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To start off I have a 20 gallon high tank. One larger piece of driftwood in the middle. A bit of water sprite. Sand bottom. 5 panda corys. Roughly 100 cherry shrimp. Unknown number, but definitely over 10, snails of some sort (small). Basically I started this tank as a casual tank that...

I have a 20 gallon. What should I stock it with. I want some sort of catfish. I also like kribs. What's possible? Any suggestions? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I have two jewels I bought 2 years ago from a lfs. They were from the same batch. Luckily enough they were male and female and paired up and started breeding once they got big enough. I currently have 30+ 0.5-1.5" little guys. Already sold a dozen back to my lfs. When they were really young I...

Does having well water cchange anything for water changes? It probably depends on where you are but is well water usually better since it lacks chlorine?

I currently have a 30 gallon with a bunch of 1/2" to 1" jewel cichlids growing. About 10 of them. I have noticed the green algae on the glass and a few fake plants is starting to get pretty dense. Is there a fish I can put in there and be reasonably safe? I do not want any snails unless they...

What is a reasonable expectation for what a fish store would pay me for 1-1.5" jewels. $1 each? $0.50 each? More? Less?

So I have a 30 gal tank and have been considering some sort of live plant just for kicks. I have gravel and a few larger rocks. I was wondering if there was a type of moss that I could maybe buy that would grow on my larger rocks? Possibly a kind that most lfs would stock. I think it would look...

How often do they spawn/lay eggs?

Ok, so my jewels laid eggs few days ago. Yesterday they were all gone so I figured they ate them. Today I noticed a lot of little wigglers, so clearly I just missed them yesterday. Anyway, I have gravel substrate and a lot of the wigglers have worked their way down into the gravel. Is this bad...

Ok, so my jewels laid eggs few days ago. Yesterday they were all gone so I figured they ate them. Today I noticed a lot of little wigglers, so clearly I just missed them yesterday. Anyway, I have gravel substrate and a lot of the wigglers have worked their way down into the gravel. Is this bad...

Been treating for Ick for four or five days now and my jewel Cichlid's eyes are now foggy. Is this related? A common side effect? Separate disease?

So I have 1 firemouth and 3 jewels and several syno cats. All about 2.5 inches right now. Lately the firemouth has been a huge jerk and tries to nip at everyone in the tank. He is too slow to get anyone but I am just wondering if anyone else has had exp with them together. I know every fish is...

So I've seen people have pictures of blue lights and dimmer/darker lighting in their aquariums. I think this would be really sweet to add to my tank, but not sure how to go about that. I've never seen different kinds of bulbs available at stores, just different sizes. Also my hood is just a...

I've had a Cichlid tank going for just over a month now and it is just about finished cycling. I noticed a few days ago algae growing a bit on the glass. What kind of fish would be good to take care of algae? I don't want snails multiplying either. I have syno cats but the don't seem terribly...

Can someone who knows anything about Synodontis help me out. I purchased three synos yesterday at my lfs and they were just labeled "synodontis cat." Research on the internet has proven pretty useless. It has big black spots on most of its body, except its face where they are tiny black dots. No...

So I've been considering adding snails to my aquarium. I have jewel cichlids and syno catfish. In my short researching I've just heard stories about snails breeding like crazy, especially Malaysian Trumpet snails. Then I've read about using Assassin snails to keep the MT population down...

Just a question. Can fish hurt each other when they lock their jaws together?

Are there any dwarf Cichlids that are mouthbrooders? I have a 30 gallon and want to put some mouthbrooders in there.

Anyone know how big jewels are before they can begin breeding? I have a few at 2 inches right now and want to know if they are sexually mature yet. Thanks

Ok, well this is gonna sound stupid, but I have zero knowledge about planted tanks. My question is, are there any plants you can put in a tank without a substrate? I have a 20 gal and its just got about inch and a half of pebbles on the bottom. I want to get a tall plant that will reach near the...

So, right now I've got three jewels and two upsidedown cats in a 20. All under 2 inches now. I recently stumbled upon a 55 gallon and plan on moving these guys over once its cycled. What would make for a good tank mate? More cats? I don't really want any more big Cichlids, maybe something that...

Does anyone know an easy way to do this? Right now my jewels are only about 1.5 or 2 inches. Or if I have to wait till they are larger then tell me how to once they are big. Thanks

So, few days ago I purchased three jewel Cichlids and two upside-down catfish. I had four zebra danios in there already. The jewels and catfish are roughly the same size, inch and a half maybe. About once a day a danio gets torn to shreds by the gang of Cichlids, not a big surprise and I'm not...

Anyone know a lot about them? Looking for any ideas on a smaller species. I do want ones that are brightly colored. Any suggestions would be great. Thanks