55 GALLON AFRICAN CICHLID AQUARIUM

[@TEAMRamey]

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🫡🫡🫡🫡🫡 Tank is looking GREAT

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you! 💪🏾

[@TEAMRamey]

@@TheFishCorner No Problem Brother…We’re a TEAM and we’re In It To WIN it 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽

[@MagicMike808]

Wuddup Cleveland, I just wanted to say that your African cichlid tank is dope bro!. Keep up the good work!. From my knowledge of keeping African peacock cichlids I’d definitely recommend using a wave maker (and face it upwards towards the top of the water so that way it’s not bothering the fish.) The lakes that they come from has very fast current and it’ll also help with aggression. Hopefully this helps bro!.

[@TheFishCorner]

What’s good Micah! Thank you for elaborating! I’ve been asking all day how the wave maker helps with aggression and you took the initiative and answered it without me asking! I appreciate you Bruh! 👊🏾

[@dannyaquatics]

Yes sir some of my favorite are the African cichlids haps and peacocks. That's why I'm setting up the 265 gallon aquarium for. Great video my friend.

[@TheFishCorner]

Danny! I think I’m going to try my hand in haps as well! Just gotta get these plywood’s built so I can free up some large aquariums!

[@TIMOTHYJAMES-wk2yk]

Great looking tank and fish !

[@Princeton58]

I love how the spray paint Black background brings out their colors

[@Jr-nv9cq]

That what I am talking about keep up the great young man the fish's looks great

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you. Will do!

[@jbravo7505]

African tank looks fire🔥, if you put 10-12 more it will definitely cut aggression ,and it’s good you have 2 sponge filters in it

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you! 10 - 12 huh? That’s going to really be pushing this 55g…. I currently have 14 in here now. But hey, maybe it’ll work out. I’m going to start with a good 6 more first. I took that OB out last night.

[@Babycuz115]

Here for it you town potna fasho love the consistency 🔥keep killing em!!!

[@TheFishCorner]

🦾🦾 Right on mane! I appreciate you! 👊🏾

[@ReginaK2]

I like that tank better now. I love the colors of the cichlids. Keep up the great job 👏🏻 ❤

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you! Me too! 🫶🏾 Thank you for your support! Have a great night Regina! ♥️

[@chaddaniel4601]

The tank is nice... i have 125 with peacocks mbuna and Hap's... I would definitely get a Waymaker that helps a lot with the aggression... catch you on the next one...

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you! I appreciate the support! Sounds like you have a nice 125! 🦾 How does the wave maker help with aggression?

[@ayjizzel]

Your tank hella fly that’s a good tank and those are cool colors on them cichlids

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you! It definitely turned out better than I expected! Sometimes less is better when it comes to rock!

[@FishAvenue_]

Beautful beautiful tank brotha I need to get back into the African game I really enjoyed those guys! 🔥🔥🔥love the colors !

[@TheFishCorner]

Thanks bro! I need to expand my African cichlid game! 🦾🦾

[@nickbd420]

Cichlids are dope

[@TheFishCorner]

Indeed

[@sirajkhan-bx5zl]

Love the g=fishes, double the cic stock

[@tcmarineaddiction6609]

For yellow check out the sunshine peacock or the flavescent peacock The one getting really beat up is a red shoulder peacock

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you brother. I’m going to check the sunshine peacock. And thank you for clarifying the red shoulder. 💯 I removed the bully, put him in a different tank.

[@josephrichardson7306]

Put them in time out give the other fish time to get confidence for a week or two it works for me I enjoy your Channel

[@TheFishCorner]

I’ve definitely done this before with my American cichlids. And saltwater predators.

[@GCaquatics]

They are looking GREAT, the sulpher head is a hap, there is another that looks like him which is a yellow blaze the difference is body is blue not charcoal. That yellow one you said you dont know looks like a sunshine,,, there are also lemon jake that kinda look like him with more blue and less yellow. Aldo nice fish is a red jake. There are just so many options out there.

