A club for owners of Parrot Cichlids

This forum is a great place to get information on raising cichlids in general, and for health and disease questions. A lot of experienced aquarists visit here.

Not that it's easy -but if it DOES happen, here are some suggestions...

How to raise cichlid fry

Blood Parrot Advice, General fish advice and a live chat room.

What is ammonia burn? This lists the symptoms and explains what it is.

The Diseases and Disasters Section of the AquaHobby Message board has many experts in cichlid health and treatment ready to answer all your questions.

Big fish information and discussion site. Covers Tropical, African, Ponds/coldwater fish, plants, and CICHLIDS!!! Also a great diseases section.

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A page on various cichlid diseases and how to prevent them.

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES for fish. Detailed examination of fish for diagnosis. This was written for Goldfish, but much of it applies to all fish.

This is a site about Koi and Goldfish, but the disease information is often good for cichlids also.

Very valuable information!

A great article on when an be helpful, and how to add it without harming your fish.

What is "ich" and how to cure it? This article tells you EVERYTHING about Ich.

It is a place for people to discuss their freshwater, brackish, saltwater fish, reef, coral, aquatic plants and any other aquarium related topics.

AquaticCommunity.com features a lot of articles, species profiles, plant profiles, free video and photo hosting aswell as forums and chat.

Aquarium related article directory

Caves can be dramatic and functional additions to aquarium aquascaping. I always wanted to find an individual rock with a cave already carved into it for my cave dwellers. I never found one that was really as dramatic as I had hoped. So I decided to make one out of cement.

I chose a “mother” rock with a very interesting shape and molded an identical cement replica with one exception - I built a cave into it. Then I decided to take it a step further – a series of caves built into a large rock.

Lots of great information on Cichlids - tank setup, care, breeding, etc.

Mainly information about African Cichlids, but much of it is relevant for Parrot Cichlds, also: Your complete source for concise information for the Cichlid fish of Lake Malawi, Tanganyika & Victo

Death by Dyeing.org is an organization devoted to halting the barbaric process of injecting ornamental tropical fish with colored dyes and carcinogens.

What kind of cichlids will do well in a 10-gallon tank? Take a look at this site!

Note from PCG: this site, http://www.fish-school.com, was gone for a while, but it is back now, better than ever. You MUST take a look at this!

"Believe it or not, it is easy and fun to teach your pet fish to swim through hoops and tunnels, do the limbo, eat from your hand - even play soccer! This is NOT a joke. You can do it yourself, using the new R2 Fish School Training Kit..."

A page devoted to the beautiful Flower Horn Cichlids.

Have you ever wondered how smart your fish really is? Can your fish learn from another "world" outside the aquarium? Can fish distinguish colors? Can they recognize shapes and symbols? Can they count? If they can, how would they let us know? Well, here is a study you can do at home that will answer these questions.

A page devoted to general cichlid care.

A page on various cichlid diseases and how to prevent them.

A number of articles on general cichlid care as well as articles devoted to different kinds of cichlids.

DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES for fish. Detailed examination of fish for diagnosis. This was written for Goldfish, but much of it applies to all fish.

Information for how to care for your fish and aquarium.

The ancestors of your Blood Red Parrot Cichlid. Information and Pictures about the kings of fresh water!!

A well established forum devoted to oscars. But you can learn a lot about parrot cichlid care from these large cichlid experts.

A pleco, corydoras and catfish community based in Singapore. We welcome anyone out there to join us now!

Sort of an "amIhotornot.com" for fish tanks!
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This site sells fish supplies and blood parrot cichlids

We are a comprehensive Cichlid Web Resource Community focusing on the Oscar Fish (Astronotus ocellatus), as well as New World (South American) and African Cichlids. Our widely diverse members offer advice, help and information on our forums.

What is ammonia burn? This lists the symptoms and explains what it is.

A list of all sorts of aquarium calculators - for both metric and British system units (cm and inches, liters and gallons)

Aquarium related article directory

How to get a new tank's water chemistry up and running without killing all your fish.

Mainly information about African Cichlids, but much of it is relevant for Parrot Cichlds, also: Your complete source for concise information for the Cichlid fish of Lake Malawi, Tanganyika & Victo

What kind of cichlids will do well in a 10-gallon tank? Take a look at this site!

Mostly for US people - inches to gallons and degrees Farenheit

room temp to water temp,
substrate depth
tank size to gallons

How to cycle a new tank without putting fish into it.

A great article on when an be helpful, and how to add it without harming your fish.

New fish owners READ THIS!!

All about the nitrogen cycle - you need to understand this if you are new to fishkeeping!

Mainly information about African Cichlids, but much of it is relevant for Parrot Cichlds, also: Your complete source for concise information for the Cichlid fish of Lake Malawi, Tanganyika & Victo

What kind of cichlids will do well in a 10-gallon tank? Take a look at this site!

Note from PCG: this site, http://www.fish-school.com, was gone for a while, but it is back now, better than ever. You MUST take a look at this!

"Believe it or not, it is easy and fun to teach your pet fish to swim through hoops and tunnels, do the limbo, eat from your hand - even play soccer! This is NOT a joke. You can do it yourself, using the new R2 Fish School Training Kit..."

Have you ever wondered how smart your fish really is? Can your fish learn from another "world" outside the aquarium? Can fish distinguish colors? Can they recognize shapes and symbols? Can they count? If they can, how would they let us know? Well, here is a study you can do at home that will answer these questions.

African cichlids for sale: pseudotropheus acei, Malawi cichlids

For Parrot (Not Parrot-cichlid) lovers, Parrot-link, created in 1998, was the first UK web site dedicated to helping parrots and their owners. Parrot-link features information on care, conservation, research, and endangered animal  news of interest to animal lovers of all kinds.

A detailed description of vent shapes that will assist you in telling males from females, if you are brave enough to turn your fish over!

General information on sexing all cichlids. How to tell male from female.

Check out the super closeups of Winston and Gazoo. Complete with music!

How fish use their color, How fish get their color.

Lens.com offers a huge online inventory of brand name contact lenses with reasonably priced prices. Services include online order and shipping straight to you