dwarfgourami
Fish Connoisseur
Got my first fish- thanks everybody who advised me, and for the help about fishless cycling etc. 
We ended up with:
in the 70 ltrs:
5 pepper cories - they didn't have metae and I didn't want to risk pandas
(will add dwarf gouramis next week)
in the 60 ltrs:
3 platies (1 male, 2 females, assorted colours)
3 guppies (as above; let daughter choose those)
(will let them add to themselves)
Was a bit worried about the cories when doing the acclimatising, as they took it in turns to float to the top of the bag and look shellshocked- and I didn't improve matters by dropping one of them one the sideboard when netting them out of the bag! Gosh it's a nerve-racking business, this fishkeeping! Almost worse than bringing home a new baby (come to think of it, I managed to drop my daughter on her head when she was new...). Still, no harm done (to fish or daughter)- all 5 cories were happily exploring the tank 5 minutes after escaping from the bag. Perhaps they were getting a bit low on oxygen in there.
The guppies and platies shot straight out and started eating my brown algae. I didn't know they did that! And there I was dutifully not feeding them because I thought they needed settling in. And they were all expecting a welcoming banquet! Can't win, can you?
Anyway, just wanted to share my news- thanks everybody!
We ended up with:
in the 70 ltrs:
5 pepper cories - they didn't have metae and I didn't want to risk pandas
(will add dwarf gouramis next week)
in the 60 ltrs:
3 platies (1 male, 2 females, assorted colours)
3 guppies (as above; let daughter choose those)
(will let them add to themselves)
Was a bit worried about the cories when doing the acclimatising, as they took it in turns to float to the top of the bag and look shellshocked- and I didn't improve matters by dropping one of them one the sideboard when netting them out of the bag!
Gosh it's a nerve-racking business, this fishkeeping! Almost worse than bringing home a new baby (come to think of it, I managed to drop my daughter on her head when she was new...). Still, no harm done (to fish or daughter)- all 5 cories were happily exploring the tank 5 minutes after escaping from the bag. Perhaps they were getting a bit low on oxygen in there. The guppies and platies shot straight out and started eating my brown algae. I didn't know they did that! And there I was dutifully not feeding them because I thought they needed settling in. And they were all expecting a welcoming banquet! Can't win, can you?
Anyway, just wanted to share my news- thanks everybody!
