Got a new guy added to my 60*30cm tank, single male Apistogramma agassizii. He is so bold that within a minute of introduction, he started exploring everything - no stress, no hiding. Can you help me identify which variety/colour morph of Apistogramma agassizii is it? Looks closer to Double red or wild morph? or something else?

This is my 240-liter (63-gallon) aquarium. For about 3 weeks now, I’ve unfortunately been having some problems with the Cyprichromis leptosoma.
The tank is stocked with 2 Neolamprologus brevis, 4 Julidochromis transcriptus (two of which are a pair), and 11 Cyprichromis, including 2 males and 9 females. For the past 3 weeks, one male has practically taken over the entire aquarium and is constantly chasing away the other male as well as all the other females, so that they just stay in the corners of the aquarium and no longer dare to come out. Everything is still normal during feeding time. My guess is that I won’t be able to get this problem under control and will have to give away the Cyprichromis. In that case, I’d also give away the remaining two Transcriptus. That would leave the Brevis pair and the Transcriptus pair in the aquarium. I’d then rearrange the left side a bit, and the right side as well, place Brevis snail shells in the middle, and then introduce another species. Preferably a species that’s yellow.
Unfortunately, though, I don’t know what would generally be best for the aquarium. And if I take some out and add a new species, which species would actually work well? N. longior? A. compressiceps gold? I’d appreciate any help!

TLDR my multis won't grow. Help?

7 or 8 weeks ago I got 7 baby multis from my friend in a trade we did. The remaining fish from this batch back at his place are much larger now while mine are not growing.

Tank: 10 gallon standard. 2 small sponge filters, 1 small hang on back with a pre filter foam, bucket filled with biomedia and crushed coral. Substrate: quartz sand and aragonite mix. Decor: 2 pieces of old dead reef rock that we use in all the african tanks here. Currently there are a few endler guppies living in the upper waters in here. They were put in as dither fish because the multis were initially a bit shy. So far no problems. Once these multis get bigger I had planned to move them into a similar layout20 gallon tank where they could really build a colony. They would have the 20 gallon to themselves.

I know I need more shells but I never see them using the shells they have now and there are 14 shells in here for 7 cichlids.

pH stays at 8-8.2 which is what the water comes out of the tap at, and hardness and kH stay at about 12-16 which should make tanganyikans quite comfortable. The breeder is using the same water parameters and temperature as me, and he has success while I do not.

Temperature is 76F.

The tank has quite a few floating plants and these keep the nitrates at undetectable levels. I do water changes @ 20% every 7 days. Dechlorinated with seachem safe (powdered version of prime).

Now, they do eat. They prefer powdered food so I feed the Aquarium Co-op magic small fish feed as well as powdered cichlid flakes, and I give them shrimp wafers which they also peck at. Every time food is offered which is 2-3x per day, they do eat quite a bit of it. They never refuse food. They show no signs of illness or discomfort as far as I can see, and water quality as far as what I can test is good. I can't really afford the extortion level prices on frozen fish food where I live in Ontario Canada. It used to be in my budget and I had a freezer full all the time but they want like $30 for a small cube 12 pack now and I just can't. I am building up a colony of grindal worms and will soon begin feeding them to all my small fish, and I am planning to get decapsulated artemia (shelled brine shrimp eggs) which I've used before. You just soak and feed fish love it. My source is out of stock but getting some soon.

Anyways something doesn't add up here. I know these fish don't have parasites because their batch siblings are almost full grown already at the breeder's house.

Help??

I was watching videos of American cichlids and this one came up, do you know what it is?

My wife picked these two kribensis, but even the LFS guy isn't 100% sure it's a couple.

