Cichlids and fish bowls

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FishSage

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Random question, I just wanted to be 100% sure although I think the answer will be no, but can you keep a cichlid in a fish bowl? :fish2:
 
Glad you thought to ask.

They need room to swim, and air and possibly heater, a filter. A bowl will not provide enough water to keep the water parameters stable or at a safe level.

A snail perhaps, frequent water changes - or shrimp with much research and understanding of what and how to care for it, as well as a period of maturing the contents to grow biofilm.
 
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