The nova blue long nose. I'm currently breeding them their a beautiful fish.

@@swaggysauce9889 Good choice!

Definitely the most gorgeous!!

Thank you, Polly. I can always count on you for good names!

Good choice on the Hawk. It’s surprising that he bosses your big fusco around 😂😂. The Hawk should have no color at that size - yours has no color, right? Just wondering since he’s acting a bit dominant. Thanks Stefanos!

@@CichlidCharmer yes has no colour, the Fusco is a scary cat for some reason just about every in my tank bosses him around but I have him as my second favourite 👍👍

Super hard… many tries behind the scenes 🤓

Thank you and thank you 🥰🤩 good to see you back here my friend

Absolutely love ❤️ your comment 🥰😂

Many thanks!🙏

Thank you! You are obviously a refined person if you’ve chosen Zeke as your favorite 🤩. You have impeccable taste. A 75 is a pretty good size for some smaller African cichlids. Have you looked into mbuna and Lake Victorians? They would do quite well in a 75. I just started a tank like that 🤘🔥

Ooooooh sweet. He’s gonna be awesome.

Aw man thank you 🙏

That’s a good idea! It’s just an iPhone too. Thanks for the compliment 🤩

😂😂

You’re the best, Jeremy 🥰. I might have trouble getting what I want for the new tank - everybody’s out of stock on some of the guys I want. I still have some time, but if they become available before I’m ready I might have to order and set up a temp home!

@@CichlidCharmer yeah I ordered some of mine online and got some from the local Petco or PetSmart believe it or not. Keep trying I am sure you will find them.

Thanks, Danny! Any names for my nameless fellas?

He could be! I had a female that I had no idea what she was and the dad was an OB I bought from a local guy on FB marketplace. Thank you! Gday to you as well!

Hi Michelle! Thanks for watching - Australia ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks, Tammy!

Thank you! I don’t have any experience with it, unfortunately.

Hello! Which kind of cichlids are they?

Done. Thanks!

Chad?

@@CichlidCharmer Yup! 😂

That’s a really cool fact that I was completely unaware of. Thanks for the suggestion!

I have one half peacock and then my SA tank with angels and geos mostly. I also have my big SA or CA tank coming soon. I'll have some kind of video on the mbuna this coming Saturday. Thanks for asking!

Great question! They do have different growth rates. Like my venustus took a long time to grow as did some of my other predator haps. The peacocks grow more quickly. One thing about the two inch range is that you might wind up with the wrong sex. They are easier to sex once they hit the three inch mark or so for the most part.

Thanks. I will keep this in mind on the sex. I want an all male tank. I am also setting up a 75 gallon in my bedroom. So I can put some in there too, if some turn out to be female. Which, is likely. 😅

@@gregory7414 You're welcome!

Thanks! He just looks that way as far as I know. I’ve never seen him in a scuffle and he never gets better or worse. Strange 🤔

That would be funny if I didn’t reply to this one 🧐. Yea I do reply to every comment. I always hate it when I have a question on a video and I never get an answer. Are you talking about a single yellow lab all by himself?

😂😂😂 I always get excited when my wife names a fish because at least that means she cares about them. Do you have different species of obliquidens?

⁠@@CichlidCharmerno only the zebra obliquidens, but they are 6 with 2 males and 4 females. Because the beta male never coloured up (or some reason) he would only ever go on charges against my other cichlids, but I raised a fry to maturity that just so happened to colour gorgeous like your Zeke, very steady breeders but don’t need a special place like some ob or peacocks do. To be honest I wish I had your fish and set up because each fish is just cruising and not looking for trouble. This being said my table swelled with peacocks before I could count to 10, I love having my wife involved but it always seems to have a catch, like “last one” or “just this tank” 😂

@@HapiPETSWM Glad you got a beautiful zebra -- and you raised him which is cool. Yeah my guys usually aren't looking for trouble, but sometimes they do. My wife always complains that that's all we have is fish tanks. "I want a picture on the wall there." How about you picture a new fish tank there instead? hahaha

Also, im new to the hobby and i dont know if im freaking out too much. Lol

That’s a great suggestion. He must be stressed. Watch from afar to make sure he isn’t someone’s target. Try leaving the light off for a few days. Make sure there are lots of hiding places. May even add some temporary fake plants to add some security. I am assuming the temp is around 78-82 or so.

@@CichlidCharmer yeah the temp usually hangs around 80. Thanks for all your time and effort helping all of us make the fish hobby thrilling. Ive never been so obsessed over water before lol.

