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Josh Holloway--Be mine!!!
I have not had African Cichlids in a lonnnnng time. But when I did, Bloat kills without much dying. Almost like Fat, then dead. Once wiped out an entire tank in about 3 weeks plus.
i may have a pregnant cichlid not sure any ideas?
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Although Bloat is a definite possibility, it looks like it is more just overfed. Young mbuna like your auratus are gluttons and will gorge themselves on food. I would suggest feeding it less and switching to a food for herbivores (lower protein and fat than a tropical or even a Cichlid food) and don't feed the brine shrimp. Mbuna are herbivores by nature and food that is too high in protein and fat can cause bloating.
It's also just a juvenile and too young to breed.
Andy
It's also just a juvenile and too young to breed.
Andy
it came from the lfs store like that but i do feed atleast three times a day sometimes less. usually it is cichlid flakes but i do give them some bloodworms and brine shrimp here and there even algae wafers sometimes
is it easy to get them to breed once you determine the sex? i was thinking bout pick up some bumble bee cichlids and some electric blue ones which are a wee bit bigger then the ones in the tank now but i do have alot of hiding spots cause i have a runt pure white one which dors get picked on a few times so i feel bad for it. i even put it in my community tank for a little while till it got better and it did fine with tetras and kuhli loaches. i had a black ghost knifefish in my community tank but it started killing everything so i put it in my cichlid tank and they ended up killing it. the guy at the lfs where i bought the knife fish said it would do fine in a communitty tank but then i started losing alot of my tetras and kulhi loaches and bumble bee gobies so i ahd to move it. i was really mad it kiled my bumble bee gobies mine looked so good and were so bright it really made me disapointed.
tanker
Josh Holloway--Be mine!!!
Sorry for your experience with fishes that LFS do not even know much about.
1) Most Mbunas are herbivores and do not do well eating Blood worms and Brine Shrimp. Get a food very low in protein for it (about 34% protein). Some cichlid flakes are not good either, for the wrong cichlid.
2) An Auratus (which is the fish you have) is a very mean fish. They have a habit of killing other fish and it's own females (which you will need to have at least 4-5 females just for each male).
3) Female and Male Auratus do not look alike.
4) The Bumble Bee maybe even meaner then an Aruatus, and will grow bigger.
5) Please do more research into African cichlids before going out and buying more.
Sorry, but (IMO) you are heading toward another disaster.
1) Most Mbunas are herbivores and do not do well eating Blood worms and Brine Shrimp. Get a food very low in protein for it (about 34% protein). Some cichlid flakes are not good either, for the wrong cichlid.
2) An Auratus (which is the fish you have) is a very mean fish. They have a habit of killing other fish and it's own females (which you will need to have at least 4-5 females just for each male).
3) Female and Male Auratus do not look alike.
4) The Bumble Bee maybe even meaner then an Aruatus, and will grow bigger.
5) Please do more research into African cichlids before going out and buying more.
Sorry, but (IMO) you are heading toward another disaster.
