Great video Marc! I really like that you are talking about topics that are important, but are often lacked in this hobby. Fantastic info :)

Hi there, thanks a lot for advising I was so confused about their behavior and never imagined that it was because of the temperature. I really hope you are still uploading videos!

This is fantastic. I have been looking into setting up a cichlid aquarium for a while now and finding it difficult to find out information as I have never kept them before. These videos are great, thanks for taking the time to make and upload them.

Exactly what I was looking for ...... your my hero for the week .... thanks for the info !!

Trying to reply to everyone's comments. Bare with me. Thanks for watching. And thank you for supporting my videos. It means a lot and keeps me motivated to make more!

@punchline5743

10 жыл бұрын

how many cichlids for a 215 litre tank

@thelittleviking1920

10 жыл бұрын

My tank is half the size of yours, It is 120 litres and I was wondering how many cichlids I should keep there?

@jacquelinecutting529

9 жыл бұрын

hurry lolol

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

The Little Viking either a small breeding group dwarf Mbuna or shell dwellers

@AfricanCichlidHub

9 жыл бұрын

Punch Line depends. What type of Cichlid?

good info marc. tank looks awesome as it always does.

Great video as always u got me into malawi I watched your setting up a mbuna tank about ten times lol keep up the gd work

Excellent info as always Marc.

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Many thanks J I hope all is well

enjoy watching your videos, gain a lot of information from you, great setup. cheers.

Nice one marc, I tried this myself a while ago and noticed more docile behaviour at 24° and I still get breeding at this temperature, much calmer than at 26° like

Great video. I have just started African Cichlids and you are my oracle. Discus are my thing really but I'm finding African Cichlids a lot of fun to watch.

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

I'm just glad I can help out beginners like yourself. I wish you luck on your African Cichlid journey Aaron.

@AaronsAquarium

10 жыл бұрын

Thank you pal. I'm doing a series at the moment called Welcome to the family check it out and let me know it you fancy taking part. I understand you have a busy schedule so don't worry if you can't.

Brilliant mate I am in Oz and the weather can change to pretty hot around here but I do keep my tank at around 23C degree which seems to have the fish pretty happy in our warmer months I have to add cold water to maintain the temperature Great video

Very interesting bit of information there Marc, not ever heard that mentioned before at keeping them at a less aggressive level. Good bit of info !!! :)

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

It's something not many AC keepers know about or have ever tried. Thanks for the feedback.

Watching your fish is so relaxing I almost dozed off. Haha! And that's a compliment!

Nice video. I keep my tank running at 78 and haven't had any aggression issues as of yet hoping I wont. Just got my first UV stabilizer , I own smaller cichlids but plan to get a nice 100 gallon and 75 gallon within the next 6 months

Another great on. much needed info.!

great video man!!

Thx a lot Mark , I apreciate ur work and dedication , thx for sharing !!!!

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

I try my best

Im new to cichlid world! Very helpful tip worth watching! Subscribed!

Right on. Lowered temp a few years ago...no more than 74 degrees Fahrenheit. Much more docile tank with much reduced breeding behavior. This is great advice!! Worked great for me. Other thing that made my system much better is the litermeter water change system. Expensive but absolutely 100% worth every penny.

Great information Marc!

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Pleasure as always Brian

Nice video marc great tips for water temperature

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

My pleasure

Great Video, I've just setup my Mbuna tank, one of my light blue cichlids, (cannot remember the scientific names but its on my latest post if you have time to check) have gone from light powder/baby blue to a really dark blue, is this just because it is a male/dominant or is there something wrong with him? Also do you recommend using seachem CIchlid salts? Thanks!

great tips! I just subbed your channel

Sorry, I just read everything in your video description. Thanks so much for the info.

Great videos! Great help!

Enjoyed ur video. Thanks for the info.

Found this out on my own so i definitely agree.

Great video! Thanks!

Marc, I love your work! How universally true is this temperature trick? Do you know if new world cichlids or even fish from Southeast Asia respond the same way?

What about ick? I understand that turning the temperature up can speed the ick life cycle. What do you recommend with ick and cichlids. And if you have a video on it already il look. Just curious. Thank you.

Very useful, thank you very much!

