The Village Idiot
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I've been poking around the site for a number of days now and I am thoroughly impressed. There seems to be a wealth of knowledge and a great sense of decency. I also appreciate there being a number of Severum enthusiasts, as these are fish I've always admired, but never kept.
Getting down to business, I have a 55 gallon and, other than my little girl bettas, I'm getting a little sick of the "community tank". I saw the post on 55 gallon stocking suggestions and I liked the severum with 16 red eye tetras. The only thing I didn't like was the red eye tetras, so I'm wondering about your policy on substitutions (I think it all goes back to when I was a child and my father was killed by a roving shoal of mongrel red eye tetras). In place of the red eye tetras, I would like to add either some neon dwarf rainbows, red and blue colombian tetras, or platies. I would appreciate your thoughts on which species would be a better choice, and how many I should be looking at.
I should say that this is speculative at the moment. I'm also considering a Blood Parrot (commence flaming) for a centerpiece rather than a Severum, and, of course, the entire plan depends upon my ability to part with my current fish. I don't think the Pearl Gouramis will be too hard to get rid of, but my little girl bettas will be a VERY difficult loss, which may require massive doses of Xanax and Bon Bons.
How many times am I going to have to edit this to get it right? Sheesh!
Getting down to business, I have a 55 gallon and, other than my little girl bettas, I'm getting a little sick of the "community tank". I saw the post on 55 gallon stocking suggestions and I liked the severum with 16 red eye tetras. The only thing I didn't like was the red eye tetras, so I'm wondering about your policy on substitutions (I think it all goes back to when I was a child and my father was killed by a roving shoal of mongrel red eye tetras). In place of the red eye tetras, I would like to add either some neon dwarf rainbows, red and blue colombian tetras, or platies. I would appreciate your thoughts on which species would be a better choice, and how many I should be looking at.
I should say that this is speculative at the moment. I'm also considering a Blood Parrot (commence flaming) for a centerpiece rather than a Severum, and, of course, the entire plan depends upon my ability to part with my current fish. I don't think the Pearl Gouramis will be too hard to get rid of, but my little girl bettas will be a VERY difficult loss, which may require massive doses of Xanax and Bon Bons.
How many times am I going to have to edit this to get it right? Sheesh!