I have a 110 gallon tank full of Malawi cichlids. It took a long time to balance the tank politics, but I love them. I also find that my cichlids get along fine with various types of catfish too, which is great because the only thing I love more than cichlids are my cats.
Video quality noticeably better John and Lisa. Love the simple straightforward approach. Seeing Dennis Ruedel’s tank was awesome. He has some beautiful beasts. Great video!
Lisa, you are awesome. So glad you have gotten more involved this year. I enjoy seeing your collaborations with John. My first tank when I got in the hobby was African Cichlids, Mbuna mostly. Biggest part of my research was old KG Tropicals videos when John was at the store... and DIY Joey here on TH-cam. Besides that, I did a lot of research on species and found a local Cichlid group. Been hooked ever since. John’s tips helped us greatly, even though my bf had 15+ years of experience in African tanks. He didn’t have the internet community’s help and knowledge. So, we learned together. It’s awesome to share the hobby with loved ones. I wish you two and your family a very merry Christmas!
Robin William's "YES!" floored me. I can't wait for the next one. Won't be too long before I can binge watch "10 Things" and give Netflix a break. :) Cute top too Lisa
I got my first 12 over the last few weeks. I have a socolofi, a demosoni, 2 kenyi, 4 bumblebees, and 4 yellow tail acei. So far everybody is getting along. Their favorite foods so far are fluval bug bites and tetra cichlid flakes. The flakes are only for those that can't eat pellets just yet.
Thank you guys ....I so appreciate the experience you have . I'm a newbie with cichlids . I'm trying to gather all the info I can . I've got my tank and I dicided I would like mbuna . I'm taking it slowly and I can't wait to see the result . You've been a great help . Love watching your videos . Thank you
My Malawi eye biter was a real terror. I had to have it in a separate tank by itself and I also had a big Green Terror and a big Red Devil and lots of other Africans in 20 years of collecting 😎
Hi John and Lisa, I really enjoyed this video. It was very well done, and you could probably do several subcategories from this topic. Thanks very much for sharing and keep up the great work 👍.
Strange brew love it ahyy as a African Cichild keeper great video all good info for sure it’s was awesome to see Denny’s beast tank and fish really enjoyed this video
There was a cichlid found on my college campus after a student left; they said she was three years old. She was huge. She was given to me after my roommate took her on but left school soon after. I took out all the decorations so she could swim and did water changes weekly. The tank was maybe 15 or 20 gallons. I'm sorry Cecilia. I was a broke student with just the knowledge of having a few neon tetras in the 90's. Classic Pleco at the bottom too. Too much fish abuse ...
I'm Really Loving this Series ❤️. Because of You I now have 3 African Cichlid tank ( 2 Malawi & 1 Tanganyka) Can't wait for next Sunday. Hey Lisa.. Finally I got My New Discus tank(120 gal) and I would love to keep those Red spotted Discus.
10 Things has started off as a hit in my book. You have a beautiful and lovely, it’s great you two share YT, the hobby and 10 Things together. 10 Things about breeding Africans would be great IMO. I never notice a holing female in our aquariums. I find small fry hiding in the cracks of sand and rock work and do my best to save them. Tips and a 10 Things vid would prove to be invaluable. Great Video John and Lisa, keep up the awesome work!
Hi I am ftom India and I have a 85 gallon tank. It's a African community tank with a mix of Peacock, Mbuna and Haps. Off lately, the sunshine peacocks seem to be harrassed and have their tails nipped. To the extent that they have lost almost half their tails. Pls cud u suggest a way to curb down the aggression or stop these issues. Thanks
I watch your videos all the time. I love fish. My Parrotfish are like dogs. Got them as babies 6 years ago. 3 huge ones in a 65 gal. Along with a small Blue Jack Dempsey. Had the Jack Dempsey for years also but it stays real small.
Hey kgtropics I have a rainbow cichlid in my Malawi tank which has peacocks and mbunas And he seems to be holding his own in the tank ... Getting along pretty well... First day he did get into a couple of mishaps but since then it has died down and is pretty much getting along with the others I did this because the rainbow was originally I'm my tank and was becoming a bully towards one of my angelfish who isn't well and have been nursing it back to health... Looking good so far 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 and also speaking to my fish guy and getting his advice...I did have a hospital tank ready and set up for the angelfish to move into ... But was told to let the angel stay on the tank it's already in since it isn't doing to well and moving it will only cause it to stress So.i moved the rainbow into my dad's Malawi tank instead lol which I have finished setting up for him a few weeks ago Would you recommend to keep him in the Malawi tank and of course keeping a close eye on things because it seems fine it has been a few day ... Or should.i just move him altogether .... Plus they're all pretty young in the Malawi tank including the rainbow The peacocks are the biggest fish in there
Watched a couple of your videos and really enjoyed them. I subscribed. I always had tanks as a child and teen. Never had cichlids. I usually had mollies and guppies.
