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My vote is corydoras sodalis

If you go on planet catfish and search for corydoras, all the corys show up and you can go through the pictures to find similar looking corys. Then just open the pic to see more examples

Definitely a perk of having my fish room in the garage!! 🙂

Wow this forum is coming in really helpful. Well I guess I now have convict cichlids... Funny because every time I hear about them in a Livestream I think to myself "there's a fish I never want to keep" Coming soon in the buy/sell/trade thread: WTS: convict cichlids just pay shipping lol There is one fish in with them that looks a bit different. I will get a picture of it tonight or tomorrow. Thanks for all the help. After I get all of the fish from my coworker I will try to figure what all I have. He clearly doesn't really know his fish lol And is there any way to stop them from breeding? I definitely don't want to get over run with them

Hi all, I'm getting into African cichlids for the first time. My coworker is getting out of it and is giving me his fish and 75 gallon aquarium. Any clue what species this is? How can I tell if it's a hybrid. He says they breed like rabbits. I have one bucket full of fish already with more on the way. They seem very healthy. Also I'm not new to fish keeping, just new to African cichlids. They are currently living in a 100 gallon sink in my garage with a cycled sponge filter and random rocks for decoration. The biggest fish is around 4 inches but most are 2 to 3 inches. All fins look good. I bought hikari cichlid gold mini pellets for food. All advise and insight is welcomed

First of all that looks like a ton of fun!! The placement of the pump and over pressure valve don't really matter. They can go in the loop anywhere. The key is to truly make a loop though. Some people will just run a line across the wall with drops for the tanks where they need them. But really the pipe needs to form a giant donut of sorts. This allows the pressure inside the line to equalize. Otherwise your first drop will have high pressure and your last drop will have low pressure. Also depending on how confident you are with PVC you might want to watch some videos on how to cut that pipe, prep the pipe, and "glue" the pipe.

Go back to your local fish shop and buy plants that are in a cycled tank. That should get some bacteria going quickly for you. You could also ask for any cycled media they could give you or sell you. Even a bit of gravel would do the job. The amount of ammonia that one betta produces is quite small so by getting some bacteria in your tank you should be able to have a cycled tank quite fast. But after it's cycled do research on "seasoned aquarium"

It will certainly hold fine 10 inches of water or more. Maybe check out paludariums. If those look like fun for you then you could have an awesome tank for it that few others have. Also I would personally fill it all the way up and see what happens

I guess I could count on you corry to be helpful when I was being satirical. That is true I believe but this is quite temporary and I have not seen problems in my 2 goldfish living outside in a similar pond. Thanks for responding anyways and thanks for all you do

Please help, I have a question. If you are in the middle of building a sink for your fish room and you don't fill it all the way up and put fish in it while you are waiting on parts, do you even have a problem?

Wow! The whites on that fish are impressive!! Very nice fishes!! Where did you get those from? If you say Petco I will start going to Petco everyday!

Looks like corydoras sodalis in some pictures on planet catfish

Also the long snout from your picture looks very different from the shorter snout of the pictures of trilineatus on planet catfish. I really suspect it's not this fish. Can we see pictures of your other Corry's?

I don't think it's a false juli. The pectoral fin has no black spot and all of my corydoras trilineatus have that spot. Im no expert but I'd say you have something else perhaps. The other way you can tell if it's a true juli is the price lol

Try it but have a backup plan if it isn't working

Is he still acting the same?

I think that's it! And I never would have suspected them to be so prolific! Very cool!!

Are you sure it is in fact a pygmy corry. Did you get a different species by chance?

Does the rectangle not move? I have things pop up on my glass that are like that. I think they are eggs laid by the snails.

You can tune it yes but it will always need further fine tuning. Either run a dual outlet pump or 2 single outlet pumps. Also "work as well" is perhaps not the right way to think of it. You likely will have more than you need with one side completely off so I'd say it's more a matter of aesthetics or personal preference. Maybe try to ignore bubble count and just ensure the bubbles never completely stop

If you are considering it, then just do it! You won't regret it and you will be among very few people that run it that way. Should be a blast

You say you just introduced him to the tank, where did he come from? New to you? Maybe where he came from had very different parameters?

Hi hive mind, at the San Diego zoo yesterday I found these in a bird display acting as mosquito control. I will guess they are live bearers as I could not start to count how many there were. Any idea what type they are?

Can I ask what you were reading perhaps? I'm looking for all the sources I can. Thank you

More than the number of fish in the tank, the bio load is determined by the amount of food put into a tank. So feeding 10 fish heavy is the same bio load as feeding 20 fish light. So that being said, feed your guppies and shrimp heavy to build your bacteria colony and then keep the feeding the same for a bit after adding more fish. As far as overstocking goes, you should be good but it's really up to you how many fish you want to look at and do water changes for. I could see that tank looking good like you have it and I could see it looking a little under stocked so maybe double the corries. Also the gorami is going to keep the shrimp colon from growing while it is newly established. Id wait on your centerpiece fish until you see the shrimp multiply a bit. Have fun