Hello. Any ideas for a 200 litre tank setup. I've kept tropicals in the past but setting this tank up from scratch. I'm in Italy by the way but English so you know for temperature considerations. Cichlids? or tropicals again? Thanks for the advice

Nice video man your fish look awesome. Thanks for sharing.

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

No worries. Thanks for watching

Good information...... your tank is looking awesome!!

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Greatly appreciated Tray. Thanks!

Great video Marc, it's been getting warmer over here in the states, so maybe it's a reason why the tank is getting warmer as well and there's a tad more aggression. Thanks for the tips :)

thank you this was informative, i was wondering why my cichlids weren't eating all the food i put in there, also the placo (the tank is getting dirty) i want to warm it up but all i have is a ten gallon starter, are there any tips that you can give me on diy heating? maybe do warmer water changes every couple days of about a half gallon each? the tank was getting to 75 degrees ferenheit because that was the room temp with central air on.

A very informative and interesting video. However, I am a beginner, starting relatively at the beginning. Have a 130litre tank and at the moment only some Gold Harlequin Rasboras happily swimming around. The temperature I have set at 25 o C. However, after constantly looking at all sorts of species of fish, would really like a Cichlid as my feature fish. So, my questions are, which of the Cichlids could you recommend that are the most peaceful, hardy and low temperature tolerant, that could suit well in an establishing community fish tank. And lastly, I realise it depends on the numbers of other fish, how many ciclids would suit a tank of 130 litres? Thank you, Michael

Man, your tank is just absolutely beautiful!!! Where can I find those kind of rocks?

Greattt video!!.. Should I keep my American cichlid tank possibly at 75 degrees just like your African tank ???

Helpful thank you! 😊

African Cichlid Hub great tip man

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Cheers Peter

Alright mate I'm from Ireland and I'm new to the hobby. I'm wondering when you do a water change from tap water I presume, how do you get the temp of water the same to you're tank before you put tap water in

dear friend, q1: when chosing a chiller, do i Calculate the total amount of the sump and tank or only tank? my tank volume: 550 gallon my sump 250 gallon so when i consider a chiller ill chose one suitable for 800 gallon or more? or should i calculate the amount of return water like: 800 x 6 = 4800 gallon? so ill chose one for 4800 gallon and above? which number should i go with? I'm confused a bit here 800 gallon or 4800 gallon? thanks

Hello, just find your channel. I have 2 boold parrots cichlids, and i have got a lot of mix info...are they classed in the african cichlids? This is probably a stupid question, but i just got in to fishes...i don't know what temperature should i keep them in or how much should i feed them,...any help will be highly appreciated😊 thank you

Sounds reasonable. I will keep it in mind.

I have small outdoor pond with a long stream in central Florida. I keep my in-line heater set at 74 to take chill away during cool days. Ground temperature usually stays around 70-75 so heater doesn’t run too often. Heated pond and stream also helps keep my tropical plants happy.

@SmokeNGunsBBQ

6 ай бұрын

Consider plugging it into a temp controller for a redundant safety.

Great video...very informative :)

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marcus

Hi - I have just found your channel - AWESOME. I have had Chiclids for many years (I live in Australia). Its interesting the temperatures you advise - and frequenting the UK I understand the climate differences. I have found if I have my temp up just between 27 & 28c - that it alleviates 'white spot', but lately (despite the temps) I have had some troubles. I have treated my tank with Pimafix.... Sadly I lost one fish & another is bouncing between recovery & getting fungus again..... Tonight I have done yet another tank clean, and have put in a new heater - as I believe the last one was a bit 'dodgey'. What are your solutions for 'white spot fungus'?? Im not worried about calm or aggression, I just want my water babies to be well... Thanks again - your videos are great! :-)

Currently holding my tank at 80F. When i move in to the summer should i lower the heat when it begins to get hot? Where i live in the summer it gets about 100-115F.

I added Snowhite Cichlids in my tank and found most of them gathering at the top just above Water Filter. Also they don't seem to eat staple food. Any advice?

What kind of sand is in your tank? Btw your awesome, subbed!

I noticed my water was super warm the other day, almost like bath water so i immediately turned both heaters way down and all my fish huddled together in a cave and were acting sick so i raised it back up and now they're swimming around happy as can be... i definitely needed to adjust it slower.

