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Hybrid fish and flowerhorns- Are they necessary?

infinite_zoom @infinite_zoom (118) • India 24 Jan 09

Flowerhorns have been the rage in the aquarium industry for the past few years. But they are actually a hybrid fish. That means they have been created by humans,not by nature. People have crossed different species of fishes to...

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Does your cichlid hide objects in his gravel

shelagh77 @shelagh77 (3643) 10 Mar 07

We bought a floating food chunk for our cichlid to give him something to play with as he has a very low boredom factor. He took a rabid dislike to it and dragged it down into the furthest corner of the tank and buried it! Have...

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Real Medication for Cichlid Hole in the Head Disease

dominican @dominican (201) • Philippines 10 Dec 06

I hav a flowerhorn and it has hexa or hole in the head for quite sometime now. Ive been treating it with metronidazole 500mg tree times a day medication for almost a month now. Its getting better with its appetite but its still...

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Cichlid means Freshwater not Saltwater

blogbuckz @blogbuckz (12) • Canada 4 Dec 06

Yeah, saltwater is beautiful, gorgeous, so pretty and fascinating. But they are so darned expensive. The initial costs of a saltwater tank is expensive just to set it up. Then the cost of maintaining filtration, ph and salt...

Do you have any fish?

ladygator @ladygator (3465) • United States 20 Nov 06

We have 2 Oscars and a Cichlid

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