Top 5 Cichlids for Small Aquariums

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Join me as we look at the top 5 small cichlids that can be kept in a small aquarium. With so many to choose fro,m it was hard to narrow it down to just 5 cichlids, even had to leave Angelfish off the list.
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  • @marypaigeflynn4512
    @marypaigeflynn45124 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for taking the time to put this video together. I learned a lot! I'm definitely doing my homework before I start my next tank . I think I'm really in love with the blue Rams! 😍I hope you have an amazing day 👍🐟🌱🌿

  • @alizaymusic
    @alizaymusic2 ай бұрын

    I have single male Curvicep in my 20 long community, his name is Bongo and he is my centerpiece fish! His personality is what made me decide to buy him last week, and i’ve fallen in love with him. he does well with my danios, minnows, and platies but he did eat up my tiny snails and shrimp!

  • @yanjijay6752
    @yanjijay67524 жыл бұрын

    Beautiful ciclids now I want to keep some did have yellow & blue ones many years ago

  • @craighealy6186
    @craighealy61862 жыл бұрын

    great choices for small cichlids!

  • @KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld
    @KingsAquariumsAndAntWorld4 жыл бұрын

    Great video, thanks for sharing

  • @matthewwiggins8856
    @matthewwiggins88564 жыл бұрын

    Great video! I just picked up some GBRs and they are my first cichlids ever. Can't wait to have them pair off!

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Awesome and good luck!

  • @beatap6250
    @beatap62504 жыл бұрын

    Great video my friend 😉👍🙋‍♀️

  • @catfishcave379
    @catfishcave3794 жыл бұрын

    One of the Smiling Acaras, Laetacara curviceps is one of my all time favorite fish. Hard to find! They definitely deserve more love as they are great with larger tetras - no mini rasboras. All around great choices. Maybe an African butterfly fish for those rock dwellers? Or a gourami... mollies... platys...

  • @CraigHawks
    @CraigHawks4 жыл бұрын

    excellent video!!!

  • @caewalker9276
    @caewalker92764 жыл бұрын

    I saw 3 species I haven't seen before, so thank you Jason.

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your very welcome glad you enjoyed!

  • @chrisonebxl
    @chrisonebxl4 жыл бұрын

    Nice Jason !

  • @pa.fishpreacher6166
    @pa.fishpreacher61663 жыл бұрын

    I'm digging the apistos from you

  • @Paul-li9hq
    @Paul-li9hq Жыл бұрын

    The Dwarf Flag Acara is a great little additional to any aquarium. Largely very peaceful: even spawning fish don't cause too much trouble if the tank is large enough to allow them the space they need. Mature fish are very attractive. They are active and inquisitive: you really get the feeling they are curious about the surroundings, rather than aimlessly schooling about. In the UK, availability is a bit of a problem.... and when they appear they don't look as robust as they were long time ago (don't know if that's a result of decades of farmed/tank raised interbreeding?) I have long desired a couple of pairs: but I just can't find 4 fish that look as robust as I remember when I first kept them.

  • @Noahinthe802
    @Noahinthe8023 жыл бұрын

    Shellies! Especially multi’s for their personality. I’m sure someone else has mentioned them, but fav cichlid so far

  • @MuhammadYasir-2526
    @MuhammadYasir-25267 ай бұрын

    I like demasoni cichlids. Their striking blue looks gorgeous.

  • @matthewzito6130
    @matthewzito61303 жыл бұрын

    Bolivian Rams are nice.

  • @ehsun7b
    @ehsun7b3 жыл бұрын

    My favourite, GBR.

  • @coopmaster127
    @coopmaster1273 жыл бұрын

    If you haven’t decided what to keep with the shell brooders, some type of rainbow fish would be awesome and add a lot of color!

  • @bipolaraquatics
    @bipolaraquatics4 жыл бұрын

    I never could keep krib with anything great list Jason have a good one

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    I've got one that I had to move because she was non stop attacking

  • @SP-qs4yh

    @SP-qs4yh

    4 жыл бұрын

    Indeed I dislike them and anyone who says they are peaceful is wrong they nip long flowing fins, males and females both fight (females being worse) and are just aggressive even if they don’t have to be.

  • @augiehong3927
    @augiehong39274 жыл бұрын

    great video! i thought in a prior video you mentioned you inherited some caudopunks (neolamprologus caudopunctatus). are you still keeping them? if so, would love to hear about your experience with them. thanks!

