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This. Also pay attention to how much your feeding. If there's snails everywhere, you're over feeding your fish.

From the pics it looks like a cherry barb. http://www.fishlore.com/Profiles-CherryBarbs.htm

As they age you'll be able to tell by the bristles length. Longer=male

If you're looking at corys consider the pygmy varieties. They are much smaller and you could increase your school size. Here's a great article: http://www.tfhmagazine.com/details/articles/corydoras-in-miniature-full-article.htm Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

I have my Betta in a 10 with harlequin rasbora and they get along fine. Any of the 3 "pygmy" corys are great. If you want normal Cory behavior go with C. Habrosus. They are also more active when you don't have a large school. Maybe some pencil fish? I've never tried it but it seems like it...

I plan on setting up a 30 FOWLR tank early in 2017 and want to do it primarily as a diy project. I was looking into live rock on these forums and others and have a good understanding of the process. My only question is what kinds of aggregate can I use for making it? So far I've read...

Snails aren't really a problem unless you hate the look of them. However if you wish to fully remove them from your tank it can be very difficult. I suggest just managing the population. 1) Don't over feed. If there's snails everywhere you're over feeding. 2) Drop in some blanched vegetables...

Red tails should be kept one to a tank unless you're putting them in a very large tank. They can be very aggressive especially towards each other. Give us some specifics (tank size, filtration etc) and we can provide more information. Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

Sadly you stuck in a fish in cycle now. Do 33-50% water changes once a day to start bringing it down, continue using AmmoLock after each WC. Take note that after the ammonia problem is fixed your nitrites will probably be high next. Ammolock doesn't detox nitrite so you'll need to get some...

You could try a dirted tank. Do a few community species and one or two pairs of GBRs. Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

I've actually been manually removing the snails and feeding them to my goldfish. It's an effective way of limiting the population, and getting some live food for my goldfish. Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

Wow it's been a long time since I've updated. Anyway here's what's been happening the last 10 months or so. I've had a problem getting C. Pygmeaus. Instead I was able to get C. Habrosus at a LFS. But unfortunately I bought some more the other week and they all died and managed to kill 2/3 of...

Started cycling a sponge filter a few days ago. Now I'm just waiting for it to develop some age and I'll try to quarantine some. Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

I have no idea if they are caught or breed. They sell them fairly cheap ($2) and most wild caught fish tend to be more expensive. They also get in large batches of them.

I've been having problems keeping pygmy corys (C. Habrosus). Every time I get them from a LFS, a few die. This last time all four that I got died and two that I've had for 3-4 months also died of what appears to be the same thing. They go into a 10 gallon planted tank (been up for about a year...