Thx for this great tip, I will try it , my temp now is 27C, so what do you think about lowering it with 1 degree /month untill I get a temp of 25 C? Best regards Anders

@danstanford89

5 жыл бұрын

1 degree every 48hrs would be fine

Great vid and some very good tips. Enjoyed it very much. Thanks for throwing in Fahrenheit. :) lol

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Well I thought it was best haha

What is the white coloured one in there? I’m trying to correctly ID a couple I have like that.

What temperature should I keep convicts at in the winter time

Very good !

What type of cichlid do you have in your tank and how many do you think i can have in a 125 liter?

New subscriber....I'm in Glasgow and the water is very soft, I want to set up a cichlid aquarium to go along with my other community tank..any water tips..or new tank set up....cheers...

African Cichlid Hub if you have the heat a lot warmer you said it speeds up the metabolism does that mean they grow quick. There fore is the water is colder they will grow a lot slower ?

I keep mine @79 F. I will try lowering the temp and see how they react. I think you are spot on about the way higher temps effect the fish. My Guys get fed once a day and in the morning when it's feeding time they are like little Piranhas!

Thanks. I am a longtime aquariast. I had over 40 tanks on the north shore hawaii. I buy all my basic equipment used and have a trick to stock my tanks. In Hawaii Kai there are docks everywhere. The coral builds up on them and weights them down. Everyone has to break it off every once in a while or the weight of it will cause problems. I would never ever harvest coral in the wild as its against my beliefs. But the only exception I made was for the coral growing on the floating docks that will get broken off by dockowner eventually. I cut out a perfect rectangle for the back of tank and use it for a backdrop. After a few weeks all the baby creatures living in the coral start to mature and coming out of hiding. You won't believe the crazy species that would just appear in my tanks. Amazing invertebrates shrimp and crabs. I just told everyone my best secret for free and exciting tank inhabitants ! Haha. Anyways I live in Tahoe and setup tank in summer. I never put in either of heaters and rely on my house temp to regulate water temp. I think my temp gage broken because it still says 72-75 ish degrees. But I did notice the violence has toned down alot as winter came. I noticed my cichs have ultraviolet type markings on their tails ? Can they see ultraviolet ? Like many is crab ? Why would they have these hyper colors if not. Their either 2 or 3 dots ? Is this the sex of fish ? Is that how u tell male n female ? Thanks dude. I pass on. Some of my knowledge in saltwater for some questions I have about fresh I haven't had a fresh water tank ( other than feeder tanks of guppies ) Since the 80s

@jonathanturek5846

2 жыл бұрын

The many is crab = the mantis shrimp. Spell check 😆

Great Video

This is such a relief because my ac is set to 73 any warmer and I’d be unable to sleep from being hot and that makes their tank 75-76 which is perfect. Can you tell me why they are so timid and always hiding tho? I got them a week ago and I planted their tank gave plenty of spots to play and hide I only have two half in ones in a 5.5

Will a higher or lower temp effect the growth rate of the fish?

Good tips.

How long did it take for your fish to get that big O.o ? I feel like mine grow so slow.

I’m from the uk n have demonsoni my tank is at 26 degrees c is this ok? Cheers

great video ,very informative

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Thanks

at 1:28, what is the fish that is white with black stripes called? It is gorgeous!!!

hi i have a few hybrids born in my tank.. I dont want to keep them nor do I want to sell them im wondering if there is a way I can humanely cull them.. as its not their fault they have been born.. yellow lab red zebra hybrid...

Thank you so much

Great vid!

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

Appreciate it ty

Hey a quick dumb question: How come your blue fishes are "so blue colored". I have 3 Hongi mbuna and 3 mbuna that look like demasoni (they aren't, but both male and female are blue with black stripes) and none of the 6 fishes are so blue colored as yours. They aren't fully grown yet, but they are still more dark than actual blue? (The other 4 yellow labs and the 3 red mbunas (also forgot the names) are in perfect color tho.

@bimmer.sh0ts

5 жыл бұрын

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Great video. Can you tel me if it's good or bad to have to much oxygen from bubblers and diffusers in a mixed cichlid tank?

