African Cichlids

thanks i change the set up and the fish are not as agressive as before

My friend had that problem, I put a new fish in or change the set up. There's something that's off balance in your tank

my fish are too agresive what can i do?

That is a Cynotilapia afra "Cobue".

oh and awesome tank!!!

wat kind of cichlid is the one u zoom in on around 15 seconds?

one of the best malawi tanks i've seen,great job

That is a Cynotilapia afra "Cobue". They're a dwarf cichlid only reaching a size of around 4"

If your fish are hiding that means they don't feel safe. To fix that problem you need to get more fish in your tank. Mbuna feel safer in large numbers. (Safety in numbers) Then they will come out more :) Because they feel more comfortable with more fish around them. They're thinking - because they aren't many fish around it mustn't be safe to go out. (just like they are in the wild Lake Malawi)

I have 2 types of globes in this vid. AquaGlo and PowerGlo tubes by Hagen.

hello a question! As you do so that your fish are so beautiful? that kind of light you put it?

Depends. In tall tanks the same amount of substrate will be thicker then it would in long tanks. Anyway general rule of thumb is 1 pound per gallon. However with sand being so fine and compact, you may want a little more. Especially with African Malawi since they will dig like its no ones business. With Malawi about 2" to 3" of sand is perfect. For a 40gal long tank you want around 40 to 50 pounds of sand, OR 30 to 40 pounds of aragonite/crushed coral. Lots of people buy pool filter sand.

Don't get sand. I replaced my white sand the other day. It is nearly impossible to vacuum sand.

hey! um how do u get urcichlids so active i have a maingano some peakocks a electric yellow and a few others and they are mostly hiding and when they do swim they swim at the bottum how do u get them to swim at the top and allways be active!?!?!?!?!?/!

what species is the fish at 0:14, the light blue one with dark stripes and a yellow area