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Anonymous - 2013-01-05
please help me. i had three of these little fish. they were all relatively small, i got one from petsmart and the other two from walmart. i have had the petsmart one for about a week now and this morning i woke up to see it dead. stuck to the filter. i left for four hours and came back to see the smallest one acting like it was stoned. it was doing loops, swimming int ornaments, and laying on the ground while it seemed like it was having a seizure. the other one was fine.recently to of my other fish have caught ich. i have been treating them with Ich Guard. two teaspoons, its a twenty gallon. i haven't treated them today. can someone please tell me what is wrong with my fish.

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Anonymous - 2013-01-05
it's dead now:(
Jeremy Roche - 2013-01-06
Sorry to hear that. Angel when small are very sensitive to water conditions. Tank conditions need to be perfect. The fish could have already been stressed for the tanks at walmart. The eratic swimming can be a sign of amonia spike. Test your water before adding more fish. Make sure your tank has cycled. I would start with some hardier fish like danios, platys or mollies.

Henry - 2011-05-27
By any chance is it true that a clown loach will directly get stunted if he's the only one of his kind in the aquarium? I have 1 in a 55 gallon tank, and like Calvin, he is with 6 tiger barbs. With that space, I assumed I can't house any more of his kind, and I'm just a kid so I can't afford a bigger tank. He's out all the time and hides only to sleep at night (quite frankly, he doesn't even hide when I make water changes). He is also a pig when it comes to eating, LOL. Under those conditions I immediately concluded that I really didn't need to buy any more of them. Right now he's only 1.75 inches, and has stayed with me for 3 months. I thought I was taking really good care of him until I read on some sites that keeping a clown loach alone will stunt it, which really alarmed me.

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Charlie Roche - 2011-05-27
You can have just one clown loach and they won't get stunted or die. It is OK. When you have more than one clown loach they are more active just because there are other loaches to play with. Sounds like yours is doing fine. There is no reason it should be stunted. That is dependent on food and size of tank.
Henry - 2011-05-28
Thank you so much! That's what I thought, too. I just really needed to confirm it from experienced individuals such as those from this site. I hope the other sites will be more careful with information. They may have right intentions, but everyone deserves to know the truth. I'm really happy and relieved. Thanks!!!
Makaila - 2011-08-18
A few years ago I'd have to pay soemnoe for this information.
ug - 2012-01-15
i really think it has something to do with its size. if the clown loach is bigger than the tiger barb it will still get provoked, but if the clown loach retaliates it will no longer attack. However, it is out numbered by other spieces so more than likely it will not come out of its hole, only if it is hungry. u will need to buy more loaches by the warmer season...
Ryan - 2012-04-07
I don't know, but i had a clown loach in a 10 gallon with cory cats and some others. He was only a couple inches long and then I moved him to my dads 75 gallon tank that had a wide vareity of fish some being agressive but he held his own. I don't know if he was stunted cause he was the only one or if there wasnt enough space or if it was just his max size but after about 4 years he died at about 4-5 inches from ick.
Fiona - 2012-12-30
I have a very large clown loach (approx. 11inches long) in my tank (I call her Big Bertha), she lives with a Black Ghost Knife fish, 2 Maingano's (who have just had babies), 2 Jewels, 2 Green Terrors, a kissing Gourami, an upside down catfish. I bought her when she was very small as she was the only one left at the store. Her growth has not been stunted at all, she is the biggest in my tank! Just a side note: I bought her when I first started out with cichlids & I have had no issues at all.

Shez - 2008-11-26
In my 28 liter or 7 gallon tank I have 5 of these eel like fish. One of them is really long and quite fat. I think she is full of eggs. They are great fish to keep because they are really strange and easy to feed. They will except pretty much any fish food that sink to the bottom including old or moldy left overs. They are very hardy because the can live in the dirtiest tanks. A clean tank wouldn't be as good as an old one because there is not much rotting fish food. They should be housed with at least 3 or 4 of the same species because they like company. If you have at least four they will be more active than just having one. Mine live with a male veil tail betta splenden, a small angelfish, a large black skirt tetra, 2 cory cats (small albino and large bronze) and 3 mollies (golden male sailfin, black molly male and a female dalmatian shes pregnant).

hernan - 2012-11-08
Hi everyone I have a 4 inch jaguar and a 7 inch Oscar both get along ok but today I came home from work to find half the tank's water was gone and leaking a lot because of a crack in the glass.. Pulled both fish out of the tank and put them in sepatate buckets but I unfortunately don't have a spare tank. My enquiry about this whole story is does anyone know how long will the fish survive under such circumstances? How long without oxigen and heating? It's summer here temperature in general is 24 to 28 degrees, thank you soo much whoever can help with a lil advise would be muchly appreciated. I also can't get an emergency tank until about 12 hours.. :/

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-11-09
Fish are shipped in mush worse conditions.. Try adding some airstones to the tank. Also some pet shops will house your fish temporary while you get the tank ready. Anyway to patch the crack while you wait to set up the new tank?

Linda - 2012-11-17
Have a 36 gallon bow front tank. I have 1 peacock eel, 3 boesemans rainbow fish, 2 odessa barbs, 2 sterbas cory, 1 giant danio. can i add a EBFD to this tank? I was also looking into a rainbow shark. any thought?

