Recent content by SmokedPaprika

Wow, thanks!  Fab list :D I'm getting all impatient now...and I have even more questions...(sorry!)   Re: chocolates and sevs...if I did go for a pair of one or the other, how likely is it that I'd have issues once they grew up and spawned?  Would I need a breeding tank set up as well, or would...

Oooh, I've been looking at geos...particularly liking the threadfins!  What would be a good group size in a 6x2x2?

If you want a betta plus something else, maybe look at amano shrimp - I have no personal experience with them but they're larger than most shrimp varieties and quite a few members seem to keep them with their bettas.  Just bear in mind that you *might* get one of those very feisty bettas that...

Hi and    Re: the tank, do you mean the 5 gallon?  I wasn't aware there was a 5 litre Spec.  If there were, I'd say it's too small to put fish in.  If you have the 5 gallon/19 litre...betta splendens?  Endlers?  Check out the nano tank section for more ideas :) just be wary of the gap in the top...

Good to hear :D what kind of personality does he have?  Feisty, friendly, lazy?   How's his colour looking?  I have to say Rhaegar was quite dark for a day or so after I brought him home, then brightened up again.  So I don't think it's just females...in my limited experience, anyway!

Agreed, fantastic video!  Thank you so much for sharing that :D and Wills, those links are great, I love tangledupincichlids - spent ages on the train this morning scrolling through it.  I loved the chocolate cichlid pic; they're adorable, they look like aquatic puppies!   I *think* I'd like to...

  Haha, fab!  Maybe I just need to think about my space a bit more - although with the possibility of a move, I don't want to get a big tank set up and then have to shift it, so research it is, for now.   My thought was that if I decide which fish I want in the early stages, I can work out what...

  Hi Wills!  Thanks for the brilliant reply, loads of great info there :)   This is all hypothetical at the moment; I genuinely don't have space for a suitable tank, I live in a one up one down with a postage stamp garden :/ I had to do some rearranging for even my little betta tank to fit; I'd...

Hi, I'm currently the very proud owner of a rehomed betta, but I've been lurking in the New World cichlid section for a while. I don't have room for any of these beauties at the moment but I find them fascinating, so I was wondering whether any of you lovely people could recommend me any books...

  Which one are you decommissioning?  Looks like you have some lovely setups :)

Adorable!  I'd take one off your hands if I had the room to do a cichlid tank...oh well, one day.  Thanks for sharing :)

What a cutie!  Is that a spade tail?

As above, really.   If you haven't already bought this 7 litre tank, I'd look at something a little bigger.  It won't cost you much more to buy, it'll be easier to maintain, kinder to your fish, and will still sit on a desktop or a bookshelf (my betta lives in a 22 litre cube on a sturdy side...

That's such a shame as they're beautiful little fish any chance you could set them up in a species-only tank?   ETA - of course, getting a betta could only be a good thing...

Aw, he's cute :) congrats on your new addition!