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They look a bit like X-ray tetra

I will get some pics soon, today we have been in training on stepping up, at the moment im using an old ladder thing that he had in his old cage, we seem to get it right 70% of the time and he is just showing signs of understanding what the rewards are for.

Well the obvious choice would be corys, but if you want something different get some shrimp

Just some background for you first. Blah blah Ok so last summer, I found a book called "The psychology of parrots and other exotic birds" and it was all about that. I work in psychiatrics and am obviously interested in the mind and such like so I took the book for a spot of light reading, as...

No the barbs wont nip the angels but the angels will eat the barbs when they get big enough

Try a google for these Demisoni barb Demison/s Barb Red line torpedo all the same fish but different names, very sensitive to parameter changes

If the Bristle nose is a good size you should be ok, I had a pair of cons with a pair of BNs and there was no problems, infact the bristlenoses were breeding more than the cons

That'll be the "Red line torpedo" also known as "Demisoni Barb"

I wouldnt really put much more in but maybe a shrimp of some kind

If the snails you have are trumpet snails it may be because the adults shell is too hard, the yoyos should still be able to pick off the babies though

The LFS will probably buy the fry from you, you need to get them to a good size first, even if they give you dry goods instead of cash its a bonus

When mine first started they didnt stop, as soon as the fry were free swimming they were at it again, after a while I put the female somewhere else as she was getting a bit tired. You know what us men are like

Yes they are pretty common around my area, expensive too, they are red line torpedoes, but I think you have a different kind as I dont recall the yellow tips

Dont worry about the pictus, it takes a while for them to feel safe, thats why its better to get a bigger group. Just as a footnote,it isnt the true Pim that attacks smaller fish so much as the white striped Pim, they are differentiated by a break in the pattern on the lateral line, most LFS...

Well they are kind of lazy looking as they spend most of their time just grazing and basically crawling along the substrate. They can get a bit nippy with each other sometimes. African cichlid info Take a look at above link

Look at the sig in the bottom of my posts, I have 4 b/heads with a pair of kribs in a 75 g

How long is the tank, if long enough you can do what i have done and put enough in the middle of the tank and have a pair of kribs and a pair of blockheads. Blockheads are so fun.

What do you mean by naming them? as in give the fish you have petnames or nameing new fish for your setup

for a real authentic look you could add an old shopping trolley or moped engine :thumbs:

Try having your substrate at different levels, its easier to do if you have sand. I knew someone who used to put leaves in his Ganges river biotope, I cant remember how he did it but they were already dried and he did something to them to prevent them rotting in the water, I'll ask him and get...

The quietest conures I find are either the painted or the pearly

Rummynoses and danios at full size should be just about ok and if they stay in shoal the pictus wont touch em

with any shoaling species, I reckon that 5/6 is the minimum, but the more the better.

They will hassle your betta in a mega way.

Try some of the more expensive Plecs. Zebra, Goldie, gold nugget

As AndyJ said, just remember that they need feeding often for the firdt few weeks. (A decent slice of cucumber every few hours)

I had a pal who had a great big shoal of broken heart tetras and a big shoal of rummy nosed tetra and about 6 rams in his 50G it was stunning, seeing rams in a group is something else

Go for a pair of smaller S.A.s, Firemouths maybe? or Some kind of geophagus (maybe Australis) they are a stunning fish

No they are not dyed, they are : Boehikes fredcochui, commonly known as blue tail tetra. They come from Peru and Colombia and are very hardy little fellas, look great in big shoals

Are they like these

To raise hardness you need some magnesium sulphate, I'm not sure of the reccomended measurements and then add marble chips to your filter. Grim reaper Bogwood lowers Ph and very slightly softens water

Do you have driftwood or bogwood? sometimes i prefere to drop mine in some boiling water before I put it in the tank, this prevents any fungal growth

Sounds like a touch of old tank syndrome, check this article http://www.bestfish.com/oldtank.html

Did you say that you put the filter in with all new matierial? If so then that is what has caused this, your new filter is having to colonise bacteria / cycle, there isnt much you can do really, I wouldnt do too many water changes as you are only delaying the cycle. When you change filter you...

Try 1 or 2 Golden apple snails, I have often had these in breeding tanks and such like, even the bigger cichlids dont seem to bother them, try and get some as large as you can.

A dead/decaying snail in your tank can be highly toxic to fish

Why dont you try and rehome your Bala's and get 3 more pictus(these guys are great in groups) and maybe get yourself a nice shoal of larger tetras (perhaps congo or bleeding hearts)

Yes I agree with what you say in many respects, I just wanted to let people know that they dont need to panic and instantly reach for the chemicals, As far as salt is concerned many fish can handle the measurement recomended for Ich treatment as long as its introduced gradually. But as you said...

These guys can do a pretty good job of cleaning your algea and they are one of the only species that will readily eat brush algea, but when they get a bit larger they can become fairly aggresive and will also switch from algea to normal prepared foods. In short its up to you if you put one with...