Yellow Lab tank mates?

[freddyk]

In reality they wouldn't know either, this is why it's best to buy a group of labs, both because they get along best in a group and because me and you and your LFS can't sex them at that young age - there is no physical difference unless you vent them, and even venting is very tricky when they're so small. If you replace the dead one, replace it with a bunch, but don't get any until you remove the tetra's - with a group they won't fair as well.

 

[Mollybreeder]

Ok I'm getting six more to go with the other one...I'm just gonna leave the tetra in there because I do not mind if they are a loss...frankly, these guys have been getting on my nerves because they dont seem to wanna pass away to fishy heaven..the two lil glo lights have survived a number of fish hazards and Im hoping to get them off my hands here...its not cruel really just survival of the fittest...maybe they will survive who knows

 

[Ben]

why not simply take them back to the LFS for store credit?

DD

 

[Mollybreeder]

Oh trust me I have already tried that...they wont take them back because their fins are tattered. They nip at eachother all the time but no harm has ever come from it in the 8 months ive had them

 

[playfulalliecat]

They may continue to get along. I have black skirt tetras with some large cichlids and they never bother each other.

No two fish are alike...I have had zebra danios attack anything large or small in the tank while my Jack Dempsey is relatively peaceful unless threatened. It is all a game of trial and error to see what lives together.

As for ph differences, someone mentioned that........if your fish all come from your local lfs, chances are they are all used to the ph around your area. Ph doesn't usually vary that much within a given locality. I have never adjusted ph. My ph at 8.0 is perfect for Africans and you wouldn't expect South American fish which *require* a lower ph to thrive but they do! Fish are very adaptable and other than lowering ph to breed special fish, its almost always better to leave it alone as trying to adjust it doesn't usually work that well due to fluctuations.

If I had wild caught specimens, by all means I would try to match the ph of the water where they came from but with most purchased fish, they will be fine with your natural ph from the tap.