Welcome to the colorful world of African Cichlids. African Cichlids come mainly from three lakes: Lake Malawi, Lake Tanganyika, and Lake Victoria. Several types of these fish can be mixed together to create a beautiful community tank.
We strive to keep our prices low so our customers can enjoy more varieties of these colorful fish. Two of the ways we do this is by purchasing Farm Raised Juveniles and raising then to Sub Adult and Adult Size. This is why you will often find a lot of Juvenile fish available in our livestock. Another way is by growing our own on site born fry which enables us to keep our prices lower.
Please visit our compatibility chart for more information about mixing these type fish, in a community tank.
Our Normal Hours for Live Fish are: Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST. Please note, if I do not answer promptly on a Saturday, I will get back to you as soon as I return. I often am out of my office on Saturday Mornings or I may be at an Aquarium Club meeting in the afternoon. I also may be out servicing Lobster Tanks Three week day mornings a month. Cichlids Are Special is closed on Sundays. Items in the hobbies section of this web site, with the exception of baseball cards, are available 24-7. Baseball cards are subject to the same hours as our fish stock. Supplies can be ordered through my aStore or through The That Fish Place Banner Below, 24-7 as well. Live Stock quantities last updated 8/30/2010
aStore
Link to our aStore is just above this line.
Shipping Notes:
We use Fed EX Ground One Day service for customers in our Ground Zone. Our Ground Zone includes the states of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. It also includes all of Long Island-New York City. Most of Pennsylvania and parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Virgina, and West Virgina are in our ground zone. Shipping by Ground on most fish orders runs between $10 and $20.
For customers outside our ground zone we offer Fed Ex Next Day or USPS Express. Fed Ex Next Day is very expensive, it generally starts around $80 for locations just out side of the ground zone and can be as much as $200 or more to the US west cost.
However, we guarantee live delivery by Fed Ex.
USPS Express is cheaper for long distance shipping; but, there is no live delivery guarantee on USPS Express Shipments. USPS Express starts around $60 for just out of the ground zone and can be as much as $120 for locations on the US west coast. In rare cases, the post office can take up to three days to deliver Express Packages with out a refund. Fish may die if they are in shipment more than 24 to 30 hours. This is also why I do not ship by USPS Priority Mail. Priority Mail is not guaranteed, normally runs 2 to 3 days and can take as much as a week. When I shipped fish and they were in shipment for a second day, due to an address error, my customer lost 75% of his order. I do not want this happening to any one. I also can not cover losses like this. That is why you must be sure that the address you give me for shipment is correct.
For long distance shipping we suggest large orders to spread the high shipping cost per fish. We ship only to the Continental US. See our Fish Polices page for more information.
We offer local pick up in the York PA Area as well.
Our Live stock can be found under the livestock page in sub folders. These folders are titled by lakes. They can also be accessed by the links below. For information on how to order our livestock, please click on our How to Order Fish page from the link at the top of this page.
Lake Malawi 1 Lake Malawi 2 Lake Malawi 3 Lake Malawi 4 Lake Malawi 5
Lake Tanganyika 1 Lake Tanganyika 2 Lake Tanganyika 3
Lake Victoria 1 Lake Victoria 2
African Catfish
New Arrivals
Please consider adding our web site to your favorites for future reference, and check back often for new and expected arrivals (On Our New Arrivals Page).
Note: Some of my wholesale suppliers carry additional types of fresh water fish other in addition to African Cichlids. When I am ordering from them, I would be willing to hold some of these fish for up to a week to ten days on a special order basis, as long as I can produce the water conditions necessary for them. See my new arrivals page and my fish polices page for special orders and special order rules.
Have you checked out our aStore Yet? Our aStore carries supplies, including tubing, power centers, timers, glass canopies, a brime shrimpery, stress coat, air stones, cichlid lake salt, nets, test kits, auto feeders, gravel vacs, alage scrapers, over 45 books, flake and pellet food from New Life Spectrium, Tetra, Hikari, HBH, OSI, Kent, Nutra, Aquarian, Omni, Omega One, United Pet, canister filters, wet dry filters, carbon, power heads, tap water filters, overflow boxes, sumps, substrate, sponge filters, mechanical filters, RO systems, African Cichlid Gravel, heaters, thermometers, lights in florescent, T5 and LED, light bulbs, stands, ornaments, and UV sterilizers. Please click on the link below for aStore to browse our store.
aStore
Our aStore Link
For Sports Fans
We are now a direct supplier of Highland Mint Sport Collectibles. Sports fans should check out these items through our hobbies page.
We have a direct connection to Highland Mint. All Highland Mint Items are shipped directly from the mint. Photo Mints and Coins sold on this web site are priced at the lowest price allowed by the Highland Mint. In Addition, we offer free shipping on Highland Mint Items priced $79.95 and above to locations serviced by Fed Ex in the 48 Continuous US States. We also offer shipping discounts on multiple purchases of Highland Mint items priced below $79.95 including free shipping on three or more of most of these items.
Highland Mint Sport Collectibles are located under the hobbies section of this web site. The best way to get to these items is by clicking on the "Hobbies or Catalog" buttons below. The catalog page offers a list of the Highland Mint Items carried on each page.
