Breeding

Will Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Amazon Extract Cichlid aid a 20 gallon convict cichlid breeding tank at all?

Filed under Aquarium Pharmaceuticals by on February 15, 2011 at 7:53 pm {2 comments}

Question by Will L: Will Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Amazon Extract Cichlid aid a 20 gallon convict cichlid breeding tank at all?
hi!i am cycling a 20 gallon tank that will house a pair of convict cichlids. i use Aquarium Pharmaceuticals Amazon Extract Cichlid in my green terror breeding tank and i was wondering if it will help the central american convicts at all? should i add it?thanks!heres the link… http://www.marinedepot.com/Aquarium_Pharmaceuticals_Amazon_Extract_Cichlid_8oz_Additives_Supplements_for_Cichlids-Aquarium_Pharmaceuticals_API_MARS_Fishcare-AP1234-FWADSATEFSCI-1-vi.html

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Answer by Sarah
Amazon Extract for cichlids will help them breed happily and it will create a suitable environment for the cichlids, however I regret to inform you that a 20g tank isn’t suitable for breeding cichlids.For ane convict, the minimum tank size that it should be housed in is a 20g. When engender, those fish require more space, especially if you are planning on keeping the fry in there so that they can be raised by their parents.A 45-50g tank is more ideal.It won’t hurt to add it weekly, after all it isn’t very expensive, so I recommend you infect it an assay – once you upgrade your tank.

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Convicts Zebra Cichlids Tropical Fish

Filed under tropicalfish by admin on August 14, 2010 at 10:02 pm {5 comments}

cichlids baby protection

How to make a cheap aquarium filter

Filed under aquarium by admin on March 23, 2010 at 7:23 pm {25 comments}

http://www.oscarfish.co.uk How to make a really cheap aquarium/fish tank filter. Once the filter is made connect the airpipe to the air pump place the filter totally immersed and switcj on the aie pump.The air bubbles will rise in the tube and draw water with them. As this happens water will rush in through the filter down through the holes that you melted in the bottom piece. this causes a flow through the filter.

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2006 discus fish breeding part 1

Filed under discus by admin on February 24, 2010 at 4:22 pm {6 comments}

This pair of discuss has 3 attempts with all eggs eaten up, 1 times with few fry coming out but still eaten up at the end.

this video is their 5th attempt.

some things that I think it may help:

- young pairs are less experienced, sometimes looks like they are not in harmony after laying eggs or frightened, then they eat up all eggs, if your pair only has 1 or 2 attempts, you can looking forward to their next attempt.

- water change. I keep a 80% water change everyday when they are in a small 2 feet tank. (water is coming from the top-roof water reserve, which is kept for sometime, and singapore tap water is quite soft). but after they lay eggs, i keep 20% water change everyday.

- I put 7 disuss with a clearer fish in the small 2 feet tank, with only on-top filters, not decorations at all(during the time I just moved to my new flat) tank is small but really clean. after the 2 lay eggs, I only remove the sucker fish out and the rest discuss is still in, so the competition is still on in the tank. the pair is still the king. but I remove the rest after the fry came out. just to release the stress level of the pair.

- food: I feed them frozen blood worms, washed before feeding and some dry flaker food. they have enough food and looks healthy and strong.

- no extra lighting, I put the tank near my rear balcony, there is no direct sun light on the tank, so the fish enjoy the nature day-night cycle.

- a heater to keep the temp 28′C at night

- some luck