I have a 75 gallon with 7 kenyi cichlid 6 kribensis 3 electic yelow cichlid 2 rusties and 2 jack dempsey, thoughts? Concerns? I would love to hear from you
I keep several different types of catfish in my 125 African tank. They help keep it clean and since the africans tend to be top or middle tank swimmers the leave the catfish alone. Pictus and Raphael catfish are my favorites for this.
What is a good cold water predetor fish that can live on eating gold fish? I have a 1,000 gal pond that is full of goldfish. Freezes over in the winter. The pond is self sustaining. I don't feed them. They multiply.
You guys make me want to have all the fish! I hate it because I don't have the money and space for all the tanks I'd want to set up to have all the pretty fishies!
Please do a video on breeding chilids !!!! I Breed and it is so much fun but please let people know all the things they need and who to sale the fish too once the babies are big enough
I have a very busy 100 gal with haps and labs as well as some large parrots in with them and they are thriving in that 100 gallon. To cope I have created an auto water changer that makes life very easy.
I have a 90 gallon cichlid tank. I have about 7 fish in there. How may cichlids could I have in there? You said something about overstocking to prevent them from being too aggressive.
I’m shocked Lisa didn’t say omega one. Do you guys not use this product that commonly? That’s what I use as a pellet and I use cobalt as a flake. Blood worms for a snack once in a while
I'd like to see a breeding video sir I have a bigger love for these fish since I started watching your videos I keep mine with a clown knife fish and few others in a 29 gallon looking to upgrade to a 55 or 75 here soon
**newbie here** Do you have a video focused on how to feed the Cichlids if you have a mix of them for their diet? I'm mostly going to get mabunas but might get the odd one that isn't. Mbunas are mostly vegetable based...what other stuff do they enjoy eating? I was also wondering what is the best gravel for Cichilids? would it be Onyx Gravel? Onyx is black I believe but I love the white look to gravel but i'm not sure if that will be most benificial for the fish. hope to hear back from you thank you. P.S. Love the videos I am getting a lot of helpful tips.
I have a mostly mbuna tank 75gallona about 12 fish. The only fish that isn’t mbuna is the pleco, but recently I purchased a red empress and an ob peacock to put in, and the mbuna beat them up so badly that they were both upside down. Luckily I took them out, put them in a hospital tank, and they survived. But I will never put peacocks in the same tank as mbuna ever again after this 😭.
In the cichlid family, I heard peacocks are the most peaceful... If I keep a male peacock only tank can I have just a few, or am I still going to have to overstock?
I have discus with my Malawi cichlids. The Malawi cichlids don't pay any attention to them. They swim around them like they are ornaments in the tank. I thought I would have trouble but the Malawi cichlids swim crazy around the tank with eachother and the discus just casually swim around.
Good Info to help me cope I've got 120 lrs tank with Malawi Cichlids ,Yes I do have problems with them so I will be sending you more Questions, I will try some of your info to stop them breeding every 28 days,
I'm starting an African cichild 125 gallon tank. I would like a very colorful and active tank. I'm a beginner and was wondering how many I should stock my tank with and how many? Thank you.
I am in love with Mbunas and I wish to keep then it's my first time in fish keeping and I stay in a student hostel (= lack of space) The nearby petstore has juvenile Mbunas Mostly yellow labs and Cobalt blue and frontosas all of these are just about 3 inches long and I only have space for 29 gallon tank. is there any way around this? Maybe a small group? Heavy filtration?
@@KGTropicals great!!! Thank you soooo much. I have seen a couple of videos on TH-cam of 30 gallon cichlid tanks but Now that you say I am absolutely assured
I wouldn’t do it personally. You could do tanganyikan shell dwellers easily and they won’t outgrow the tank. You’d have a lot of babies to deal with though.
I have a 110 gallon tank full of Malawi cichlids. It took a long time to balance the tank politics, but I love them. I also find that my cichlids get along fine with various types of catfish too, which is great because the only thing I love more than cichlids are my cats.
Video quality noticeably better John and Lisa. Love the simple straightforward approach. Seeing Dennis Ruedel’s tank was awesome. He has some beautiful beasts. Great video!
Thanks Ben😊
Lisa, you are awesome. So glad you have gotten more involved this year. I enjoy seeing your collaborations with John.
