just brought

[nightlife20]

well iv done it i took back my kissin g's dunno how i feel about that atm

i did love the buggers even tho they did kill off 2 balloon mollys between them an terrified my tank


anyways she told me i could have £4 back for them and go choose what i wanted in replacment

so my replacments were

1 hopo somthin catfish (little help with the name?)
2 bronze cories
and two babrs but i cant remember there names... they look like glass tigers... but they have a rosy cast to them.... anyone know?

 

[Lateral Line]

Is the catfish a Hoplosternum species? There are 3-4 species, I think H. thoracatum is one of the commonest, although I've seen a few pectorale and litterale around as well recently.

Tell me a little more about the barbs, the common name doesn't mean anything to me.

 

[nightlife20]

iv got the names now lmao

right the catfish is a hoplo catfish (need to know if it needs friends tho)
(pics soon to come)

the barbs are rosey barbs Punitus (Barbus) conchonius

these are what they look like (although mine are smaller) and by the sounds of it iv got a male and a female woohooo

info
Origin: Northern India
Maximum Size: 2-3 inches
Care: Easy fish to care for, ideally fairly soft water, which should be around neutral pH of 7. The temperature should be 65-75 degrees fahrenheit. Rosy barbs are the most docile of the barbs and are not particularily aggresive although will sometimes chase and nip at similar fish.
Feeding: Rosy barbs can exist quite happily on regular tropical fish flakes however its a good idea to supplement their diet with adult brine shrimp, and bloodworms. In the wild they exist mainly on vegetable matter so you can also feed blanched zucchinni/cucumber and watch them tear it apart!
Breeding: Easy to moderate if eggs are removed from the parents. Barbs do not engage in any form of care for their fry after laying their eggs, and all if you want to breed them properly you should move them into a special tank set up for breeding. They will spawn on finely leaved plants and these eggs will hatch in 24 hours, like other barbs the parents will eat the eggs if given the chance. Most species require soft, slightly acid water to breed. a water change and lowering the water depth can trigger the breeding. The newly hatched fry need the finest of food, usually newly hatched Brine shrimp or very fine flake food.
Sexing: The males are mostly a deep red while the females are a deep yellow. In overcrowded or dirty tanks where the fish become sick, the males lose their color. Females are often the smaller of the pair and wider

 

[nightlife20]

this is the catfish

info
Hoplo Catfishes belong to the family Callichthyidae, or Armoured Catfishes, and originate from South America. They grow to a length of about seven inches (seventeen centimetres), with males being larger than females. Males can also be distinguished from females by their larger pectoral fins, of which the leading fin ray is thickened and orange in colour.

Hoplo Catfishes are very peaceful natured, and are excellent fishes for the community aquarium, and will not bother even small species. They are quite adaptable to a fairly wide range of water conditions, but slightly acid to slightly alkaline, fairly soft water, at a temperature of seventy five to eighty degrees Fahrenheit (twenty four to twenty seven degrees Celsius) is preferable.

They are omnivorous and will accept a wide range of foods, but should be fed a good variety of live, fresh, frozen and dried foods.

Their breeding behaviour is interesting inasmuch as the male builds a bubble nest at the water surface among plant leaves, and tends the eggs, which may number up to eight hundred.

 

[ryan]

Sorry to hear about your Kissing Gouramis, it is sad to hear about fish being returned like that. Most people do not understand that that is the fishes nature and it cannot change it.

Good Luck with your new and interesting fish .