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-11-18
The Dempsey is not a good fit for this tank. The tank is too small to add one with any fish. On a side note the Giant Danios do best in groups and add some excitement to the tank.
duff - 2012-12-21
Not sure of the size of some of those fish but a 36 is not all that large if you dont want to get into trouble follow a rule of thumb 1 inch of fish per gallon of water all the rest is hit and miss have fun trying you can allways take him back to the pet store and trade him
duff - 2012-12-21
Not sure of the size of some of those fish but a 36 is not all that large if you dont want to get into trouble follow a rule of thumb 1 inch of fish per gallon of water all the rest is hit and miss have fun trying you can allways take him back to the pet store and trade him
Mark - 2013-01-28
That can be proven false...a juvenile ebjd growing up among community fish, builds a tolerance. My 75g tank at one point consisted of neon tetras, white clouds, clown loaches, a ghost knife, gold severums, and 3 ebjd, and thrived for 2 yrs. Wasn't until 2 of my ebjs paired off that an issue occurred. Having Electric blues most of my life, I find their aggression is half maybe more then a normal jack....
Mark - 2013-01-28
Rainbows are a fast schooling fish, assuming you get a young ebj, it will be ok... I've noticed ebjs do very nice with severums, ebjs being slower growing, the severums dwarf them quickly. They might chase one another a lil but no harm was ever done in my tank.
Mark - 2013-01-28
Sharks are also fast growing and though community labeled fish, also tend to be fast, occasionally nippy, kind of aggressive the bigger they get. Sharks can hold their own... and every cat fish and pleco tends to be treated with mild neglect in most tanks... I'm sure they will be fine. Establish a territory for the ebj if you get one (rock cave, driftwood haven, etc) you should be ok.

Smokin\'Shotgun - 2012-09-10
My daughter purchased me 2 gold sevrums about 7 months ago and they have been doing great however the past couple of days one of them have been hanging out at the opening of a skeleton dinosaur head inside it outside of it and only comes out to eat the other stands guard and chases away anyone who comes near...I haven't spotted any eggs and this is the first time it has happened. she doesn't look sick but she has a reddish belly from laying on the rocks I think...Can you give me some ideas of what its going on?

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-09-10
Maybe going through the process and making claim to it's territory.
Joy - 2012-11-02
Your sevrums are pairing off. when the eyes deepen in color and the bellys turn reddish they are approaching breeding. My blue/green sevrums have done the same thing. Although their eyes also turned more red. They laid eggs for the third time 3 weeks ago and they guard the offspring from the oscars, geophagus, and red hooks. I have a 125 gal tank and they will not let the other fish swim past the halfway point. I would think that you have a pair and are establishing their breeding area.

Libby - 2009-05-19
Can I put an electric blue 'ahli' cichlid in a 50 gal tank with a 5"electric yellow cichild, 2 3" jewel cichilds, a 2" red tail shark, large (palm of the hand sized)blood parrot and plecostimus?

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Katie - 2010-03-04
My answer is going to depend on the type of plecostomus you have. Some plecos only reach 3 inches, while others reach 24! If you have the type that reaches this size, I would not add any more fish to your tank. With the fish that you have, the tank would eventually be overstocked when the pleco was full grown. If you have one of the smaller plecos, you will probably be fine to add an Ahli.
trevor - 2010-04-21
But there is always the option of taking your large pleco to a local pet store and trading for a smaller one.
Tracie - 2010-05-28
From what I've read...no. The elec. blue ahli requires a min of 70 gal tank.
michael - 2011-01-07
Yes. It should do fine, this fish can take very good care for itself. Just don't mix another male of the same kind you could add electric blue females if you like also and no peacock male fish and you should be fine. It's an amazing and radiant fish to have. Enjoy.
mike
Scott - 2011-05-11
No, it will probably get killed by the yellow cichlid because it has asserted its dominance
Annie - 2011-08-09
I have an Electric Blue that I had with an Electric yellow and a Kenyi, all were put in at the same time, and they almost killed the Electric Blue. I would suggest not putting them together.
Tristan - 2012-06-02
Yes, I am currently keeping my ahli with an electric yellow, auratus ,chipokae, red kadango, johanni,pleco and 3 red zebras. The ahli will be fine in your tank.
Ian - 2012-06-29
Yes, I've got a 55g with 1 ahli, 5 yellow labs, 2 MALE Otter point peacocks, 2 johanni, 5 yellow tail acei, 4 bristle nose plecos and 1 7' hi fin spotted pleco, 5 demasani,and a striped raphael cat. they all get along. no one picks on the Electric blue ahli but since he's the only male of his kind is very gentle for the most part till he gets hungery. If you add female ahli, be prepared to move them to a different tank cause the male will become extremely aggressive towards other fish.

mick - 2012-10-16
hi ive sucessfully just recently bred bumble bee cichlids, and after the mating ritual, removed the female, to another tank , with the same water, and after around 17/ 18 days i now have around 50 fry, but she dosent seem to be interested in the them, and the are frightend from her, should i move the mother, will they survive on there own, as the are vividly eating crushed flakes, and swimming around the bottom of the tank at ease ?

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-10-17
Yes I would remove the female. Will have a better mortality rate.

Collin - 2012-10-14
I've had 3 red-eyes for over 3 years now and one of them has a small bloat in front of the anal fin, does anyone know what this is?

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Clarice Brough - 2012-10-14
Hard to say for sure, but there are several possibilities. It could be constipation, possibly a pregnant female storing eggs, a swim bladder problem, or an internal parasite. Constipation would look like a swollen tummy - the area right behind the ventral fins and right in front of the anal fin. A pregnant female also has a swollen area infront of the anal fin, so that could be more likely if your fish still has a healthy appetite.

BIBEK - 2013-01-01
My female terror hates my male terror and does not want to be closed with him what shall i do

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Jeremy Roche - 2013-01-02
What size tank is it? They may need more space. Try adding some decor if size is not the issue and re-arranmge the decor that is in there now. Sometimes the change will make them calm down and give them areas to hide.

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