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sweeeeet. lol ok, thanks. How much is a hydrometer? I'm guessing this is for measuring the salt level? What would my options be for a 15 gal brackish then? Do you think it would be worth going brackish over one of my previous suggestions? Thanks I'll also post a topic in the brackish forum...

lol ok cheers, i would love to make the 15 gal brackish, but i dont have the money just now. (am i right in saying brackish is nearly as expensive as SW to run?)

i've already got the apistos, they're in my communtiy tank. So it would just be the pair. About the gobies: I have read that there are 2 variants of the bumblebees: a fw one and a bw one. Correct me if i'm wrong, but i think so lol. Keep the opinions coming, great so far!!! congo puffer? I...

bumelbee gobies! A group of 5+ would be cool. ....although make sure if you get them that they are the freshwater variety! I can't remember their scientific name, but i'm sure someone around here will.

Ok i have a 15 gallon that has some dwarf rainbowfish ( praecox) in it just now. They will be moving into my community tank in about a months time. I am looking to make the tank then into a species tank for something a little different! I have thought of 3/4 options so far and would like your...

thanks, might get both then ha!:P halfbeaks are tempting but again, i have never seen themfor sale!:o

cool, thanks. nmonks are you saying that silver hatchets are as aggressive as tbs? or that they are as lively? it's just i did have tbs but they became too aggressive even in a group of 12+. thanks for the info! I was also thinking about getting halfbeaks. What do you think: halbeaks or...

great thanks. my internet's not been working so i've not replied. i may get some then, they look great!

I have never seen them in an lfs? how much do they normally cost you?? I really like the look of marbled hatchets but have never seen them :(

yup, im gonna add i think. but what would you add apart from the kuhlis?

what's there max size? I'd add more kulhi loaches I'm trying to find them as cheap as i got my first 2. (One died hours after i got it, but wasnt allowed to get it refunded!)

i got some from http://www.tropical-aquarium-plants.co.uk/ got a nie sized bundle. i could maybe send you some in a month or so??

you can test it: hold it out of the water and if the stems hold the leafs up then it's most probably non-aquatic (apart from anubias really)

Any suggestions of fish i could add to my 45 gal? It's planted and has a sandy bottom. Fish in it just now are: 2 apisto cactouides, 2 rams, 4 corydoras schwartzii, 8 dwarf rainbowfish, 2 swordtails, 1 rtb shark, 2 killifish (until my other tank frees up), 1 kuhli loach, 4 shrimp, 3 otocinclus...

the one in the bottom pic to the left of the bogwood is a non-aquatic plant. i got done by the same scam before :@!

ok thanks, was just a thought. Both lovely fish and was just wondering if the would. oh well cheers!

Will these shoal together as they are both similar sized rainbows? Or will they not due to being different genus'? thanks

or dwarf cichlids, such as apistogramma cacatuoides (aka cockatoo dwarf cichlid)

free from old buildings/cottages/warehouses etc! justboil it for ages!

my apistos and my german rams live great together, they get a bit ratty when breeding, but are usually ok. (mine are in a 45 gallon 4 ft)

they're great fish. i love them. I need to get another male, my last one got stuck behind a rock that had moved slightly and i never noticed until too late... gutted. My fav fs has them in all the time, but it's in the Uk

chelsea dagger- The Fratellis

i used cactus compost and gravel. i got both from b & q, but you could probably get pea gravel instead from an lfs. the cactus compost is amazing! so many people have trouble growing amazon swords, mine are like weeds!

lol ye i get what you mean. :lol: i think zeezee was trying to say: get rid of the fish that you feel will have problems in your tank (eg clown loaches) and get more fish that aren't going to be problematic. ....correct me if i'm wrong zeezee

i would recommend hygrophilia polysperma. It grows incredibly fast and looks great! A great example is in one of the journals ( http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=149628&st=48 ) read through that and look how much it grows compared to everything else and look how great it looks!! oh...

www.nannyspetals.co.uk and www.Tropical-Aquarium-Plants.co.uk both dirt cheap!! i have an order from the second one arriving tommorow or tuesday so i'll let you know the quality of the plants.

he said earlier that he bought the tank second hand and the fish came with it. he couldn't do anything about it, whether he researched or not.

are they all in the 5 gallon you stated?

in your sig it says you have 3 dwarf puffers and guppies. puffers are meant to be kept in species tanks only. chances are that they'll take chunks out of your guppies!

kl cheers! kl cheers!

just thought i'd give you all an update! around a week/ 2 weeks ago i added 2 females and a male to a 15 gallon spawning/fry/hospital tank in hoping they would breed. they did and i removed the rainbows and waited...and waited lol. Nothing seemed to happen over a week and a male swordtail...

no mistakes --except feeshy-- low blow mate.:/ :grr:

well said CFC! I believe that the more this site expands then the better it'll be for others wanting to learn. Fooshy or whatever your name is, why are you completely against this? Killifish have interested me for ages, but i have found very little about them on this forum (as you have stated)...

you really should have done more research. how long have you kept tropical fish? have you kept them without problems? what fish did you keep? is your tank going to be planted or just ornaments and fake plants? i would love to keep discus, and for a while i was thinking about getting them...

how on earth could she fit a bala shark in a ten gallon!?!?!?! They get to 30 cm long!! And angels get to 15 cm. Kim- Your tank is pretty well stocked up. I would say you could add an extra couple of WCMM or a few more tetras. Bear in mind that swordtails reach 13-15 cm in length too. If...

your tank is not 60 US gallons. It is 45 US gallons. It is the exact same dimensions as my tank. 48 inches multiplied by 18 multiplied by 12 = 10368 inches cubed 10368 inches cubed equals 44.8831167 US gallons (last calculations entered into google as 10368 inches cubed to US gallons)

...to fake plants?? or you want live plants?? here's a good link: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22604 ...to fake plants?? or you want live plants?? lol here's a good link: http://www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=22604

i have a pair of german rams in with a pair of apistogramma cacatuoides and they seem fine...don't bother with each other. They haven't been in long though, i added the cockatoos a couple of days ago.

lollol noooo :lol: i mean the roof tiles that have fallen off lol!!! not the actual house :lol: !

find an old ruined cottage/house of some sort. That's what i use for my riccia/ moss. It looks great!