My first tank when I got in the hobby was African Cichlids, Mbuna mostly. Biggest part of my research was old KG Tropicals videos when John was at the store... and DIY Joey here on TH-cam. Besides that, I did a lot of research on species and found a local Cichlid group. Been hooked ever since. John’s tips helped us greatly, even though my bf had 15+ years of experience in African tanks. He didn’t have the internet community’s help and knowledge. So, we learned together. It’s awesome to share the hobby with loved ones.
I wish you two and your family a very merry Christmas!
Thank you so much ❤ it really means alot. Have a Merry Christmas 😊
Robin William's "YES!" floored me. I can't wait for the next one. Won't be too long before I can binge watch "10 Things" and give Netflix a break. :)
Cute top too Lisa
Thanks Paul 😉 lol
Love your video, just got my 110 gal tank set up. Watching this video is helping me decide what fish to buy. Thank you.
Loved the video! Edits with clips are spot-on and funny! Already looking forward to the next one 💕👍
I absolutely love African Cichlids!! ❤️👍
African Jewels, AKA Hemichromis are my favorite Africans.
Discus are my favorite SA Cichlids, they are just as bad as the Jewels.
I got my first 12 over the last few weeks. I have a socolofi, a demosoni, 2 kenyi, 4 bumblebees, and 4 yellow tail acei. So far everybody is getting along. Their favorite foods so far are fluval bug bites and tetra cichlid flakes. The flakes are only for those that can't eat pellets just yet.
Thank you guys ....I so appreciate the experience you have . I'm a newbie with cichlids . I'm trying to gather all the info I can . I've got my tank and I dicided I would like mbuna . I'm taking it slowly and I can't wait to see the result . You've been a great help . Love watching your videos . Thank you
Beware of the Mbuna Aratus Cichlids, mine are excessively aggressive
Nice job! Really enjoying the series. 😃
+Prime Time Aquatics Thank Jason😎 Coming from you it means allot!
Great video guys. I have really started enjoying African my cichlids and will get more in the future.
Thanks Mike ☺
I gave you a like for that Billy Madison clip alone, one of my favourite scenes ever.
Lol he said give them good food clean water and lots of room and enjoy the show 😂
I'm so glad you guys are back. I am in the process of reverting to a peacock only tank and needed a little brushing up on my memory of Peacocks.
My Malawi eye biter was a real terror. I had to have it in a separate tank by itself and I also had a big Green Terror and a big Red Devil and lots of other Africans in 20 years of collecting 😎
Love the series. Great idea!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! AND can't get over the hilarious clips you slide in there.
Lol gotta have fun with it!!
Hi John and Lisa, I really enjoyed this video. It was very well done, and you could probably do several subcategories from this topic. Thanks very much for sharing and keep up the great work 👍.
Thanks! Hopefully your help with it will drive some activity your way:-)
Thank you 😊
Strange brew love it ahyy as a African Cichild keeper great video all good info for sure it’s was awesome to see Denny’s beast tank and fish really enjoyed this video
KGTropicals lol lol merry Christmas
Great info and clean new edit!
Thanks dude!
Videos put together really well👍🏻 good work & some great info
Love this video John and Lisa! Y’all are so fun!!
Really great to have you two back.try not to go away again.
a video , or series, on breeding, would me awesome.... even a video on which ones breed easier than others...
Great video, makes me want to go buy some African cichlids right now lol
You Should!! They're awesome!!
@@KGTropicals I know I had a couple tanks with em but I recently got rid of them n I regret it
Whoa there... u mean fish right? Jk jk
Great video John and Lisa really appreciate it
Thank you 😊
Like the new format...great information. I have had my tank going just a few months and already have females holding. Love my mbuna tank!
Nice!! If you have breeding that means you're doing your job! Well done!!
This is a phenomenal channel! Love your work.
Great stuff John and Lisa !👍👍
Thank you!
I love all of your videos guys.
You guys stay safe and keep on fishing.
Great Video folks lots of fun
Yes please on the African Cichlid breeding video. :)
Great Video! Keep it Up
Really like the new look & feel of the video.
Lisa the lady’s lol too funny you guys are awesome lol
I'll give you bonus points if you can tell me where she got that from, I'll give you a hint, it's not Dustin.
Man ......🤗🤗🤗 love that you guys are back
There was a cichlid found on my college campus after a student left; they said she was three years old. She was huge. She was given to me after my roommate took her on but left school soon after. I took out all the decorations so she could swim and did water changes weekly. The tank was maybe 15 or 20 gallons. I'm sorry Cecilia. I was a broke student with just the knowledge of having a few neon tetras in the 90's. Classic Pleco at the bottom too. Too much fish abuse ...
