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I have 20 cichlids in a 120 gallon along with a pleco. I bought 2 more jewels and sinced they looked healthy I went and threw them in my tank without first putting them in quarantine (big mistake)....

I read that they are extremely fragile the first 2 weeks. Well they made through week 1. I usually do a 20-30% water change every week but I'm a little nervous to do it before the 2 weeks are up just...

Also I put 1 tbsp of aquarium salt per 5 gallons in my big tank, turned up the heat and turned out the lights. Will this stop the spread if it is? I don't want to treat the whole tank with meds if...

I guess I could say none of the above. I changed him tanks and gave him a dose of Clout. It might be all the edges of his scales that are turning up. It looks like this guy ...

I have a 120 gallon with 20 cichlids in it. On saturday I bought 2 new jewels. I buy my fish from a home buisness and she said she had them for 4 weeks and treats all her fish as a precaution so I...

Thanks everyone. That is a very nice tank btw! Well I already returned the angelfish because I was worried about the neons but so far i don't find the rainbows too active. I've had them for a year...

It's a 4 FT tank with 2 aquatech filters rated 40-60 gallons. So far I have 2 Boesemani rainbows, 2 turquoise rainbows, a dwarf gourami, a bristlenose pleco, 12 neon tetras and an angrlfish. I got...

I actually added a new big dual filter at the same time but left my other filter running as well. I always rinse the filters in the dirty water before adding it to the tank. Could the new filter be...

I've had my rainbowfish for about a year now 4 boesemani and 4 neons...I had them in with my cichlids as dither fish but unfortunately when my cichlids became bigger they started attacking them. I...

I had 11 cichlids in a 55 gallon (8 yellow labs and 3 cobalt blues zebras). One of the labs became alpha and kept harassing a couple of the labs so I thought I'd over stock so I got 3 kenyis and 2...

I have had my 17 cichlids in a 125 gallon aquarium for a couple years without any issues. Yesterday when I was feeding them I noticed that one of my ice blue zebras didn't come out to eat so I was...

I have a 120 gallon african mbuna tank. I accidentally bought 2 jewels thinking they were peacocks...oops! One of the jewels keep getting tattered (his dorsal fin was even half gone at one point!) so...

I was reading that these fish are peaceful and could be put in a community tank. I love these fish and was so excited when I bought one. After a few weeks of being in quarantine, I was happy to...

Thanks for your answer! For filtering, I have a marineland c360 canister filter and a hang on aqua tech 30-60. This seems to be doing fine...no sick fish yet but then again half arent full grown....

The only pet store in this small city only has one aquarium with "assorted cichlids" so I did the best I could without knowing what I was buying and a little lack of knowledge on my end. Anyway I...