Recent content by LeoII

You really must get a thermometer - there is no other way to tell that the water is the correct temperature for your fish! Aquarium thermometers are very cheap to buy and you should check the temperature of your tank regularly. You will also need to ensure that the fresh water that you prepare...

Thanks to everyone who helped with this question! It is in fact a Siamese Tiger Fish. Well done CFC! I searched the internet for hours but failed to find that. I can't believe this fish grows to 15", the one I was identifying must only be a baby! Thanks again, I really do appreciate it. LeoII

I prefer the look of fine gravel or fine marble chippings in a tropical tank. Regular gravel may look more natural but it's a bit unoriginal.

Yes definately vertical. It may be a type of Convict after all. It doesn't look like the ones picured in the thread linked in the response above, but I've been doing some searching on google and stumbled across some pictures of Convicts that do look a lot more like it. It's much like the...

I don't think it's a convict, I'll have to try and get some pictures of it. It has a very slender body and it's eyes appear to be all black, rather than small black dot in the centre of a larger area. It's stripes are very defined, the 'white' stripes are a silvery-white. It seems to bear...

Can anyone help me to identify a freshwater tropical fish? It's about 2 to 2.5 inches in length, and has black and white vertical stripes. The easiest way to describe it is that its pattern looks like zebra stripes, but whilst I have come across pictures of 'zebra fish' on the internet, it's...