What is a good type of food to feed cichlids?

i have one afra (white top) + one caeruleus yellow +one melanochromis + two estherae + one venustus + one elongatus + 2 parrots .."" in 40 US gallons "" I'm new with African Cichlid and someone told me the best temperature for this kind of fish between 29 to 34 C and now I'm SHOCKED :| i always keep it between 28 to 31 C, should i decrease it ??? they are in good health and they are growing up but these days they always fighting with each other

I have clown loach and black gohst knife fishes was wondering if you could answer some questions I had I just got my aquarium last Sunday I'm new to all of this

Do you only have the one tank or somethin?

You should do a video about how to get the best colour out of cichlids

Ive considered this with my haps and peacocks, though they're aggressive by nature and all males doesn't help. I may consider it. Great vid

I always heard tropicals have better immune systems at 80 as opposed to 75. What's your take

Why are all of my cichlids dying? We moved the 75 gal tank from the garage and brought it inside. The temp stays around 80 (is that too high?), we do weekly water changes and everything.. they were doing great in the garage but it’s starting to get really cold and the heater wasn’t able to keep up and the tank was getting cold. We’ve lost 6 fish total since we brought it inside... the only Cichlid left is my OB Peacock that we moved back to the garage and put him into the isolation tank and he’s doing great again. We moved him there because he got ich, we treated the Cichlid tank and lost 3 more fish since.. none of the fish who died showed signs of a disease, they were just dead... the only thing left in the big tank inside is a 6” pleco and a 2” rainbow shark, they’re doing great.

what kind of light you're using to have this deep water efect?

Your aquarium is beautiful..

what are those? Johanni's or Demasoni's

Why would you adjust temp for seasonal changes? 24c is 24c regardless what the season is, even if your ambient temp is higher than 24c, adjusting temp would not reduce the temp of your tank.

How u get that lighting effect

great job Dude thanks for that advice!

@AfricanCichlidHub

10 жыл бұрын

No worries and thank you for watching

Very interesting thanks for the information going to put it to good use

I like the idea of 24*c best compromise and I don't want to encourage breading as in the past my Guppies went mental and I could not give them away x.

Are you still doing the vids

my cichlids are a lot calmer now that i lowered the temperature a bit . the higher temperatures were driving my chichlids crazy . People don't realize that cichlids dwell at the lower depths and lounge in shady areas , they aren't constantly exposed to the heat . lower temperature is much lower than surface temperature of water

thanks

Hi. I have an African Cichlid Tank myself. I currently have 7 Cichlids. one is a Jack Dempsey. They are all Juveniles at the moment and yes, I am monitoring the Dempsey' behavior. He gets along very well with all the Africans. If his behavior remains as calm as it is now ill keep him in. If he gets mean I'll take him out. My question is, if I leave him in(because I know they get big) how many cichlids are too many? And if I take him out how many? I don't want to crowd the Tank and cause stress. It is a 75gal.

@devlsadvo

Жыл бұрын

Get the Jack Dempsey out of the tank and put him in his own 75 because you’ll need it, Jacks can be quite aggressive on their own but Mbuna’s are even more aggressive not to mention they both require different water parameters , Mbuna’s need a higher PH. After that you can get more Africans , I have 17 Mbuna’s in a 75 right now but am upgrading that to a 125 so I’m going to have some more room for more Mbuna family members. The Dempsey, find a better tank mate for him. There’s quite a few South America cichlids that he could coexist with like Severum cichlids or Angelfish, Firemouth cichlids or Acara’s are another good choice. Either way keep the Africans with Africans and the Central & South American’s with their kind. Just what my research has taught me. Cheer’s

I have orange mbuna started with 2. We now have 20 give or take a few. She’s had 5 batches of babies. I’ve never separated them. I just leave em alone. Seeing her release them from her mouth was a wild sight when we had no idea that this was happening. Water temp stays 78 f .

Are you not doing vids anymore ?

What if my cichlids are just lying on the ground for two days now I just established my new aquarium

what Temperature should i keep my malawi fishes mine is set at 28 c is that too hot

@richardwinterton3519

8 жыл бұрын

+datauk64 I keep mine at 25 degrees C and they're happy at that temp. 28 does seem a little high...