CICHLIDS, SOUTH AMERICAN Category;

Assorted South American Cichlid, Cichlidae	Blood Parrot Cichlid, Hybrid	Blue Acara, Aequidens pulcher
Convict Cichlid, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum	Curviceps Cichlid, Laetacara curviceps	Earth-eater see Geophagus Jurapari
Firemouth Cichlid, Cichlasoma meeki	Geophagus Jurapari, Geophagus jurapari	Green Spot Texas Cichlid see Texas Cichlid
Green Terror, Aequidens rivulatus	Jack Dempsey, Cichlasoma octofasciatum	Jurupari see Geophagus Jurapari
Keyhole Cichlid, Aequidens maroni	Oscar - Albino Tiger, Astronotus ocellatus	Oscar - Black, Astronotus ocellatus
Oscar - Red, Astronotus ocellatus	Oscar - Red Tiger, Astronotus ocellatus	Pike Cichlid, Crenicichla spp
Pink Convict Cichlid, Cichlasoma nigrofasciatum	Rainbow Cichlid, Herotilapia multispinosa	Ram - Blue, Microgeophagus ramirezi
Ram - Gold, Microgeophagus ramirezi	Red Devil (in color), Cichlasoma labiatum	Red Terror, Cichlasoma festae, 021
Salvini, Nandopis salvinii	Texas Cichlid, Herichthys cyanoguttatum	Apistogramma
Amphilophus Rostratus	Cichlasoma Dimerus	Dicrossus Filamentosus
Crenicichla Regani	Geophagus Steindachneri	Gymnogeophagus Balzanii
Herichthys Deppii	Heros Severus	The Rio Negro Chocolate Cichlid,
Festivum	Microgeophagus Altispinosa	Nandopsis Hatiensis
Nannacara Anomala	Discus	Nandopis dovii, Parachromis dovii (formerly Cichla
Umbee , Caquetaia Umbriferus	Other Articles - South American Cichlids	Parachromis Managuensis , Jaguar Cichlid, Jaguar G

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How often to feed Discus

Generally it is best to feed discus three to five times per day for best growth and health. Some people use automatic feeders for feedings of dry food during the day. A variety of foods is best. Live foods, dry flakes, pellets (make sure to pre ...

Cloudy water

Cloudy water can be a sign that the biological cycle is impaired or can be a sign that bacteria are multiplying rapidly in response to an increase in ammonia and/or nitrite levels. It is called a "bacterial bloom." There are not eno ...

My Name is April and I'm a Discaholic

Hi... my name is April, and I have become a discaholic. Not to worry! It�s not too terrible of an affliction. When I was 19 years old I went into a local fish store in Richmond where I saw these two very nice round fish called Dis ...

My Name is April and I'm a Discaholic

April�s Guidelines to discus keeping

Power Outages and the Aquarium

If the power goes out for an extended period of time, there are things to consider when keeping an aquarium: 1. Temperature The temperature must not drop too far for too long. To prevent this, you can: A. Wrap the aquarium with bla ...

Proper Heater Sizing

Choosing the proper heater size is important to maintain constant temperatures and to be able to raise the temperature high enough to treat certain diseases. The size of the heater required depends on: 1. Size of the tank 2. ...

THE DISCUS FISH IN ASIA

Asian breeders take their discus fish seriously. Many derive 100% of their income from the discus and in some cases, their tanks receive better care than their own house ...

Water Change Formula for Daily Water Changes

I was wondering about how different water change percentages affect the water quality in the tank and how much builds up over time. The formula applies only to water soluble wastes and does not apply to CO2 (gas is removed by water action) nor a ...

Breeding Some Big Fish , Cichlasoma managuense

Wayne Yamashita, GPAS [Ed. Note: Photo Credit Leo Nico, U.S. Geological Survey, Gainesville, FL. Used with permission] It has been a while since I have written an article for the Flash. You remember the tales of the brown wine ...

Breeding Symphosodon discus

Preparation, water changes, spawning, raising the young, culling.

Convict Cichlid (Archocentrus nigrofasciatum)

SPECIES DESCRIPTION   ...

Convict Cichlid , Heros nigrofasciatum

Convict Cichlid Species list Heros nigrofasciatum   ...

ex Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatus

Cryptoheros nigrofasciatus ex Cichlasoma (Archocentrus) nigrofasciatus New Photos - February 2005 ...

FAQs on Cichlid Disease 1

Hole in Severum hello please bear with me as I ask this question as I am new to this ok I have a 55 gallon tank with a Severum in it that looks like an Oscar I have a smaller version of him as well and two cat fish ones a shark like and the o ...

FAQs on Cichlid Foods/Feeding/Nutrition

Pike Cichlid Won't Eat 10/11/05 Hello, great site. I have a 55 gallon (soon to be a 110 gallon) with a tiger Oscar, Jack Dempsey, golden pike, Pleco, and angelica cat. Each fish is about two inches except the Oscar wh ...

FAQs on Cichlid Selection

Colorful Dwarf Cichlids    3/2/06 What is the largest pair of cichlids (full grown in inches) that would live (at full size) comfortably in a 20 gallon long tank (cycled)? I would like a pretty colorful fish/pair for t ...

Husbandry Of Parachromis motaguensis

(Gunther, 1866) By Vinny Kutty (This article was originally published in Cichlid News Magazine Oct-94 pp. 10-13. )

My Experiences with Discus. Part 1 - Their Selection and Keeping

Why discus? Possible problems. Selection and purchase. Keeping and raising them.

My Experiences with Discus. Part 2 - Breeding, Diseases and Medication

Breeding discus. Raising the fry. Diseases and parasites,

RO Units: Parts and Their Functions

This series is a step by step walkthrough of a 5 stage RO unit. As I go, I'll show a pic of each part and explain what exactly it does. It's not a how to assemble thing but I show some parts disassembled for greater detail. This particular ...

The breeding of Discus

Tips for beginning discus breeders

"Cichlasoma" bocourti, its capture and breeding

by Rusty Wessel

10 years with Amphilophus Rostratus

By Del Calhoun

19 Simple Steps To Artificially Rearing Discus Fry

Many people react "snobbishly" to breeders when someone raises them artificially stating that eventually they (the fish) will raise their own (and they will), but I look at it this way: Only a fool allows $1000.00 dollars worth of eggs t ...

A potential method for sexing discus

A potential method for sexing discus by Jeff Richard  (article appeared in  Diskus Brief magazine) Sexing discus has always been problematic at best. However, I recently read an article in Diskus Brief which descri ...

A report on discus breeding activities in Hong Kong

Hongkong is located between the tropical and sub-tropical climate zones. Temperature can cool down to 10 deg. Celsius in Winter. In Hongkong 20% of the families have fish tanks (mostly gold fish and koies). Worldwide Fish Farm: This breeding fa ...

A short simple method of raising discus fry artificially

I just thought I'd pass on something I was told by a discus breeder in Chicago recently regarding artificial rearing of fry. I personally have never tried this, but the man who explained it to me raised most of his fry this way, and he had about 3 ...

A Tale of Two Pikes

By Vinny Kutty This article deals with husbandry and captive reproduction of the Peruvian Crenicichla proteus and East Brazilian C. menezesi, representatives of the saxatilis-group pikes.

A. sp. "Wangenflecken"

A. sp. Wangenflecken?? by "V Kutty" Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 To: I was told that these fish are imported from somewhere Far East. I actually picked up a ...

Aequidens Pulcher

Photo courtesy of:Abel Malcolm Aequidens Pulcher Overview: An extremely beautiful, hardy and interesting fish to keep. Some say they are aggressive and others peaceful, either way a specime ...

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