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Thanks for the tips, everyone. Gonna try cleaning the impeller and tilting the filter first. Will update if it works.

Having trouble with my filter making weird noises, sounds like an airlock issue. It's a Fluval 307, been running for about 6 months. Tank is 40 gallons, stocked with a few tetras and some Corydoras. Water params are good, 0 ammonia, 0 nitrite, 10 nitrate. Any ideas how to fix this?

How often do you check the temp? I've heard heaters can fail and cook the tank. Is that common?

After the change the fish seem to be hiding now, all of them. When i walk up to the tank they all scarper. I'm wondering if this is normal behaviour due to the rescape? Will they calm down as time goes on?

mizonix wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 4:32 pm Looks like a great improvement, but I think you could easily triple the amount of rock in there for a Malawi setup.

I got them from two different fish shops, probably why they cost more. £2.50 per KG from one place, £3.95 from the other.

Looks like a great improvement, but I think you could easily triple the amount of rock in there for a Malawi setup.


I've got a few more rocks stashed away, but I'm thinking of getting some more. They don't come cheap though - £50 for what I've got so far is a pretty penny.

cordee said:
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Previous scape wasn't ideal for my Malawi Cichlids so a change was in order.

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After:



The fish appear to be enjoying the new setup, they've been digging loads of holes around the rocks in the sand, and personally I think it looks a lot better, but I'll let you lot decide.

zeniko wrote: ↑Fri May 09, 2025 11:10 am Kenyi or OB Peacock, possibly orange blotch. They seem to match based on your pics, but I'd recommend a quick Google search to confirm - colors can be misleading in photos.

Could be a hybrid. Had a look around and found this: http/www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/Afra_zebr ... pring.html.

Kenyi or OB Peacock, possibly orange blotch. They seem to match based on your pics, but I'd recommend a quick Google search to confirm - colors can be misleading in photos.


Thanks for the ID, I've checked and the ones with the blotches definitely look like Orange Blotches, but I'm still unsure ...

Hi,

I've been trying to get an ID on my Malawi for a while now, but they were just too small to be sure. They've grown a fair bit since then, so I was hoping someone could take another look.

Some of them have these weird black marks on them - are these the same species or something different ...