Recent content by Dan Whtie

Thanks, I've got them bookmarked, too. dwhite

Thanks, Matt. I've bookmarked those links. Has anybody found a good website that can recommend some good fish combinations, of the sort I mentioned above? dwhite

Hi. My recent posts about trying in vain to find a good (non betta) fish for a small 5 gallon tank has finally prompted me to go ahead and get back into the hobby for real. Of course the real reason is that my wife just saw a Blood Parrot in the store and fell in love with them. So that means...

We have a great local fish store that I went to last night. They have a large selection of cichlids, including multies in stock. However, I'm beginning to think it might be better to just get a bigger tank, and use the 5 gallon as a quarantine tank. I've had fish in large tanks in the past...

Blue Rams are kind of cool. I wonder about 5 gal, too. You know, they talk about roughly one inch of fish per gallon, but I guess there is also an issue of mobility. If a fast moving fish is put in a 5 gallon tank it might not be good. I don't know how big rams get but if they stay small...

Thanks again for all the responses. Dwarf puffers are cute. Maybe I'll check into those. I thought they might be brackish water fish, but I'm not sure. dwhite

Hmm, I don't know. I was hoping for fish, but that is a thought. Thanks!

OK, thanks for the reply. I realized the fish I was describing were convicts. I don't know how big they really get, but the ones I rememeber having were quite small, but were still of breeding size. I guess the cichlids need more room to swim around? My betta died of old age and I was...

Hi. I'm new here as I had a question about finding an easy, small cichlid for a 5 gallon tank. As a kid I had cichlids that did very well in a 10 gallon tank. I don't remember what kind they were, but they nested in the sand under some slate. When the fry hatched, the parents would suck them...