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ive added 10 more neons, 3 neon platy's and a female siamese fighter. The tank still looks bare. What types of fish are 'middle of the tank fish'?

after doing some thinking i rehomed some of my fish. So basically i want to put some new fish in to my 60 gallon. At the moment i have the following: 1 Red finned shark 1 Green salifin mollie 1 White lyre tail mollie 4 tetra's (forgot the name, there black, bigger than neons) 5 Neon tetra's 1...

so that isnt a silver gar? Thats what it said at the lfs, I will try n get some better pics in the morning, it has eaten 2 danio's i think

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9865383@N07/a...ken/2007/07/12/

yeah i have pictures of it, will upload them in the morning after work.

B)-->QUOTE(Lynda B @ Jul 11 2007, 01:35 PM) 1687160 As has been discussed in your other thread, your gar is a carnivore. It will eat all of your other fish. If not large enough, at this moment in time, to eat them, it will kill them. You said you were choosing to keep the gar anyway. I'm not...

is a silver gar fish capable of eating 2 zebra danio's and a golden danio? in one day? The fish seem to have gone missing and the gar fish is looking really fat. The gar fish is around 3 n 1/2" in length. The danios were pretty small

B)-->QUOTE(Lynda B @ Jul 10 2007, 10:35 AM) 1685487 Well..... knowing what you know now, and perhaps you knew of its personality and requirements before, are you still planning on keeping it with all of the remaining fish? They will all become feeder fish for your gar. And, sometimes, size...

yeh i think so, some golden danio's, well i had 4, 2 left and i didnt remove them, but i did have a major kinda incident when i was removing half eaten/rotten fish out of the water. Found the RTBS dead today, was whitish in colour, also found a tiger barb and golden danio dead. Ive removed...

B)-->QUOTE(Lynda B @ Jul 9 2007, 06:52 PM) 1684743 Gars are, indeed, carnivores. They will eat fish, crayfish, crabs, insects and frogs. Compatibility: Gar/Pike is best kept in a group of three or more Gar/Pike. They can be kept with most fish that are too big for a Gar/Pike to swallow. Good...

just did the test again, yep its clear so its a 0. I tested one tube and then filled the other tube with tank water, just to see if the colour was clear and that my eyes were not playing tricks. last addition was a silver garfish 2 and a 1/2 weeks ago

its been set up for 2 months, yes it is cycled, maybe i read it wrong, im late for work so did a quick test, the water may have been clear, didnt have lenses in. Also i have no living plants in there. Ive got a air pump thats got 2 outlets, i have a bubble wall and 2 round air stones(using a t...

Tank size: 60 x 18 x 15 80 gallon pH: 7.0 ammonia: 0.6 nitrite: 0 nitrate: 10 kH: gH: tank temp: 26 Fish Symptoms (include full description including lesion, color, location, fish behavior): Some of the fish are hiding, changed the layout of tank yesterday after water change. Volume and...

Anybody know of any good lfs in birmingham, i know of pets at home in oldbury, also a & d Aquatics in oldbury. Dont fancy the drive up to hollybush, j11 m6. Birminghams a big place, surely i dont have to go to cannock...

cheers mate

ive got a MAGIC-JET 1000 internal filter in my 5ft tank, just cleaned the sponge yesterday and the filter seems to be spitting, like air bubbles every now and then. Is this just maybe an air lock or something?

its brand new isnt it?

Just seen this eel in the lfs, cant seem to find any info on this forum. is there another name for it?

its a common plec, Hypostomus plecostomus

lol i meant need, batteries are dying on the cordless keyboard thanks :drool:

just posted on the plec section on the forum. Any help on what fish to get?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9865383@N07/760738669/ hi ned an id on what plec this is. Thanks

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9865383@N07/760738669/ thats the plec, i couldnt take a pic of the silver catfish

gna get the pics right now, its too damn fast for my phone cam, but i'll give it a go. The angels are only small, 1 1/2" to 2" max

Tank 1 After one thing or another my fish stock has gone down quite abit in my 5 ft (60x18x15) tank. Fish i have left are 3 Tiger barbs 1 blue lobster 1 RTBS 3 Golden danio's 2 sucking loaches 2 black pecs (not sure which ones, only around 3") 1 keyhole cichlid 2 common plec, Hypostomus...

cheers mate, im guessing i should set it on 3, tank is 30 x 18 x 12.

Ive found about 9 dead fish in the last 3 days, about 5 tiger barbs, 1 angel fish and a few others, The water readings were fine except for the nitrate which was quite high, 20, its normally only the lowest one on my test kit. I did a 80 litre water change (230 ltr tank). Is there anything else...

i just bought a new tank off ebay, it came with heater and a few filters. Theres a shark adv 800, just wandering what the dial on top is for? its got a 0 1 2 3? is this for power maybe? also there are 3 foams in there, 2 blue and 1 white, do they have to be in any particular order? thanks

so i just add a pea to the tank, once its been defrosted and shelled? so i just add a pea to the tank, once its been defrosted and shelled? so i just add a pea to the tank, once its been defrosted and shelled? so i just add a pea to the tank, once its been defrosted and shelled?

Got a nice red one yesterday, the guy at pets at home wouldnt sell me one as i told him that i never had a heater and that they didnt need it, but he refused to sell me one. So i sent my lil brother in and he got it, and the betta seems to be fine. What do i feed it, i offered some flake, but...

hi thanks alot for that information, might not be getting the betta today, won another tank on ebay, people gonna be really pissed off at home lol... so addicted to ebay and tanks. Thanks again everyone

i will be going betta shopping in the morning, hopefully a nice blue one. I saw a white fighter with red fins, is this a rare one? Also do i need to cycle the tank?

the measurements are in inches. Hmmm never heard of marbles instead of gravel, do u mean normal marbles, the ones we used to play with at school, many years ago? Whats ambient room temperasture? must be about 25

ive got 2 tanks empty at home, a glass tank measuring 10 x 8 x 8 (an old tarantula tank) and a plastic tank 15 x 10 x 8. I want to keep a siamese fighter on its own, but would the glass tank be big enuff? its not even on the volume calculator, ut if they can keep them in cups in a shop, surely...

Isnt there any information on discus fish on this forum?

yeh the tanks in inches, only £28 at pets at home, pretty cheap i think. I dont think i will get the convicts then, i just love the look of them, the black and white stripes. Im off to holly bush 2moro so i will nopte down the name of the fish i like and hopefully you guys will tell me if...

sadly the reed fish died, i returned the other one today, sad to see them go but life goes on, plenty more fish in the sea

ive only had them since friday. havent done a water change yet, did one last thursday. added 6 neon tetra's and an albino tiger barb. The other reed fish, the bigger one, doesnt pick on it, they seemed pretty happy 2gether, always in the same rock. Havent seen him eat at all really, ive tried...

Im getting a new tank tommorow or friday, 30 x 15 x 12. Im getting this because i cant add chiclids to my 5ft community tank. I know that once ive cycled the tank, im defo going to get some convicts, but can you recommend me some others? I dont want to spend too much around £40 - £50 in total...

1 of my reed fish is almost dead i think, it was upside down, still flapping its fins but not moving at all. The bigger reed fish is thriving and has really starting moving quite abit and is quite fast. I dont have a clue what to do with the reed fish thats almost dead, i havent got a hospital...