[@lucfish1845]

Nice african tank i used too have a wave marker in the tank to slow down the fighting. Catch u on the next one 💪🏾

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you Luc! Can you tell me how the wave maker calms the aggression? I’m curious about this. I know they are good for a multitude of things but alleviating aggression is a new one to me.

[@LUCKY-uz6fq]

If You fish is bully put him in other small breding tank for couple hours like in time out and that help me

[@muazafzal3349]

@TheFishCorner having good flow in an African cichlid tank via a WaveMaker gives them something to do. if they're swimming in the flow thats less time spent chasing fish. it's pretty much a distracter

[@FishAvenue_]

A Taiwan reef cichlid would be nice bro stunners ! And a borleyi would be solid as well!

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you bro! I’m going to look into them!

[@TEAMRamey]

Also add a nice wave maker which will reduce the aggression as well 👍🏽

[@TheFishCorner]

Will do..

[@TEAMRamey]

@@TheFishCorner Bet. It will cause a distraction to alter the aggression. 🫡

[@AmateurProRacing]

Hey bud !! Whattyaknow 😂😂 Lookin' Guchhii bro !! I see mayb 2 haps.. the one with the yellow stripe on top and maybe the one wit the white stripe top. The yellow top fosure, man you'll find out later on when they start outgrowing the OB's lol. Thats one of my fav ones too man, wasn't planning on buying fish but saw him had to scoop it, Ruby Red.. Eurika Red (thats what mine was sold as, man not even the fish stores get the names right) always made fun of the people knowing the scientific names but thats the only way to properly class em.. and maan watch out my Yo-yo jumped out the tank couple nights ago, dried up. (who woulda knew huh)

[@TheFishCorner]

What’s up bud, I appreciate your thorough feedback and clarification! Damn haps… I know they get much bigger and aggressive than the peacocks…. 😅

[@AmateurProRacing]

They can live together as long its common haps (which you have) and not predatory, since they have the same diet but dont mix the mbunas cuz the peacocks diet will cause bloat (basically they look chubby from the protein since they are vegetarians and is detrimental to their health as it shortens their life-span.) and they super agro and territorial compared to the peacocks and have tiny teeth which will damage them. Trust, i learnt the hard way man 😂 MF killed one of my fish but kept him in a quarantine tank cuz i ended up liking that mofo (Kenyi Mbuna) @@TheFishCorner

[@TheFishCorner]

@@AmateurProRacing thank you for the understanding bro! I really appreciate it. I’m familiar with mbunas, I’ve had a few over the years. Kept them with some aggressive American cichlids but since they don’t grow to the same size, they obviously got KIA. I’m glad I have the less aggressive haps though! You informative feedback is greatly appreciated! 💯👊🏾🦾 Thank you again!

[@williearrington6285]

Yooooooooo Cleveland what’s good bro that blue cichlid is either a blue dragon blood 🩸 peacock or a blue regal cichlid he’s colored up nice already so he’s gotta be the tank boss a good yellow peacock is the sunshine Benga and check out the yellow blaze sulfur head fire fish I’ve got 20 peacocks in a 75 gallons love the knowledge you be dropping for the aquarium hobbiest keep dropping knowledge

[@TheFishCorner]

Yo, what’s good Will! I appreciate you dropping these gems on me! I’m going to look into some more yellow peacocks. That 75g sounds sick! 👊🏾

[@williearrington6285]

@@TheFishCorner yeah man you keep me loving the hobby every time I think about throwing in the towel. That 75 will also give them room to grow and turn around you got ever tank it is bro you’re a true hobbyist 💪🏾👍🏾💯keep pushing good content you and kaveman aquatic awesome fish tubers always keep dropping knowledge

[@TEAMRamey]

Sometimes I’ve used a time out breeder box to isolate the aggressor for periods of time. The peacocks have an hierarchy system and will always move fish up and down the ranks as fish come and go, or as the fight each other.

