Recent content by mduros

Your tank is overstocked. You have some fish that are going to grow pretty big, i.e. angel, common pleco, clown loach, and even the paradise fish I would like to see in a bigger tank. The washing out of color is comon in fish when they are experiencing stress. Please rehome your angel, pleco...

If yours is a bristlenose, they max out at about 5 inches for the males. They do not begin to grow bristles until they get to be 2 inches or more. So, you will not know yet whether it is male or female. They need to have a piece of driftwood. This is extremely important for their digestive...

I wouldn't recommend it. In general, mixing fish and newts is not good practice. Newts are little eating machines and will put anything into their mouths whether it fits or not. I tried having a betta in with my taricha granulosa just to see, and it took a whole 2 days for the newt to view...