I'm Really Loving this Series ❤️. Because of You I now have 3 African Cichlid tank ( 2 Malawi & 1 Tanganyka) Can't wait for next Sunday. Hey Lisa.. Finally I got My New Discus tank(120 gal) and I would love to keep those Red spotted Discus.
Thank you and glad to hear about that new tank 😉
10 Things has started off as a hit in my book. You have a
beautiful and lovely, it’s great you two share YT, the hobby and 10 Things
together. 10 Things about breeding Africans would be great IMO. I never notice
a holing female in our aquariums. I find small fry hiding in the cracks of sand
and rock work and do my best to save them. Tips and a 10 Things vid would prove
to be invaluable. Great Video John and Lisa, keep up the awesome work!
Another great video guys
Great info! Love my cichlids from Malawi!
I think you like Cichlids. Enjoyed watching. Thank you for sharing! Merry Christmas! Godspeed!
that *YEEEEEEES!* kinda startled me haha
Good video. Lot of good info
Merry Christmas to you and your family! Hope you have a wonderful holiday season! 🎄🎄🎄🎅🎁🎁🎁🎉🎉🎉
Hi
I am ftom India and I have a 85 gallon tank. It's a African community tank with a mix of Peacock, Mbuna and Haps.
Off lately, the sunshine peacocks seem to be harrassed and have their tails nipped. To the extent that they have lost almost half their tails.
Pls cud u suggest a way to curb down the aggression or stop these issues.
Thanks
Great vid, my daughter loves her malawies
Cool series for sure. 🐟
Thanks doll !!!
I really enjoyed this vid. Great quality!
As always I love the videos
Important video....for beginners like me...
I watch your videos all the time. I love fish. My Parrotfish are like dogs. Got them as babies 6 years ago. 3 huge ones in a 65 gal. Along with a small Blue Jack Dempsey. Had the Jack Dempsey for years also but it stays real small.
Hey kgtropics
I have a rainbow cichlid in my Malawi tank which has peacocks and mbunas
And he seems to be holding his own in the tank ... Getting along pretty well... First day he did get into a couple of mishaps but since then it has died down and is pretty much getting along with the others
I did this because the rainbow was originally I'm my tank and was becoming a bully towards one of my angelfish who isn't well and have been nursing it back to health... Looking good so far 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽 and also speaking to my fish guy and getting his advice...I did have a hospital tank ready and set up for the angelfish to move into ... But was told to let the angel stay on the tank it's already in since it isn't doing to well and moving it will only cause it to stress
So.i moved the rainbow into my dad's Malawi tank instead lol which I have finished setting up for him a few weeks ago
Would you recommend to keep him in the Malawi tank and of course keeping a close eye on things because it seems fine it has been a few day ... Or should.i just move him altogether .... Plus they're all pretty young in the Malawi tank including the rainbow
The peacocks are the biggest fish in there
Watched a couple of your videos and really enjoyed them. I subscribed. I always had tanks as a child and teen. Never had cichlids. I usually had mollies and guppies.
Love the video john..Peacocks have always been my favourites.
Are there ever planted African Cichlid tanks? And if so, what sort of plants would be good for them or help the bioload?
I have a 75 gallon with 7 kenyi cichlid 6 kribensis 3 electic yelow cichlid 2 rusties and 2 jack dempsey, thoughts? Concerns? I would love to hear from you
ryan ohara so you mixed Malawi with South American
I keep several different types of catfish in my 125 African tank. They help keep it clean and since the africans tend to be top or middle tank swimmers the leave the catfish alone. Pictus and Raphael catfish are my favorites for this.
seen you on joseph happy to have you back
I’ll get these one day, one day...
Have you gotten it yet it been two years?
What is a good cold water predetor fish that can live on eating gold fish?
I have a 1,000 gal pond that is full of goldfish. Freezes over in the winter. The pond is self sustaining. I don't feed them. They multiply.
Always Informative and Helpful !!!
You guys make me want to have all the fish! I hate it because I don't have the money and space for all the tanks I'd want to set up to have all the pretty fishies!
Please do a video on breeding chilids !!!! I Breed and it is so much fun but please let people know all the things they need and who to sale the fish too once the babies are big enough
Great stuff!
Oh! Been long time guys miss uuu
Oh yea happy you started making vids again !
Great info! I am cichlid curious. Like, not if but when. Thanks 👍
Thanks Rack!
AWESOME video! Great job!
