Man I just love Cichilds they are such cool fish

Wieder ein Video mit guten Tipps gerade für den Anfänger in der Aquaristik! 👍

Excellent info video, Thank U

All good points

Great tips. Thanks Troy!!!

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

You bet!

Some good reminders

Great video, precise and good visual effects. Everything I need as a newbie 👍

@CichlidBros

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad it was helpful!

Just beautiful tanks!

3:37 Didn't realize this was the driftwood that did this. Good to know now! Thanks for all the tips. Keep up the good work!

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

No problem! Thanks for watching 👊🏻👊🏻

Always great content. Subscribed to your channel!

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Appreciate it, and welcome!

thanks for info cichlid bro's ❤👍

Great video Detroit

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

The geos are beautiful, great job !

@CichlidBros

7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

All true 👍. Looking good. I have six tanks

NIce job

Hi guys, thanks for all your content, it’s really great. I’m gradually adding various Cichlids and have purchased a wave maker too. Most of the fish I’ve bought are very young and there’s more to come. I’m wondering about flow strength and whether to put the wave maker in now or wait until the young fish develop a little?

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for following along! You should be fine to add the wavemaker in. As long as it doesn't seem to be blowing the fish around, they'll do just fine and almost all cichlids enjoy the flow

OMG jaka wielka akara błękitna. Pozdrowienia z Polski.

Thankyou brother. I just made a 6ft tank with sump filtration. Although I have 6 other tanks, sump filtration is my first time. It would be nice if you could do a video on how to prepare filtration in a sump. Thank you.

do you have any suggestions on where to get South American cichlids from?? interested in some of those beautiful Geos!

Excellent video. How often do you clean your Hob’s and canister filters?

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I try to do every couple months for the HOBs and every 3-4 for canisters. Sometimes fall behind tho

Nice channel

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Good morning my name is Mike Krautzel. I teach an aquaculture class to middle school students in Pa. My students and I like watching your videos. Id like to pick yor brain about the cichlid tank you keep in your classroom and what do you teach the students about it. I have 11 large tanks in class designated towards african cichlids. Hope to talk soon. Keep up the good work

Have you ever used a diatom filter. I did for years with amazing results.

Sir i really need your help i have some South American chichileds like geophagus, blue acara severum and some angels and now i want to add discuss fish and green terror in the same tank so is it ok to do so ? Please help waiting for your reply

i just purchased a 55 gallon tank should i get aquaclear 70 or the 110 size?

My cichlids died a few months ago. I am redoing my 6p gallon tank with peacocks cichlids. Is a fx2 too much for my 60 gallon tank?

A good rule of thumb with feeding is, 'if you think you're not feeding enough, you're probably feeding too much'. Meaning that fish require very little throughout the day. A few small feedings throughout the day is more natural. As fish are natural foragers. They don't have one large meal a day like we do. They spend hours throughout various parts of the day looking for morsels of food. Not just the morning. But Morning, midday and evening.

Also make sure your lights are working well, or might need replacing.

What about UV light sterilization? Does it help to make the water crystal clear?

Maintaining all those tanks is almost a full time job. A fun job though

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Yep love the work

Hi so I’m keeping Mbunas, how many times should I feed them those Spirulina flakes a day and how many times a week

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

I would do once per day for adults, 2x per day for juveniles. 6 days per week

@Fish_on31

8 ай бұрын

@@CichlidBros Thank you so much, love your channel favorite fish channel by far!

You mentioned how often you do water change, but how often do you clean your FX6? Thanks !!

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

I try to do every 3-4 months, but sometimes slack some

Any tips on cleaning inside glass of brand new tank??.....lots of fingerprints and glue residue from the advertisement sticker. I just want to use something fish safe since it's on the inside. Thanks and great channel.

@thomaxtube

6 ай бұрын

If you don’t have water inside yet, you can use bit of white vinegar removes almost all stains related to aquarium keeping - sticker glue comes off with dab of coconut or olive oil and piece of cloth to rub with, then just wipe the oil off with a bit of tissue paper, finish off with little vinegar if necessary, most like not needed. If you have already filled the tank with water, use razor blade instead, to glide along & clean the glass inside. 😊

Can someone tell me where to purchase a 100-125 gallon tank

My cichlid tank has brown algae I was researching and apparently they are diatoms what can I do to control them or get rid of them?

@Kvickification

8 ай бұрын

Wait it out, all new tanks gets diatoms.

You keep your lights completely off right at night right Troy? No blue night lights?

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Yep! Completely off. And usually keep lights off a lot of the day if I’m not around

@hernanmurillo8925

6 ай бұрын

Dont they freak out ?​@@CichlidBros

In how many months should I change my ceramic rings and activated carbon?

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

I never change out bio media. Would recommend every 2-3 months for chemical filtration

Big tanks need a wet/dry with a uv lite. Have been using them on large tanks (500 gal) plus for yrs with monster fish and heavy bio loads.

@CichlidBros

7 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say they “need” those things. You can definitely have crystal clear water without spending a ton of money on a UV

How many times a day do you feed your fish

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Once per day

Are you going to get anymore tanks

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Of course. Very soon too

There's another outstanding option for maintaining both the clarity and quality of the tank water, if you have the space and budget for it: an RO/DI system. It's a lot easier to keep clean, clear water when you start with clean, clear water.

Water looks Green . Any Solution ?

My tip fishes dont like crystal clear water because they like pick particles from the water column ❤ So i think like they'll think

Now my tank will look clear and not look like a pond

I don't feed high protein foods to fish. That's how i keep water clean of ammonia.

You need a UV sterilizer

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Pretty expensive option. Water is clear without it

Do your african cichlids ever rub their body on the sand?

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Occasionally. It's usually called "flashing" and occurs when they're irritated - could be a change in temp, water params, territorial aggression, breeding, etc. Not a big issue unless it happens often

First

The wave can always be on day and night

@CichlidBros

8 ай бұрын

Yep

you should clean filter on aquarium water, not tap water.

@CichlidBros

6 ай бұрын

I didn’t say otherwise

Water change, water change, water change.