It’s probably going to help you google them if you spell them cichlid, the correct spelling. What you have is sort of halfway between a brand of chewing gum or slang for a white powdery drug.
Cichlids are very smart, as fish go, with a high brain weight to body weight ratio.They have a tremendous repertoire of behaviors which allow them to choose mates, care for and defend their young, utilize unusual food resources, and interact with their owners.
They are an extremely diverse family of fishes, found in very brackish even sometimes ocean water yet other species thrive in some of the world’s softest and most mineral free naturally found waters. Some can tolerate very cool water, down to 50 degrees or so and others are in trouble when the water drops below 80. Some are dwarfs with an adult size not much over an inch, while others get a couple feet long. Cichlids are native to four continents, Africa, South and North America, and Asia, not to mention the island of Madagascar
In order to know if your cichlids are substrate spawners, mouth brooders, pelagic, carnivorous, vegetarian, gregarious, you need first of all to know their name. In the case of many cichlids, there is only a scientific name and no common name. For looking up information on a species, the scientific name is often more useful since some common names like parrot cichlid may be used for two or more totally different species of cichlids.
Hard to know what to tell you when you dont say what they are. Also, it is usually a good idea to research BEFORE buying.
It’s probably going to help you google them if you spell them cichlid, the correct spelling. What you have is sort of halfway between a brand of chewing gum or slang for a white powdery drug.
Cichlids are very smart, as fish go, with a high brain weight to body weight ratio.They have a tremendous repertoire of behaviors which allow them to choose mates, care for and defend their young, utilize unusual food resources, and interact with their owners.
They are an extremely diverse family of fishes, found in very brackish even sometimes ocean water yet other species thrive in some of the world’s softest and most mineral free naturally found waters. Some can tolerate very cool water, down to 50 degrees or so and others are in trouble when the water drops below 80. Some are dwarfs with an adult size not much over an inch, while others get a couple feet long. Cichlids are native to four continents, Africa, South and North America, and Asia, not to mention the island of Madagascar
In order to know if your cichlids are substrate spawners, mouth brooders, pelagic, carnivorous, vegetarian, gregarious, you need first of all to know their name. In the case of many cichlids, there is only a scientific name and no common name. For looking up information on a species, the scientific name is often more useful since some common names like parrot cichlid may be used for two or more totally different species of cichlids.
For one, you should know there are hundreds of species of cichlids, and it would be very helpful to know what kind you have?
Here is a beginners guide to african cichlids. http://www.cichlidexplorer.com/beginners-guide-to-african-cichlids/
It doesn’t tell you exactly what to do but it’s a good start.