❤
I have Mbunas and Peacocks together. I also have a golden algae eater and a catfish. I have had no problems at all.
Good video . Good Information
My tank is super over filtered lol I have a 150gal with a FX6 a 407 and a fluval C4. Enough filtration for 570gal lol
GREAT VIDEO! Awesome scene selections as well! Will more feeding possibly curb aggression?
What are you recomend Hikari cichlid excel floating or sinking?
I have a very busy 100 gal with haps and labs as well as some large parrots in with them and they are thriving in that 100 gallon. To cope I have created an auto water changer that makes life very easy.
Cool video john and lisa.
Thank you!
Thanks for the great information
I have a 90 gallon cichlid tank. I have about 7 fish in there. How may cichlids could I have in there? You said something about overstocking to prevent them from being too aggressive.
I’m shocked Lisa didn’t say omega one. Do you guys not use this product that commonly? That’s what I use as a pellet and I use cobalt as a flake. Blood worms for a snack once in a while
I have a fluval fx6 for my 125. Crystal clear water
I'd like to see a breeding video sir I have a bigger love for these fish since I started watching your videos I keep mine with a clown knife fish and few others in a 29 gallon looking to upgrade to a 55 or 75 here soon
Is it cheaper than any other hobby!
Great video 🦈
**newbie here** Do you have a video focused on how to feed the Cichlids if you have a mix of them for their diet? I'm mostly going to get mabunas but might get the odd one that isn't. Mbunas are mostly vegetable based...what other stuff do they enjoy eating? I was also wondering what is the best gravel for Cichilids? would it be Onyx Gravel? Onyx is black I believe but I love the white look to gravel but i'm not sure if that will be most benificial for the fish. hope to hear back from you thank you. P.S. Love the videos I am getting a lot of helpful tips.
For those of you looking for a non cichlid to put in you can choose fiddler crabs
I have a mostly mbuna tank 75gallona about 12 fish. The only fish that isn’t mbuna is the pleco, but recently I purchased a red empress and an ob peacock to put in, and the mbuna beat them up so badly that they were both upside down. Luckily I took them out, put them in a hospital tank, and they survived. But I will never put peacocks in the same tank as mbuna ever again after this 😭.
In the cichlid family, I heard peacocks are the most peaceful... If I keep a male peacock only tank can I have just a few, or am I still going to have to overstock?
I have discus with my Malawi cichlids. The Malawi cichlids don't pay any attention to them. They swim around them like they are ornaments in the tank. I thought I would have trouble but the Malawi cichlids swim crazy around the tank with eachother and the discus just casually swim around.
Good Info to help me cope I've got 120 lrs tank with Malawi Cichlids ,Yes I do have problems with them so I will be sending you more Questions, I will try some of your info to stop them breeding every 28 days,
I'm starting an African cichild 125 gallon tank. I would like a very colorful and active tank. I'm a beginner and was wondering how many I should stock my tank with and how many? Thank you.
Getting a 120 gallon tank what do you recommend is better haps peacocks or mbuna ?
Awesome video
Once again, so much great info!!
cheers mate !
Exuse me can you make a top ten things about airowanas and a top ten things about clown knife fish
Yes it would be nice more breeding videos thank you
But anyways good stuff all info is true I have a baby one in a 20 gallon and a jack Dempsey and convict so yeah nice 👍 info
I am in love with Mbunas and I wish to keep then it's my first time in fish keeping and I stay in a student hostel (= lack of space) The nearby petstore has juvenile Mbunas Mostly yellow labs and Cobalt blue and frontosas all of these are just about 3 inches long and I only have space for 29 gallon tank. is there any way around this? Maybe a small group? Heavy filtration?
+Neha Deshmukh yeah it can be done. It’s not ideal but it’ll work. I wouldn’t keep more that 6-7 of them in that size tank though.
@@KGTropicals great!!! Thank you soooo much. I have seen a couple of videos on TH-cam of 30 gallon cichlid tanks but Now that you say I am absolutely assured
I wouldn’t do it personally. You could do tanganyikan shell dwellers easily and they won’t outgrow the tank. You’d have a lot of babies to deal with though.
Just rescued a golden mbuna, leopard pleco an two chain loaches any tips KGT never had ciclid
I have a 165 gallon tank with 16 African cichlids. peacocks, haps and mbunas. and two blood parrot cichlids
Would be great if you could tell degrees in Celsius too, cause Fahrenheit are used in USA and UK only, the rest of the world don't know Fahrenheits.
Great video!! I keep mine with clown loaches. They help by eating the uneaten food..
Same here .