[@TheFishCorner]

Yep, that's how I deal with all of my fish. Cichlids in general work that way.

[@nickbd420]

Raising over 70 cichlid fry also raising over 200 convict cichlid fry been in the hobby for few years only 16 still got it going

[@TheFishCorner]

🦾

[@nikdi5743]

A have all of those fish but the OBs are my fav. First time I’ve seen an OB that aggressive

[@aaronfiddy4260]

Nice tank buddy I just got 2 gulper catfish l9ve um.havnt u got any plecos ?.there peacocks mixed African cichlids looking good m8

[@TheFishCorner]

Thanks buddy. And yes I have plecos. I considered getting a gulper but opted against it. Don’t want to have too many solitary fish.

[@aaronfiddy4260]

@@TheFishCorner cool bro just subscribed yo ya channel. BTW yeah I've ended up with 2 gulper catfish lol ill get a divide until my 1st one gets bigger coz my new one was alot bigger than the store said but there my favourite next to red tail they just get to big .take care Aaron

[@TEAMRamey]

OB’s are Hybrids and the can be AGGRESSIVE. The Dragon Blood are aggressive as well. You will always need to keep moving the rocks around too.

[@TheFishCorner]

Thank you for that insight. 🧠

[@luulpop]

can you give a update on the hybrid from vallejos aquarium

[@TheFishCorner]

Yep. I’ll do that tomorrow!

[@luulpop]

@@TheFishCorner thank u😁

[@TheFishCorner]

@@luulpop No problem at all!

[@richcastro8209]

A wavemaker will definitely help with some of the aggression. Worked for me.

[@TheFishCorner]

Why does a wave maker stop aggression?

[@trini_rasta8374]

I put mines with a Oscar not to big but just enough size Oscar the cichlid know to cool himself.

[@TheFishCorner]

never thought about that. 🤔

[@nickbd420]

Is the 55 only running on sponge filters

[@TheFishCorner]

Yes

[@williamjamescavejr9423]

I heard you say you have a red Empress thats a hap. Get that ob out. Its always a battle tho. I kept them for 6 yrs. All types of the 3 main lakes. Seems breeding projects are the way to go, tho. I keep dolphins and star sapphire groups way less death. Almost none. Similar colors will fight. Hybrids are extremely aggressive. Red shoulder peacock looks like. Good luck cause sometimes it works. I also see a lemon jake.

[@TheFishCorner]

I took that aggressive ob out last night. The red shoulder seems to be good now! 🦾

[@marsh3745]

Dragon blood (dark red), yellow sunshine (yellow with blue body), and the 2 getting bullied look like the same fish. With or without rocks somebody is going to be more dominant and others ain't.

[@mikecrowley9773]

maybe get a lemon jake

[@TheFishCorner]

I’m going to look into those. Thank you. 🦾

[@okayyeah7329]

The trick with these guys is to overstock the tank to the point where they can't single each other out because of the crowd. Also pay attention to gender of the fish...one or two females will cause utter chaos in an all-male show tank.

[@TheFishCorner]

Overstock the tank I will do. I don’t know how to tell the sex of these fish. Can you assist with that? How can you tell?

[@okayyeah7329]

@@TheFishCorner You can vent them, but that's a pain the but. (no pun intended lol) I used to buy the larger ones that are showing unmistakable male coloration from reputable LFSs or breeders that can identify this. If occasionally a female gets in to the group. I take her back ASAP.

[@opangaclimer]

Take that blue one out or else they going to kill him? You can see his fins get pick out already

[@TheFishCorner]

I took out the aggressor. Don’t have anywhere to put the one that’s getting bullied.

[@ddaquarium3531]

To stop aggression no look a like fish no females and over stock your tank

[@TheFishCorner]

The fish that was bullying the other fish in the video didn’t look like the aggressor at all. So what do you say about that?