surfordie6
10-24-2002, 11:45 AM
I bought these 2 cichlids when they were babies. The mean one, has grown into somewhat large (3-4 inches) yellow and digs holes all over the tank. It's actually turned more of a brownish color now that its older but in the light it gives of the flourecent blue. The body looks _exactly_ like the fish above in the left corner of this forum by the title logo, except mine is yellowish/brown. Oh yeh, it has 3 orange dots on its bottom fin under its tail. Any ideas what kind this is?
The second one is smaller, blue with black tiger stripes, very flourecent in the light too. It gets chased around a _lot_ by the yellow one, but still manages to eat plenty. I also dont know if either one is a male or female. This one only has 1 orange dot under its tail.
You guys know if they might be male or female?
Also I was looking at all your pictures of your tanks.. man what nice tanks. Your water looks so clear! I have a 15g tank with lots of rocks and live plants, about a year old now, and the water just doesnt look as clear even though i clean it once a week. I also have gravel but want to switch to sand at some point.
One more random question, how long do cichlids typically live? Theres so many awsome looking cichilds I'd like to get, but I don't want a second tank. I have these 2 darn giant danios in with the 2 cichilds and they were supposed to be starter fish for the new tank, but they're still alive doing fine. heh
The second one is smaller, blue with black tiger stripes, very flourecent in the light too. It gets chased around a _lot_ by the yellow one, but still manages to eat plenty. I also dont know if either one is a male or female. This one only has 1 orange dot under its tail.
You guys know if they might be male or female?
Also I was looking at all your pictures of your tanks.. man what nice tanks. Your water looks so clear! I have a 15g tank with lots of rocks and live plants, about a year old now, and the water just doesnt look as clear even though i clean it once a week. I also have gravel but want to switch to sand at some point.
One more random question, how long do cichlids typically live? Theres so many awsome looking cichilds I'd like to get, but I don't want a second tank. I have these 2 darn giant danios in with the 2 cichilds and they were supposed to be starter fish for the new tank, but they're still alive doing fine. heh