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    Cichlid Fish
    Cichlid Fish
    Cichlid Fish
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    Cichlid Fish

    By David Oconner

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    Cichlids are some of the most fascinating fishes available in the aquarium hobby trade. As long as their general and special requirements are adequately met, these colorful, active and interesting fishes will provide years of pleasure and stimulating experiences to the hobbyist.

    Cichlid Fish not only talks about the many varieties of Cichlids, it will guide you through aquariums, feeding, breeding and how to look for and treat many fish diseases.

    This has essential information for the beginner hobbyist as well as for the long time expert.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDavid Oconner
    Release dateMar 19, 2012
    ISBN9781476357751
    Cichlid Fish
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    David Oconner

    David Oconner has been writing and publishing books on many of his varied interests. He has books on topics such as Cichlid Fish, How to Grow Tomatoes, Sugar Gliders, Juicing Recipes, Vegetarian Cookbook, How to Play Minecraft, Diablo III, Mass Effect 3, Halo 4, GuildWars 2, Scrolls, Eve Online, Call of Duty: Ghosts, Titanfall, Dark Souls II, and more.

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      Cichlid Fish - David Oconner

      CICHLID FISH

      The Fascinating World of Cichlid Care

      By

      David Oconner

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      PUBLISHED BY:

      David Oconner at Smashwords

      Cichlid Fish

      Copyright © 2012 by Davod Oconner

      Discover other titles by David Oconner at Smashwords.com

      This book is available in print at most online retailers.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, or stored in a database or retrieval system, without prior written permission from the publisher

      *****

      Table of Contents

      What are cichlids?

      Cichlid Care

      How to buy healthy cichlids

      Feeding

      Homemade, specialized food preparations

      Feeding for enhancement and control of coloration

      Non-dietary methods of enhancing coloration

      Reproduction

      Parenting and Brooding

      Behavior

      Management of cichlid aggression in the tank

      Sample aquarium setups

      Diseases

      Diagnosis

      Treating fish diseases

      Specific diseases

      CICHLID FISH

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      What are Cichlids?

      So you decided to take care of cichlids? Good for you! Cichlids are some of the most fascinating fishes available in the aquarium hobby trade. They belong to the fish group that includes tilapias, damselfish, wrasses and surfperches.

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      Cichlid fishes belong to the Kingdom Animalia, where all animals are grouped. Phylum Chordata is the group of animals with backbones or vertebrae. Cichlids are of the Class Actinopterygii and the Order Perciformes, and the Suborder Labroidei. They are of the Family Cichlidae, which contains at least eight subfamilies, around two hundred and twenty genera, and more than a thousand species. Cichlid classification, due to their wide diversity, is far from being final. There are bound to be many changes in their taxonomical classification in the future.

      The Labroidei Suborder

      Cichlids are a wide diversity of colorful fishes with equally divergent body shapes, sizes and behavior. They are just as widespread in geographic location.

      With the large size of the cichlid family come the diversity in its species and the diversity of their importance and use by man. Numerous species are utilized as food, especially tilapia, and there are several game fishes, such as those in the Cichla genus. Cichlids are also a family of many important ornamental aquarium fishes, which includes discus fishes, Oscars and angelfish.

      There are also many cichlids that are currently on the brink of extinction. In fact, this is the family that has the highest number of endangered species, most of which belong to the group of haplochromines. Cichlids have also been known to be nuisance species in areas where they have been artificially introduced. One notable example is the introduction of tilapia in the south part of the U.S.

      Evolutionarily, cichlids have been particularly noted to develop rapidly into different distinct forms that are very much related but are quite diverse in morphological terms. This rapid speciation occurred in the large lakes of Victoria, Edward, Malawi, and Tanganyika. The diversification in these Great Lakes in Africa is considered significant in the study of evolutionary speciation.

      Cichlids in the aquarium

      Most of the species seen in the aquarium fish trade originated from African rivers, Lakes Tanganyika and Malawi, the lakes in the African Rift Valley, the South American Amazon River, and Central America. .

      As tropical aquarium species, cichlids have proven to be popular because of certain characteristics that endear them to fish keepers. They are very alert and active, qualities important in aquarium fishes.

      In addition, there is a certain general rule in keeping tropical aquarium fishes that there should be a one gallon for every inch of adult residents in the tank. Although this is a broad generalization and is certainly not an all-inclusive rule, it is particularly not applicable to cichlids. This rule keeps aquariums quite spacious, and is generally a good idea for most other fishes. The more space there is, the better for the fish.

      This is not true for cichlids because they do not school, unlike other tropical fishes. They tend to explore every inch of the aquarium and travel continuously. Thus, one can keep many more cichlids in one tank compared to other species.

      Another reason for the increased stocking density requirement for cichlids is that cichlids are much more territorial than other tropical fishes. Because of this behavior, keeping the tank full of fish will prevent individual cichlids from establishing their territories, due to the high density of fish in the tank. There are so many inhabitants in the tank that they cannot create their own individual spaces. In contrast, keeping just a few cichlids in a tank will enable them to have their own space and territory, making them extremely ferocious against invaders to the point of even killing each other for territorial rights.

      It is for this same reason that it is not recommended to keep many

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