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I have 1 convict cichlid, and one ghost lobster (crawfish) in my 20gal tank. The tank has been established for about 9 months, when I got the lobster I upped the size slightly, and before that I had my cichlid in a 15gal by him or her self for about 2 years. The chiclid was a rescue for free from a store and is SUPER tiny. About 3 inches by 2 inches.
I'm having some algea problems, as the new bigger tank doesn't fit in the prior location, and is sort of near a window. It isn't awful, but it's growing slowly and I'm hoping to find something I can put in with these two that wont die immediately. I don't have a lot of time for cleaning the tank weekly, but typically bi-weekly I do a 60% water change roughly, and try to knock off some parts of the algea when it's getting bad.
I tried a generic pet store pleco, Aggro (the cichlid) killed it within a week or so. I've tried a rather large snail, and it did well for a few weeks before he killed it.
My lobster, poor fella, is feeling the brute of this A-holes aggression. I just looked at the tank to make sure the lobster wasn't molting and in danger of being eaten when I saw the little tiki hut head he lives in was completely covered in gravel rocks and the poor thing was trapped. My chichlid absolutely loves interrior design and takes it upon him(?)self to redesign the ENTIRE space and plants, including the occasional murder plot as aforementioned.
He has torn a leg off of my poor Patrick Swayze (the ghost lobster) and broken his antennas repeatedly. I love them both, and have about 10 different plants and rocks for them to hide and break up the line of sight, but the little cichlids rips them all out until the tank is bare and the objects are pushed against the walls.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I don't want to be a tool to this murdering maniacs schemes anymore.
I'm having some algea problems, as the new bigger tank doesn't fit in the prior location, and is sort of near a window. It isn't awful, but it's growing slowly and I'm hoping to find something I can put in with these two that wont die immediately. I don't have a lot of time for cleaning the tank weekly, but typically bi-weekly I do a 60% water change roughly, and try to knock off some parts of the algea when it's getting bad.
I tried a generic pet store pleco, Aggro (the cichlid) killed it within a week or so. I've tried a rather large snail, and it did well for a few weeks before he killed it.
My lobster, poor fella, is feeling the brute of this A-holes aggression. I just looked at the tank to make sure the lobster wasn't molting and in danger of being eaten when I saw the little tiki hut head he lives in was completely covered in gravel rocks and the poor thing was trapped. My chichlid absolutely loves interrior design and takes it upon him(?)self to redesign the ENTIRE space and plants, including the occasional murder plot as aforementioned.
He has torn a leg off of my poor Patrick Swayze (the ghost lobster) and broken his antennas repeatedly. I love them both, and have about 10 different plants and rocks for them to hide and break up the line of sight, but the little cichlids rips them all out until the tank is bare and the objects are pushed against the walls.
Any help is greatly appreciated. I don't want to be a tool to this murdering maniacs schemes anymore.