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African Cichlids - Reference list below to SOME of the African Cichlids you will find @ Zoo Creatures. We specialize in Africans and have a large assortment and a state of the art system to house them. We focus on reliable fish sources that retain breeder stock from wild collected fish. This allows us to give you some locality specific fish and the bred and butter. Watch us as we expand our selection and BUILD. We are new, give us the time to satisfy your cichlid demands! We have the largest selection around and we have just begun!
A few hints to consider when keeping African Cichlids. Remember to feed your fish a wide selection in the diet, do not rely on a few basic foods to condition your animals and hope they will spawn. Over filter, use as much filteration as possible, you can never have too much. Africans often die when ammonia or nitrite levels skyrocket. The keeper will often think the fish died because if was bullied by other fish, this is often not the case. Often fish have different levels of tolerance to water quaility and some may become depressed while others take that opportunity to pick on the ailing fish, the result is a dead fish. Use a test kit and check your levels. Use more than one filter, never change all of your filteration at the same time. Cleaning you filter disturbs and eliminates beneficial bacteria that create the balance with fish waste and fish within the closed environment of the tank. Discarding filter material removes the beneficial bacteria living on it, without this bacteria the fish pollute their water. Having multiple filters allows the hobbyist to clean a single filter while having the other as backup and waiting to change the other 2 weeks later. This allows the new filter to colonize before disrupting the other filters beneficial bacteria. Water changes every 2 - 4 weeks of 30 -50% are good routines and will often induce adult conditioned fish to spawn. Use aquarium salt, this aids the biological process of the fish and helps fish stay healthy. Use sea salt @ 1 teaspoon per 5 gallons, the fish we carry will do well at this level. If you have a large tank with prize animals it is time to get insurance, a UV sterilizer is a must. This kills water bourne pathogens that will someday create DEATH in your tank! Africans will often fall ill to bacterail and viral problems and it is much easier to prevent this occurence than to treat it. I have learned the hard way and lost countless fish when I failed to understand the need for this peice of equipment. Choose one wisely, many UVs are good, some are even great! Change the bulb every 8 months, UVC germicidal rays fall off in effectiveness over time. Aulonocara Peacocks - One of the more peaceful species. Adult males are spectacular and must be seen to appreciate their splendor. Be wary of housing adult males together in smaller tanks, overnight they will often fight and damage each other. Be careful when housing in a tank with highly aggresive Mbuna species, crowded tanks with small territories aid in decreasing aggresion in Africans. Peacocks are basically not territorial unlike many other species. They do well with many Hap. species and a harem of female peacocks. None of these fish are Taiwan hormone fed animals which often make for weak stunted fish. Peacocks
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Cynotilapia Afra - Smaller than Zebras but highly territorial and spectacular!! This species is a must have in any african tank. Coloration is superior. All of our Afra are offspring of wild collected, locality-specific fish.
Pseudothropheus
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Saulosi - Females are yellow, males are blue barred. Great little fish!
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Copadichromis Azureus - Haplochromis Lithobates " Red Top Aristochromis" - Haplochromis Fuscotaenatus - Protomelas Fenestratus - Protomelas Fenestratus "Taiwan Reef"
Labidochromis - Labidochromis Caeruleus -Yellow Labidochromis - Labidochromis Freibergi - Very blue - Pearlmutt - Hongi - Yellow Top " Mbamba "
- Melanochromis Johanni
"Chisumulu" - Melanochromis Exasperatus
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