Recent content by sarahf

Hi, A good one for you I'm sure is the five-banded barb. They look just like tiger barbs, but are smaller and much much friendlier, I've had mine for over 2 years now, and they're great. They'll do well with the other fish in your tank, and they'll do better in a school, four or more is good...

You could try hatchets. They do well in a school, are surface fish, and fit all your criteria. Marbled hatchets are nice, or for a bit of colour influence, albino hatchets are readily available, and look cool.

Every time we've had fry, some of them have ended up in the filter. Some have survived, some haven't. Our Khuli loaches love our filter, and our killifish is regularly found in there. Not a nice place to live, but inebitable at some point if there are big enough gaps in the filter.

Oh Nooooo....The Pangasius picture is it!!! This must be a dwarf, he looks nothing like the ones in the links (although admittedly the same family) ?!!? Do you have one? Does his behaviour sound normal to you? I'm not too worried, because generally, he seems ok, (I don't know why he, but it...

Hey, We had a snail problem, it usually starts with plants that have been bought from aquariams. Even when you look before planting them, you still run the risk of there being eggs on the leaves, so check these before planting any new plants (usually on the underside of the leaf). You can get...

Hey, Ok, someone here will know the answer I'm sure! I'm looking for a fish identification guide. There was a computer programme that I had at school in biology, where you would answer 'yes-no' questions to eventually find a species, and then individual breeds of species. Does anyone know the...