Thanks, when I saw them, I just could not resist them, there were about 30 in the tank when I bought my 4, and they were took out of quarantine whilst I was deciding what fish to buy. They were £5.95 each or two for £9.00 I think. When I went back for more fish a month later there were only about 4 or 5 left!!! Apparently someone bought 13 at once!! Came from Maidenhead aquatics in Blackpool, and I have to travel 40 mins to get there, they coloured back up practically overnight!
The tank is 55 UK Gallon, I have 4 Rams, 6 Angel fish (not all will stay once paired), 12 blue tetra, 5 corydoras melanistius (I think thats right) 1 male starlight bristlenose, 1 unsexed (but I think female) common bristlenose and a female Queen Arabesque plec. I know I am probably a bit bottom heavy but I will keep an eye on this.
The QA I have had 2 and 1/2 yrs, in my old 20 uk gallon tall and I had the male bristle nose I think about 12 - 18 months ago. 1 angel fish also swapped over but I had only had that for 6 months ish (did buy 2 but 1 died after 3 days and I swapped lfs after that). Until about november last yr I thought the male bn was female then he suddenly started growing bristles on his head and they look like they are forking/ branching. There is a rogue neon tetra from before I bought the angel fish as well, he /she will stay as it is a few yrs old now and has survived the angels although that may not last, it seems to shoal well with the blue tetras so I am not too worried. I did have a large shoal in the 20g along with rams at one point but a very long powercut wiped out most of the neons and the rams out.
Back to sexing I think number 2 is female and I think she is starting to pair off with ram number 3, watched some typical mating behaviour earlier, flaring then rubbing against each other. I saw that with my last rams that I bought as adults (they were definately male and female).
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