Your current Fish tank Setups!

Malt_Vinegar said:
Stress kills fish, it's not a rescue till they are in an appropriate environment.
All that chasing will also not be helping the orange one.
Is the tank cycled, as in, is it mature, with a good (not brand new!) filter?
What temperature is it set to?
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I had no choice, they were going to get flushed if I didn't want them.

The tank was filthy. I had to move it from where they were. I cleaned all sides with a tank scraper to disturbed and loosen all the algae. Caught the fish in a bucket.

Drained about 80% of the water so I could move the tank.

Rinised the filter elements in fish tank water.

Filled tank let it filter and heat up for 12 hours and dumped the fish back in


its currently at 26

Malt_Vinegar said:
@katy81 Regardless of all the other stuff, set the temp to between 24 and 26 degrees, and you will need to get a water test kit.
Cichlids need a higher PH (in most cases) given we don't know what 2 of them are, somewhere between 7.5-8 should work for most species of Malawi cichlids.
If the tank is new or recently set up, fairly regular water changes will likely be needed to keep paramers safe, at least initially.
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It's at 26, been running about 36 hours so probably settled at that.

I'll give it another day and get it tested at pets at home
 
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Malt_Vinegar said:
@katy81 Regardless of all the other stuff, set the temp to between 24 and 26 degrees, and you will need to get a water test kit.
Cichlids need a higher PH (in most cases) given we don't know what 2 of them are, somewhere between 7.5-8 should work for most species of Malawi cichlids.
If the tank is new or recently set up, fairly regular water changes will likely be needed to keep paramers safe, at least initially.
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Agreed, the tank needs to be cycled, if not, it’s going to need very regular water changes, even if small.
 
I would grab a bottle of bacteria, some people say it’s snake oil but in my experience they generally work at getting the nitrogen cycle going.

They don’t fully finish the cycle but they really kickstart it going and if you have some beneficial bacteria already, it will probably get you over the line.

You can’t overdose and it has a shelf life so use it liberally.
 
Been having fun and games, zoa's have not been doing well, finding bubble algae all over the place then these little ******** started popping up!

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On the plus side, I'm starting to see some coraline algae spread.
 
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