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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...

Never did find anything "wrong" with tank, regardless I fear all are dead now. And I'm now also having a snail outbreak ... I think I'm going to wait a couple of weeks and try something new. The betta I got seems to prefer his bucket. I removed my goldfish and put him in the 20 gallon tank all...

That was my thought too, I think they will be fine. I'll leave the tank they are in now empty for a week incase something happens to the biofilter Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

So I've been cycling a 55 with ammonia, it just finished processing the 4 ppm test in 36 hours, instead of 24. I'm going to be putting two 1.5 inch goldfish in there I think it's cycled enough to be okay for them. Thoughts? Also the filters were seeded by rubbing dirty filter pads on the new...

I found a couple dead in my HOB filter, it was actually clogged with them and some shells. I did have a small gap in the intake on my HOB so I'm wondering if they went in on their own and couldn't get back. It explains why I'd never seen a dead one until today. If they died in the filter it's...

So not really sure what's going on with my little guys. I had initially gotten 10, the first few days they were all active and swimming around. Now a week later there seems to only be 4-6 left. I know they are good at hiding but I can't seem to find them. My concern is that they are dying...

+1 7.6 is acceptable for most fish Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

The good bacteria your growing live on the surfaces of your tank, not in the water itself. 50% is about right, you need to remove the ammonia and 15% just isn't enough during this stage of a fish in cycle. Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

Do larger water changes and feed less. Cycling can take a while especially without any seeded media. Get something to detoxify ammonia as well, 1 ppm is enough to kill your fish. Sent from my HTC6515LVW using Tapatalk

I tried the citric acid thing and the yeast and personally I prefer the yeast. I just couldn't get the citric acid to be consistent. You can try using different types and combinations of sugar yeast and vary the amounts. But really dealing with it isn't that hard just change it out with a...

Do larger water changes, feed less ( fish actually don't require much food) and see what happens. If ammonia stays up despite minimal feeding then it's probably just a cycling issue. Personally I have two comets in a 20 gallon that are doing fine with no nitrogen problems. they are waiting...