrBones for the warm welcome! i just lost bost my new Cylone puffres :-( i set up my aquarium just 4 days ago and last night, they died. looks like they were killed! when i saw them at an aquarium and enquired, i was told that they could be kept with cichlids, so i bought them too...

hi! just wanted to know the formula to measure the water capacity in gallons for my aquarium tank thanx

Hello people of the forum! I come in peace! ..infact, i come after disrupting peace, especially my own peace of mind. figured i should a good and active forum rather than beating round the bush looking for information. i believe 1st hand information always is better. i live in India, where...