Penn State Highland Mint Items have arrived on our college 1 page in our hobbies section
Hobbies
Catalog
We strive to keep our prices low so our customers can enjoy more varieties of these colorful fish. Two of the ways we do this is by purchasing Farm Raised Juveniles and raising then to Sub Adult and Adult Size. This is why you will often find a lot of Juvenile fish available in our livestock. Another way is by growing our own on site born fry which enables us to keep our prices lower.
Please visit our compatibility chart for more information about mixing these type fish, in a community tank.
Our Normal Hours for Live Fish are: Monday-Saturday 9:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. EST. Please note, if I do not answer promptly on a Saturday, I will get back to you as soon as I return. I often am out of my office on Saturday Mornings or I may be at an Aquarium Club meeting in the afternoon. I also may be out servicing Lobster Tanks Three week day mornings a month. Cichlids Are Special is closed on Sundays. Items in the hobbies section of this web site, with the exception of baseball cards, are available 24-7. Baseball cards are subject to the same hours as our fish stock. Supplies can be ordered through my aStore or through The That Fish Place Banner Below, 24-7 as well. Live Stock quantities last updated 8/30/2010
aStore
Link to our aStore is just above this line.
Shipping Notes:
We use Fed EX Ground One Day service for customers in our Ground Zone. Our Ground Zone includes the states of Delaware, Maryland and New Jersey. It also includes all of Long Island-New York City. Most of Pennsylvania and parts of Connecticut, Massachusetts, Ohio, New York, Virgina, and West Virgina are in our ground zone. Shipping by Ground on most fish orders runs between $10 and $20.
For customers outside our ground zone we offer Fed Ex Next Day or USPS Express. Fed Ex Next Day is very expensive, it generally starts around $80 for locations just out side of the ground zone and can be as much as $200 or more to the US west cost.
However, we guarantee live delivery by Fed Ex.
USPS Express is cheaper for long distance shipping; but, there is no live delivery guarantee on USPS Express Shipments. USPS Express starts around $60 for just out of the ground zone and can be as much as $120 for locations on the US west coast. In rare cases, the post office can take up to three days to deliver Express Packages with out a refund. Fish may die if they are in shipment more than 24 to 30 hours. This is also why I do not ship by USPS Priority Mail. Priority Mail is not guaranteed, normally runs 2 to 3 days and can take as much as a week. When I shipped fish and they were in shipment for a second day, due to an address error, my customer lost 75% of his order. I do not want this happening to any one. I also can not cover losses like this. That is why you must be sure that the address you give me for shipment is correct.
For long distance shipping we suggest large orders to spread the high shipping cost per fish. We ship only to the Continental US. See our Fish Polices page for more information.
We offer local pick up in the York PA Area as well.
Our Live stock can be found under the livestock page in sub folders. These folders are titled by lakes. They can also be accessed by the links below. For information on how to order our livestock, please click on our How to Order Fish page from the link at the top of this page.
Lake Malawi 1 Lake Malawi 2 Lake Malawi 3 Lake Malawi 4 Lake Malawi 5
Lake Tanganyika 1 Lake Tanganyika 2 Lake Tanganyika 3
Lake Victoria 1 Lake Victoria 2
African Catfish
New Arrivals
Please consider adding our web site to your favorites for future reference, and check back often for new and expected arrivals (On Our New Arrivals Page).
Note: Some of my wholesale suppliers carry additional types of fresh water fish other in addition to African Cichlids. When I am ordering from them, I would be willing to hold some of these fish for up to a week to ten days on a special order basis, as long as I can produce the water conditions necessary for them. See my new arrivals page and my fish polices page for special orders and special order rules.
Have you checked out our aStore Yet? Our aStore carries supplies, including tubing, power centers, timers, glass canopies, a brime shrimpery, stress coat, air stones, cichlid lake salt, nets, test kits, auto feeders, gravel vacs, alage scrapers, over 45 books, flake and pellet food from New Life Spectrium, Tetra, Hikari, HBH, OSI, Kent, Nutra, Aquarian, Omni, Omega One, United Pet, canister filters, wet dry filters, carbon, power heads, tap water filters, overflow boxes, sumps, substrate, sponge filters, mechanical filters, RO systems, African Cichlid Gravel, heaters, thermometers, lights in florescent, T5 and LED, light bulbs, stands, ornaments, and UV sterilizers. Please click on the link below for aStore to browse our store.
aStore
Our aStore Link
For Sports Fans
We are now a direct supplier of Highland Mint Sport Collectibles. Sports fans should check out these items through our hobbies page.
We have a direct connection to Highland Mint. All Highland Mint Items are shipped directly from the mint. Photo Mints and Coins sold on this web site are priced at the lowest price allowed by the Highland Mint. In Addition, we offer free shipping on Highland Mint Items priced $79.95 and above to locations serviced by Fed Ex in the 48 Continuous US States. We also offer shipping discounts on multiple purchases of Highland Mint items priced below $79.95 including free shipping on three or more of most of these items.
Highland Mint Sport Collectibles are located under the hobbies section of this web site. The best way to get to these items is by clicking on the "Hobbies or Catalog" buttons below. The catalog page offers a list of the Highland Mint Items carried on each page.
Penn State Highland Mint Items have arrived on our college 1 page in our hobbies section
Hobbies
Catalog
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