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Sure do I have about 10 right now that are doing great. I need to move them to a tank I can see better

  • @connorrothandler6788
    @connorrothandler67884 жыл бұрын

    For the African “shell dweller” cichlids if the tank parameters match up you could do African buttterfly fish there like a “mini arowana”

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Great idea

  • @JoseGonzalez-fd4wf
    @JoseGonzalez-fd4wf3 жыл бұрын

    I got a pair of ramirezi with a male apistogramma Borelli. I would like to have some bolivian ramirezi and Cacatuoide apistogramma. Do you think is better to get just a male of each to put them with my pair of Ramirezi? Thanks.

  • @donnybrown6047
    @donnybrown60472 жыл бұрын

    Great information. I would like to have cichlids, I never had them before. Can they work in a 16G Cora Life BioCube with live plants?

  • @EnjoyThisMomentDIY
    @EnjoyThisMomentDIY3 жыл бұрын

    You are super informative. New to cichlids and these smaller ones are amazing. Can the Kribs go in with Apistos?

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    3 жыл бұрын

    If they have room to get away from each other, they are both bottom tank dwellers

  • @PapaShrimpTX33
    @PapaShrimpTX334 жыл бұрын

    Very nice! I was thinking the Caudopunctatus would make this list ... 🤔😂🤣

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have not had them long enough to know lol

  • @PapaShrimpTX33

    @PapaShrimpTX33

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hopefully they are doing well! They too have a lot of personality!! I miss watching them "glide" through the aquarium. I would imagine they're getting big by now. ?? Either way, love your passion and videos!! Apparently I brought TX with me ... had a tornado warning yesterday 😯 They mentioned the last big tornado was over 30 years ago!😶😅

  • @tonysanger83
    @tonysanger834 жыл бұрын

    Kribs are great had two female and one male, one female had lots of young while she was looking after them, the male would slip away and go and flirt with the second female.

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lol too funny

  • @davidsalmon3590
    @davidsalmon35902 жыл бұрын

    I know this video is 2 years old but if you're still looking for tank mates for the temporalis, cyprichromis leptosoma would be great imo. Really cool looking cichlid that's gonna stay in your top third and maxes out about 3in.

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the suggestion

  • @johncrute27

    @johncrute27

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JadrenAquatics the beset fish for you is the republican southern long ear sunfish

  • @johncrute27

    @johncrute27

    Жыл бұрын

    @@JadrenAquatics I'm a democrat🟦 I make hybrid fish only. I'm breeding a special male jewel cichlid with a special female salvini cichlid.

  • @mattwright7427
    @mattwright74274 жыл бұрын

    Great video I’m currently getting into apistogramma’s but having alil trouble finding them here in southern wv any recommendations for ordering some ? Greatly Appreciated

  • @lovemylifeflorida2641

    @lovemylifeflorida2641

    3 жыл бұрын

    Watch Imperial Tropical website out of Florida. You have to watch and order when you see what you want. They are well known.

  • @williamsmerdon959
    @williamsmerdon9593 жыл бұрын

    My curviceps was this color in the store. In my 29 he is a dark blue and gray, It's crazy!

  • @brendalore3039
    @brendalore3039 Жыл бұрын

    Can u put two different male rams in the same tank

  • @AussieAquatic
    @AussieAquatic Жыл бұрын

    Trying really hard to find some curvicep cichlids at the moment 🙂

  • @antantelope
    @antantelope4 жыл бұрын

    what about electric yellows?

  • @adamwestover7490
    @adamwestover7490 Жыл бұрын

    Kribs are awesome I have one. They love to eat snails.

  • @snoopysrc
    @snoopysrc7 ай бұрын

    I am looking for a good cichlid to keep in a ten gallon fish tank I live in a apartment

  • @michelleparsons9881
    @michelleparsons988111 ай бұрын

    How many German Blues can i add to my 35 gallon?

  • @theanimaladdiction
    @theanimaladdiction4 жыл бұрын

    Could you mix electric blue rams and apistogramas in the same tank. I have a 55 gal and I want to put other cool fish with my blue rams

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes you can just provide plenty of caves and plants so that they have cover to hide. Thanks!

  • @theanimaladdiction

    @theanimaladdiction

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@JadrenAquatics thank you ill try it out and see how it goes. Its my biggest tank haha and I want more color

  • @PanKaj-tr5lr
    @PanKaj-tr5lr3 жыл бұрын

    Hey can you please tell again, what are those both species at 6:54

  • @unlimitedgnar1955
    @unlimitedgnar19553 жыл бұрын

    My Kribensises are out at the front of the tank all the time. I have alot of hiding spots

  • @tiffanysavoie4847
    @tiffanysavoie4847 Жыл бұрын

    can these be kept in a 50 tall?

  • @pa.fishpreacher6166
    @pa.fishpreacher61663 жыл бұрын

    noticed your r o behind you what brand is it is it just for the fish room or house too?

