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Sounds like a bacterial bloom, happens when you add new plants. They can bring in extra organics. How often you doing water changes? Might wanna bump it to twice a week for a bit. Also, check if your filter media needs cleaning.


Agreed. I'd also add some Seachem Stability to boost your ...

Thanks for the info, rivynx. I've been searching online for ages and couldn't find anything that matches what the guy said, but the chocolate cichlid is pretty close - it's just got a bit more blue to it. We're bringing some big containers to take some tank water home, so fingers crossed it'll be ...

I'm picking up a new tank tomorrow and it comes with a "chocolate chilli cichlid" - about 9" long. Never kept cichlids before and to be honest, I'm not really interested in starting now. The plan is to use the tank for breeding other species, so the cichlid will be up for sale as soon as I can ...