NOOO!!

[evelyn80]

my venustus cichlid died today :'( all thats left in my tank now is 1 red zebra thats 1 and a half/ 2 inches. what else could i stock in it? its a 20 gallon tank. i thought mabye 4 yellow labs?

 

[Po.Verse]

Howd it die? parameters?

 

[Rbishop]

A 20 gal is too small for what you had, let alone adding anymore of them.

 

[Weezer]

Looks like your planning a 55, that would make a better Mumba tank, as said a 20 is to small, even for small cichlids like rams imo........:idea:

 

[toddnbecka]

Get rid of the zebra and find some shellies. A trio of multi's would work well in a 20 long.

 

[Pittbull]

i agree with toddnbecka shellies are more stable for that size but if you just have to have mbuna i would put 2 more small zebras with moving them in mind in the future

 

[Coler]

Can you establish why it died first ? Check ammonia, nitrite, nitrate with a good liquid drop test kit. Any symptoms ?

Secondly, a 20 gall is far too small for malawis. Any other fish of that kind you add to that tank will not live long, or happily.

 

[evelyn80]

he got caught in the rocks when i found him in there. im not sure of parametres my kits screwed up:wall: have to get a new 1 today. ill post em later. mabye ill just keep the red zebra on his own