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Bumblee Bee Cichlid, and Jeweled Cichlid 11 Months ago  
Ok im am sosorry to be such a bother ^^' but i have 3 questions

1. My Bumblee Bee cichlid has a amll white patch on hjis forehead...i was thinking it was Ick, but ick looks like sugar, and he has white tipped fins... e rubs on EVERYTHING any ideas on what it could be?

2. I just got a Jeweled Cichlid today, and i noticed it's tail fin was rounded, does that meaan shes a female?

3. And i knpw the fry wont hatch, but would it be a possibility she would mate with another cichlid in my tank? or does it have to be another jeweled cichlid?

thanks a million!!!
 
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Re:Bumblee Bee Cichlid, and Jeweled Cichlid 11 Months ago  
I dont know about bumble bee cichlid however as long as the patch isnt part of its natural colour i would keep a close eye on it. If you get anymore new spots anywhere then it is white spot(ICH). If however it starts to look like cotton wool then it s fungus. If its fungus any fungicide for fish should cure it

Some fish species can interbreed but i have no idea if the jewels can
 
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Re:Bumblee Bee Cichlid, and Jeweled Cichlid 11 Months ago  
Not knowing a thing about bumble bee cichlids neither and can't tell about telling sexes for jeweled cichlids, but about the interbreeding, I wanted to ask which other cichlids might be in the tank?
Between those two you mentioned now, I wouldn't expect anything like that because the jeweled cichlid (if it's what I think) is West African while I seem to remember the bumble bee is a Malawi cichlid, so East African .. not very closely related and have probably different kind of behavior and mating rituals as well.

Else what delboybully said, and if the fins start looking frayed, it might as well be a bacterial infection, so keep as well a close eye on your water parameters please. Malawi cichlids might have problems with water that is fine for others regarding hardness and PH, and the other way round.
 
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Re:Bumblee Bee Cichlid, and Jeweled Cichlid 11 Months ago  
Well i donot know the breeds of the others...but...i can tell you there colors ^^

i have a pure bright orange one

one that has a purple base color, stripes and blue fins

hope that helps ^^

i want an oscar but im not going to torture it in a small tank
 
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Re:Bumblee Bee Cichlid, and Jeweled Cichlid 11 Months ago  
Lol good thing about the Oscar.
And since I have no clue what species you might be talking about now I'm sure they're riftlake cichlids

Hope they all get along fine, and check back with us if the bumble bee gets any worse. Keeping the water clean in a cycled tank often does the trick already with external bacteria infections such as finrot, in case it's suffering from that.
 
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Re:Bumblee Bee Cichlid, and Jeweled Cichlid 11 Months ago  
after i gave him the ick medication the next day i did a 25% water change i see no change of the acctual fin, but hes not rubbing anymore ^^
 
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