Getting Started
Adding Cichlids to a Freshwater Aquarium
Cichlids can die from overcrowding and from being added to an aquarium that has not been cycled. Avoid the common mistakes made by beginners. Novices in the aquarium hobby have a tendency to buy too many fish. With a wide variety of attractive African and Central American Cichlids at the pet store, it’s easy to forget the size of the tank they are going into.
Beginners Guide to African Cichlids
African cichlids are well known among aquarists for their aggression and territorial behavior and hence, they can be difficult to care for when not handled properly. If you are going to keep them with other community fishes or cichlids, you need to pay extra attention to the issue of water requirement and compatibilities with other cichlid species.
How to Care for African Cichlids
African cichlids are hardy fish and will remain healthy in a freshwater aquarium if the PH value and water hardness are higher than what is required for most other fish. The Cichlid is one of the largest species in the world with over 1,000 to 3,000 species.
How to Set up an African Cichlid Aquarium
African Cichlids are known for their beautiful colors and hardiness but their aggressive nature causes many aquarium owners to steer away from keeping a cichlid aquarium. With research into cichlid compatibility and providing an environment to reduce aggression, an African Cichlid aquarium can be beautiful and entertaining.
Using Tap Water in the Freshwater Aquarium
Can be Harmful to Fish if not Conditioned Properly
Written by Douglas DuHamel, Copyright CichlidExplorer.com
When water comes out of the faucet at home it is designed to meet the needs of humans and not those of aquarium fish. Tap water is not a healthy environment for exotic and imported species of fish. Water from the tap [...]
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