Recent content by Lajos_Detari

Welcome! For running/operating a fish shop, fish issues, @Colin_T is the most qualified to advise you. There are also others who have many years of experience who can advise you about fish/fish species. But before you start a business, you may want to do a survey of your place... Are there many...

Actually, some diseases are easy to diagnose but some are difficult, and sometimes the fish may have multiple diseases. If they have multiple diseases, you may need to treat those that are more serious/urgent unless you can mix the medications. Some medications cannot be mixed, else you will...

Yes, high grade Arowana are very expensive. But they also have low grade and smaller Arowana such as the 4" silver Arowana which are being sold for about US$10. There are times, I was tempted to buy it. By the way, Arowana is more suitable for a big pond as they grow too large. Even a 6ft tank...

I guess you will have a totally different appreciation for the fish if you visited the place where the fish came from unlike people who just buy them from the lfs. Fully agree.

Wild caught fish may have stronger genes as they are not mass bred from the farms, unlike the current Neon Tetras or Guppies which have weaker genes. But wild caught fish are prone to be infected with parasites in the wild. Also, since they eat "live food" in the wild, they may get internal...

My most expensive fish is the same as @anewbie, wild caught Heckel Discus (about US$55 each) . But sadly, they died due to "whirling disease" which could be caused by internal bacteria or parasites(which moved to their brain) according to the internet/some research. Fish life is too short if...

I recommend Fluval 407(preferably) or 307 which are very user friendly and cheaper than Oase. Oase housing material seems to be a bit flimpsy. Fluval has a good design and is easier to take out the medias for cleaning/maintenance than the Eheim Classic. I don't recommend Eheim Classic which has...

I like your choice no. 1 and 2. By the way, you can download the "Fish Companion" apps to see the fish of Lake Malawi - Mbuna, Peacock and Hap. But I had just closed down my Lake Malawi tank and now I feel that Lake Tanganyika fish are more interesting than Lake Malawi. Though Lake Malawi fish...

There are many species under the Eartheaters. You can read the above articles and watch videos of how they look like. But if you have hard water (GH above 15), then you can consider the African Lake Tanganyika fish. There are many species from Lake Tanganyika but I may not be familiar with all...

What is your tank size and what is your tap water hardness(GH)? If your tap water has GH < 8, and you have a tank of at least 4 ft x 2 ft (75gallons), you can consider South American Eartheater which are not very aggressive. Check your water agency website to find out your tap water GH. Some...

I think all are ok but if you need to remove one, probably you can remove the last one (Red Eye Tetra). Also, I wonder whether you want to rename some of them to reflect their actual names more accurately. For example the Corydoras can be rename to Corydoras Julii. The Rasbora looks like...

You can get some ideas from the link here but you don't have to follow exactly the water pH unless you bought wild caught fish. https://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/sphaerichthys-vaillanti/ https://www.fishlaboratory.com/fish/samurai-gourami/#tank-size-amp-tank-setup...

Actually, it's hard to eliminate anyone. Even the Red eye Tetra background colours combination are nice. Where are you going to print them? If you are printing them on t-shirt, I guess all are nice. The Corydoras has very nice patterns.

Here are two good articles about the Eartheater fish which consist of Geophagus, Gymnogeophagus, Biodotoma, Guianacara, etc: https://www.tfhmagazine.com/articles/freshwater/a-survey-of-eartheaters-full-article...

Since you have kept mainly fish, you should try something different like shrimps, crayfish or crabs. For shrimps, you can keep with some smaller fish like the Chili Rasboras which won't eat the shrimplets. Get a group of 20 Chili Rasboras. Also, get the more hardy Neocaridina shrimps like the...