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Well we did bring the leporinus back. Bought 3 clown loaches (all about 2 inches). 3 neons, 3 dalmation mollies, and 2 neon gouramis. Got home all seemed great! all were swimming about happily. no other fish were chasing the new ones or anything. They were all fine until i went to bed (after 4...

Is that a leporinus in the picture? Mine looked VERY different! Slim and long, not high, with yellow and black stripes. As you probably read, we had to take ours back as it chased the new fish (and ate them) and when our upside down catfish came out for food, he chased and bit him too. They...

I am taking the leporinus back today. Can I get clown loaches? he has some in the shop. do they "go" with all my other fish? Angel, gold barbs, neons, mollies, guppies and black widows. thanks, James

is that a siamese fighting fish? At the pet store (which we no longer go to), the owner kept about 100 male fighting fish in his shop. They were all in pint glasses and he said that some of them had been sitting there for months. I thought that it was cruel, but he said that it was all the...

Thanks this seems logical enough. The fish are only ever chased by the others as soon as they have been added.Usually if they survive the first night, then they are ok. However not this time!

we have 2 mollies, 2 neons, 2 black widows, 3 golden barbs, 1 angel (now :( ), 3 guppies and 1 leoporinus (about 3inches). Oh and 1 upside-down catfish. But if he was close to death anyway then it is not so much of a problem

Looked at my tank at 9.45pm. all was fine. Looked again 15mins later. The new(ish) angel, (about 10days old), seemed to have no eyes. on either side!Died a short while later. What the hell happened here?

Im glad im not the only one who thinks michael is a complete git

whoops. Mike you shouldn't have said that! Just wait till anna sees.

ok just a few more questions for ye to deal with! Feeding:I feed once every monday, wednesday and sunday-enough that they can eat in 2 mins. (its usually 3 though!) I was told to do this by the person we get our fish from. They then eat and scavange the bottom of the tank for food for about...

I know they usually eat them but they never seem to be chasing them at all during the day. however we have had the same 2 neons since the beginning almost and they are fine. it is only the new ones that get eaten. the leporinus was chasing all of the new fish yesterday, but has stopped now.

We have bought a few new fish again. An angel to go with the other one, a couple of mollies and more tetras. this was yesterday. However as every time before, the tetras are gone by the next morning. Leporinus chases them a tiny bit during the day. Does he eat them during the night or do they...

i read somewhere that if the temp drops below 70 degrees, fill a bag with boiling water and submerge in the tank. keep doing this until the water temp stabilises and then until the electricity comes back on where you would get the boiling water i dont know as the kettle runs off the electricity!!!

thank you mac, i will take him back. he only seems to be about 3 inches long now though, do they really grow so big? We got 3 guppies and 5 neon tetras yesterday and seem t be well (I think!). Anna i seriously thought that the fish would die very quickly and it didnt even cross my mind too bring...

oh by the way thanks everyone for the advice-it really is appreciated and i am amazed to have had such a huge response! thanks also for all the warm welcomes!

this has been useful. at least i know now not to flush them down the loo. thanks anna

right. now today we went to see a so-called expert on this subject. he tested our water and there was no nitrite or ammonia in the tank. the pH was 7.6 (a little high he said but nothing to worry about). Does anyone else have advice about the leporinus as i take seriously what the other person...

I add a dose of something called easybalance to the tank every week. It says that it maintains the ecological balance of the tank and water changes only need t be done every six months. What about nitrate levels and nitrite, hard water etc. We have no live plants, just plastic ones, is it...

Hi, I bought a new 3-foot tank about 6 weeks ago. We set it up, cleaned the gravel, used an appropriate filter and heater and kept it at 77degrees F for one week. We then went and bought 1 upside down catfish, 3 golden barbs, 3 black widows, 3 cardinal tetras and 3 dalmation mollys. After a...