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Hi Byron, Yes it is 38.5cm Hx 50cm Wx 27cmD so I assume a standard tank. I believe there is a lot of line breeding issues with neon tetras so it may be best to give them a miss anyway.

Thanks Byron! Are the sparkling gourami likely to harass Amano shrimp? Would a small school of neon green tetras work, I was also wondering? Thanks again.

Thanks for the welcome! My water is 1.4 dH and 26 ppm. Thank you!

Hi all. I’m hooked! After getting a tank at the beginning of the year, I have acquired a free 40litre/11 gallon Interpet insight 40 tank. I have used seeded filter media and the tank is heavily planted. I have soft water in my area. I’m trying to plan stocking and would really appreciate...

I really do appreciate your advice, that sounds like a lovely tank. I will consider a heater if there truly are no temperate species suitable.

So what fish would you advise to stock with? Preferably temperate. Many thanks

Many thanks, Byron. It feels somewhat sinister that a specialist shop is selling fish as one thing when they are another- I think the take home message is to trust nothing that is advertised in the shops relating to temperature or tank suitability and trust nothing that the shopkeepers say. I...

The specialist shop I went to had these fish as temperate in 18’c unheated tanks.

I really didn’t want a heated tank, are there no options for temperate, Essjay? Many thanks for your advice.

Hello, I currently have two variatus platies and a hovering zebra loach in a temperate 46l edge. I was wondering what other fish you may suggest? I do plan to get more loaches to keep as a school. Water is soft, 1.82 Clarke score. The tank is stocked with with live plants and spiderwood. Many...

Hi Byron, Many thanks. I’m very taken with the little fish so will happily get more. He’s currently being very sociable with the platies I got with him. I have to say the platies have cleared up all of the algae on my spiderwood- they have been feasting away! I really appreciate your advice...

Hovering Zebra Loach! Grows to 1.38” max! Thank you so much, Double Dutch!

Hi Colin, Thanks very much for putting my mind at ease. I haven’t found much online either- I wondered if it was a Siamese loach, but it doesn’t quite look like them either. It’s very pretty and very small currently, so we’ll watch it and see what happens! It was sold as a temperate fish.

Hello all, I visited what I thought was a reputable aquarium shop and asked for an algae eater. I was sold what was advertised as a ‘hugh’s sucking loach’ and was told it would grow no bigger than 3-4 inches and was peaceful. After doing some reading I’m now worried I’ve got a chinese algae...