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just the fish room and I only use it on my caridina fish tanks. It's just some off brand I got off of amazon

  • @pa.fishpreacher6166

    @pa.fishpreacher6166

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@JadrenAquatics do you use tap water for Neos?

  • @andrescott2794
    @andrescott27943 жыл бұрын

    Can you keep those fish in a10g tank

  • @johnnaylor9668
    @johnnaylor96682 жыл бұрын

    I notice your Apistograma has a long “number 2” streaming behind . I have one that seems to always have a long one trailing too. Are they known for “big jobs” ? They do break off and are easy to remove with a siphon or pipettes, it just seems he goes to the toilet….a lot !

  • @Frank020
    @Frank0203 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I got tired if the dominance if Mbunas, so I am here for a 40 reg and 10.

  • @delorisbenson312
    @delorisbenson31210 ай бұрын

    How do you know female from male

  • @Puma1Sunfire1
    @Puma1Sunfire13 жыл бұрын

    Always surprised nobody ever mentions Jewel Ciclids when talking about smaller cichlids

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    3 жыл бұрын

    Because they are so aggressive.

  • @Constantine_Cvl8

    @Constantine_Cvl8

    Жыл бұрын

    They're small, but are mbuna-level aggressive

  • @robertmulrenan8140
    @robertmulrenan81403 жыл бұрын

    Good Morning, I have 3 Krebs... 2 female and I believe a male. The 1 female is super aggressive and chases the 1 female all over the tank. Hence the reason it cowers by the back of the filter On occasion the aggressor ( female) has done the “ shimy” to her. Normal behavior?

  • @TRAPSQUAD187
    @TRAPSQUAD1873 жыл бұрын

    Hey bud for the future you should keep us at eye level I feel like a giant lol

  • @Mungojerry310

    @Mungojerry310

    2 жыл бұрын

    What if I’m short and want to feel tall ? 😕

  • @TRAPSQUAD187

    @TRAPSQUAD187

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mungojerry310 😂😂😂😂

  • @TRAPSQUAD187

    @TRAPSQUAD187

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Mungojerry310 hilarious

  • @kobecissell3425
    @kobecissell3425 Жыл бұрын

    Can German blues live with chili Rasboras?

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    Жыл бұрын

    Pretty sure rams will eat them

  • @evzn_402
    @evzn_4022 жыл бұрын

    800th like

  • @tariksalman2954
    @tariksalman29542 жыл бұрын

    Alges in the tank. Is it ok?

  • @darthdoggie0031

    @darthdoggie0031

    2 жыл бұрын

    If you mean algae yes, green algae is common basically everyone gets it but you do want to remove it, a scrubber to get it off the glass and some cleaner fish like corydoras eat it. But if you have brown algae thats a serious problem that needs to be dealt with immediately. Green algae is a excess of light so turn off your light for a few more hours a day only keep it on for like 6 hours a day and scrub it away. Brown algae is usually brought into the tank by wood or rocks and spreads like fire. I've found phosguard helps clear it but you also need some cleaner fish like corydoras or shrimp, amano shrimp are huge eaters and wont be eaten by too many fish because of their size.

  • @SmallWagon_Editz
    @SmallWagon_Editz2 жыл бұрын

    Angelfish?

  • @ioannisgeorgiou4347
    @ioannisgeorgiou43474 жыл бұрын

    first!!!

  • @Chalkie-xt1dr
    @Chalkie-xt1dr Жыл бұрын

    U better do an update video

  • @drockingfish
    @drockingfish4 жыл бұрын

    Dorsigerus, Leleupi

  • @woltergrant
    @woltergrant3 жыл бұрын

    What makes a fish a Cichlid?

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    3 жыл бұрын

    Scientific designation but not sure of definition

  • @delfredperezae8620
    @delfredperezae86204 жыл бұрын

    Exelent fish and the germanblueram are ausome

  • @delfredperezae8620
    @delfredperezae86204 жыл бұрын

    Are you sale ???

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Np sorry only locally

  • @PULAG
    @PULAG2 жыл бұрын

    Wait what, you can get a 20 gal for $20??

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    2 жыл бұрын

    When petco runs its $1 a gallon sale

  • @hudsontoo1212
    @hudsontoo12122 жыл бұрын

    Good luck with the Rams. I gave up

  • @brennancritzer4903
    @brennancritzer49034 жыл бұрын

    The triple reds look a little skinny.

  • @JadrenAquatics

    @JadrenAquatics

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yea theyve been acting a little funny going to move them and medicate. Thanks

  • @robertskinner1542
    @robertskinner15422 жыл бұрын

    this guy looks 40 year old fix it Felix

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