Recent content by Austin Burgess

Do you think there are tetras and such that come from the same waters as the Mollies? With the same GH/PH

This is along the lines of what I was thinking as I made the post. And I figured it was generally impossible to pair livebearers with other fish from the region since these livebearers are apparently only found in hard water that caters to their biological processes. I wonder what Seriously...

So, I know we hold seriously fish really high level of accuracy when it comes to stocking. I was searching a fascinating fish I saw someone else stock, the Sailfin Molly (Poecilia Velifera), and I wanted to know what y’all think about the screenshots at the bottom. Obviously, like all...

That's what I'm saying. Some of these comments are just crazy

Now this is a dope fish. If only I could find it somewhere.

That's gorgeous. A tetra/hatchet/pencilfish community?

I have to hear about this 115g Amazon tank. Sounds amazing.

If it was you keeping angels, Byron, what would be the solution in this case? It seems quite a conundrum. 5-7 angels are needed, but the more angels the higher chance of a pair, which will leave you with less angels, and adding new angels to an established group is non-ideal. I can't see a...

Thinking from a centerpiece fish for a smallish aquarium, would you say that there is some apistos that would thrive alone in a community tank? Or would rams be really the only dwarf cichlids capable of keeping alone?

Reading this and I have a curious thought. Is the Bolivian ram the only one comfortable as a solo "centerpiece" type fish? Apisto, GBRs, Angels, Gouramis, most of them prefer either a pair or school right?

Would any of y’all suggest a good place for ordering fish online? I can get glowlights and embers locally from Petco but I’ve never seen N. eques or c. habrosus

I think a small school of c. melanistius would look phenomenal in this type of tank and would definitely be the easiest to find. Would it be a problem to fit enough of them in the 20 tall though?

Those are actually far more common and easy to find here than hasbrosus, however I have read they are far more often mid water swimmers than substrate dweller. Would you say that's true? Would that be a problem in a 20 tall with 20 ish mid to low dwelling tetras?