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Perhaps for some people, but that statement is absolutely wrong here. Conflicting info on social nature of fish leads to apprehension of buying more than one or two of the same species in order to eliminate the chances of aggression and/or having to rehome fish and thus causing unnecessary...

External filter might actually be quite a good idea. Thanks for the suggestions. As for eels and yoyos ive read conflicting evidence about how social they are. I agree about the kribs and eel making life more difficult for small bottom dwelling fish and ive decided to move the kuhlis and corys...

you can't go wrong with rainbowfish I find. There's plenty types to choose from and they also make good community fish. (generally)

Your tank is big enough for both schools of tetras if you want them, as long as you keep up with water changes. I would only get 1 pleco though cos they have a huge bio load for such a small fish. :)

It's not too bad, as long as you keep up with regular water changes.

Aquarium Fish by Gina Sandford & Mary Bailey It covers pretty much everything.

It might still be a good idea to acclimatise them even if its only for a short while, i did when i moved my fish from one tank to another, i would certainly keep the tank lights off for a few hours. Still guppies are hardy fish so they may cope perfectly if you just net them and move them...

I have a 85 gallon bow front tank. A few plants, amazon swords and the like, pretty typical stuff I know the balas get big thats why i specified their current size in the first post and also why i said no other big fish in order to not crowd them. Kuhlis and corys are a given which i plan to up...

I'm planning to use my 18th birthday this weekend as an excuse to ask my parents for a moderately expensive fish/small shoal of moderately expensive fish, any suggestions that people have would be really useful. I have excellent water quality though it is a tad hard. It/they must be compatible...