Hi,
I received off my brother in law a 4″ x 18 tank with about 18 Malawi Cichlids (Labs / Blues etc) – one of them had what I thought was White Cloud eye – his eyes where covered over with white markings, and he couldn’t see – I was treating him with Mela Fix and [...]
my malawi cichlids are scratching themself against the stones,like something is disturbing them.And also they get little white points all over the body.Can somebody please help me to find out what is wrong?
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Cichlid Compatibilty
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