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Thanks for the reco....to boil it down, I am looking for non-jumper fish that are brightly colored, and that are non-aggressive against their own species or other species (so I can keep more than 2-3 fish which would get lost in a pond with 15 square feet of surface area). They don't have to be...

I picked cardinals because the online research I did indicated there is a good chance they won't eat my plants, I have always liked them, I thought they would show up nicely against the black fiberglass bottom of my pond, and they are not known to be jumpers. If you have an alternative...

Thanks for the welcome!! I gave away all the platies yesterday. I trimmed off the damaged lily pads and will give the plants a while to regrow the leaves. Then I will do a major water change using RO water and set parameters to cardinal-favoring values...

Thanks for the welcome!! And for your vote on the cardinals...hopefully the third time's the charm.

Hi Gary... I'm a Gary Too! Thanks for the input...the mollies certainly did more damage than the guppies. They actually ate the underside of the pads until they broke through. They favored one plant over the others, but after they ate all the leaves off that one they moved on to the rest. As of...

Hi All, I am new to the site but have been a fish keeper since I was a kid, including tropical and saltwater aquariums. My latest venture is kind of unusual--I built myself an indoor fiberglass pond in my living room. It is about 6 feet by 3 feet and 8 inches deep. I figure it holds about...