@@richfrith8882 Totally my pleasure.

Oh boy. In the last week I've noticed that Gary will take one of the monster pellets I always feed him, but now after a minute or two, he'll spit it back out. He can only eat smaller pellets. I'm hoping the extra water changes help, but we'll see. Monty's eye issue is going away already, so that's good at least. Have a great week, Paul!

Idaho, near Spokane Wa. Whoa a 570!! What are the tank dimensions? Doing all haps? Mix?

A 180 is a good tank, sir! So that red shoulder is probably a jerk fish, unless he only occasionally does this. I had an Insignis hap who liked to herd everyone to one half of the 240. BUT he only did this occasionally. It was fairly rare. And as long as no one is getting hurt, and it doesn’t bother you, you could probably just deal with it. Be aware though that the stress levels of everyone else will go up. And stress leads to illness. You’ve got yourself a little Ray of sunshine do ya? What a great fish. I’m liking my new one, Icarus, as well.

@@CichlidCharmer thanks! I’m super excited about it. Only had fish in it a couple weeks now. 2/3 of the fish were only added a few days ago so I think he may be just trying to assert himself as tank boss but time will tell. Sure do! Big fan so far. I’ve decided to name him Houdini as he’s the only fish in the tank who knows how to hide behind the 3D background and come back to the main area when he pleases

That is the perfect name for that guy. That’s awesome, man!

I don’t have any videos on it. Black will deepen the colors of some fish, but white can boost the colors in other fish. I’ve seen great looking fish with both colors, so I just went with what I liked best.

Your a bot but I'm game. The creator is in CST, your in EST, and I'm in PST.

Haha ii have a hard time believing that, Eli, but thanks for saying it! 😂😂😂

Eli is no bot, sir. He’s been around since the beginning 🤩

I mean… Ian 😎

Well then... This gives me a good laugh. 😀

I’ve never seen a 70 gallon like that - you’re right. Very unusual. So you have the length going, which is good. The depth and height still play a part with these guys in my opinion. And that’s all I’m offering - my opinion. I would still stick to six-inches due to the turnaround room. I can’t say it would be definitely a terrible situation to have a ten inch fish trying to turnaround in a 12 inch tank, but for me that would be way too tight. So the livingstonii I think will need more room once they mature. The frontosa definitely will. He will be larger than 12 inches. The borleyi and the others are great. If it were me, I’d have about 20 or so max six or seven-inchers depending on filtration and how into water changes I was 🤔. I’m not into overstocking, but those who are will tell you that you could go 30 or maybe 35 six inch fish or so, but I like my boys to have room. I think it’s more about the right balance of fish and personalities than the number as far as reducing aggression. Victorians would be great haps for a tank like that. That’s my two cents anyway. Thanks for the great question and for watching! 🥰

​@@CichlidCharmerThank you for the reply, might have to consider re-homing those larger fish in the future. Just added a Johanni, Crimson Tide and a Yellow-Tail Acei today!! Also keep up the great videos, been really enjoying them recently 😊

@@Jsjjshshz Best part of the hobby is ordering new fish! Thank you for the encouragement!

I did but I lost him 🥲

oh no , did you tell this in a video how did i miss it @@CichlidCharmer

@user-tl5fg9hl6q Yeah it was in the video where I killed almost all my fish by forgetting to dechlorinate the water 😭

no no , did you not buy another one ?@@CichlidCharmer

@@user-tl5fg9hl6q No. I would have if one had been available when I was ordering other fish, but you know how availability is with these guys....

You could be on to something there. If my Victorian has a hard time I’ll move him. So for the Victorian s in Alcatraz are good except for some minor chasing between Eduardo and Monty. We shall see once the new two get some size on ‘em.

As of now my nyererei gets chased relentlessly by my zebra obliquedens. My experience with Victorian cichlids is that they fight each other a lot yet leave the other types of fish alone. The nyererei is really beautiful when he is colored up and before the zebra obliquedens he was always brilliantly colored and swimming at the top of my tank with my electric blue acara. I had purchased the zebra obliquedens from a pet store because he was stuck in a small tank with a Kenyi mbuna and the mbuna had torn up his fins and I felt sorry for him so I bought him and then he grew larger than my nyererei and he chases him around all the time. I personally feel that one Victorian cichlid per fish tank is best. And they better with less aggressive fish like South American cichlids or Tanganyikans or Malawi haps.