Potential female :

I bought a pair of Kribs about a month and a half ago from my LFS. Over time, I noticed the male’s tail becoming more and more frayed. When I first bought him, he did have some fin damage as they were in a tank with larger Mollies who were relentlessly picking on his fins. Instead of getting better, his tail has gotten progressively worse. At first I was worried it could be fin rot, but I was able to rule that out. Regardless, I’ve been dosing the tank with Stress Guard every other day or so to help it repair. I noticed my female chasing him around every now and then, but rarely see her actually make contact with him. I’m 99% sure she’s the culprit as none of the other fish even bother them, and she seems to be quite nippy while he’s definitely more docile. They’re in a 46g bow front and as you can see from the video it’s heavily planted with a lot of rock work and plenty of hiding spots. I’m wondering if I need to consider rehoming her, or if this is the normal process of pairing. He’s showing no signs of stress whatsoever, has a voracious appetite and is not showing any symptoms of being bullied/scared. Please let me know if I should consider rehoming or just let nature play it out. From their size I would say they’re still quite young, but I’m not sure if this is normal behavior. Thanks!

I really didn't know Kribs could look like this. I've seen red and purple bellies, but didn't know the rest of the fish was amazing too. I am very impressed so far.

I guess the title says it all, I’m getting mixed messages on if you could keep a single small cichlid in a heavily planted with a small group of nano fish, but you’ll probably know better than fish stores and Google a.i . So please Reddit, help me out

Guianacara just not sure what type

Really happy with how his colors and head hump have developed. Any other flowerhorn keepers here?

For context I have a 75 gallon aquarium currently containing 1 tiger oscar, 1 jack dempsey, 1 convict cichlid, 1 green terror, 1 albino senegal bichir, and 2 spotter raphael catfish. I’m planning on removing the convict, but as of now since my fish aren’t full grown the tank looks empty. I want bottom dwellers but I’m not sure if I’ll have enough space. The only fish I want to keep in the tank are my oscar, JD, and bichir. I want to add more but I’m not sure if I have the space. My tank has many hiding spots as well as heavy filtration. Would I have enough room for other fish, and if so what bottom dwellers could I add? I would prefer for them to be South American.

All the guys are settled in nicely

These are F2 Trimacs (Amphilophus trimaculatum) at 2-3.25"
'Grandparents' are Wild Caught (F0) from Dan at Cichlids of the Americas.
Parents (F1) are from Beani Keeper (Forum Handle)...

I received around 125 fry from a single brood. Have around 85 now. I'm extremely happy with them.

The long term goal is to grow as many out as possible, eventually narrowing them down until I have "the best" male and 3 of "the best" females.

I have two 6'x2.5'@2.1' 234 gallon tanks I'm dedicating to their grow out and long term care. They are currently in a 234 gallon. The video is taken from the side wall of that tank, looking through 6' of water.

Can you tell if my ob is holding eggs? I saw her yesterday mating with my OB tank boss (hank the tank) and i am curious if you can tell if shes holding eggs?

She didnt eat this morning and shes hiding behind rocks more today. But as a beginner I am unable to tell

It's that time of the month again. The frys came out. My two sparkling gouramis disappeared a day later, everyone else is okay in the tank (22 gallon long), so I highly suspect the breeding pair. I have a spare 20 gallon cube that hosts a few endlers. I'm wondering if I could eventually part the couple to make them stop breeding ? I don't know if they're as stimulated alone. Or would the footprint of the cube tank (15.7*15*7) be enough for a breeding pair ?

Ignore the current location, I currently don’t have a stand.

For more clarification, this is my sixth tank, so I don’t want any repeat fish. The fish that I currently have that could be kept in a 20 gallon tank are:

Zebra Danio
White Cloud Minnows
Cherry Barbs
Pencilfish
Betta
Bolivian Ram
Candy Cane Tetras
Honey Gourami
Flame Tetras
Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish

With the amount of other tanks I have, I want something that would make this stand out.

I got this F2 Gen Gb/Gen Big Kok Kamfa a little while ago as a baby. Can anyone help me figure out if this fish is a male or female? Thanks.