Recent content by wrightt3

Perhaps its just me but I think that Rotkeils will grow too big, given the width of your tank. 12.5" doesn't really give a 8-10" fish a lot of room to turn around.

I'd say 120 gallons as a minimum (4ftx2ftx2ft) although longer would be better. Footprint is almost always more important than height. The cichlid coral substrate that you speak of is designed for African Cichlids as it raises the pH. Texas cichlids are from central America so regular sand or...

Yes, it's perfectly safe to let them decompose but they will make quite a bit of mess.   @ Byron, Whilst you are right that blackberries do not grow on trees, the thorns that they grow on do have small leaves on. I'm assuming that it was these leaves that were referred to in TooManyChoices' post

Your current cichlids are 2 convicts, 1 JD and 1 Midas, correct? You also have three tanks: a 48, a 56 and a 90. That therefore allows you enough room to separate the three species if needed so I fail to see the problems that Cichlidnoob speaks of. The only thing I would recommend is getting a...

Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't a 60x30x30 a 15 gallon, not a 10 gallon? I personally think you could get away with a pair and then maybe some small bottom dwellers. 

Rather than giving the volume of your tanks, it would be more useful to give the dimensions (length, height and width). Pretty much all angelfish you find in shops will grow to the same size so there isn't really such a thing as a small angelfish. Given that angelfish are quite tall fish, you're...

Sorry, I wasn't too sure how big 90 Litres actually was. Forget what I said about the hatchets.  Like I said, your water might be a bit too soft for livebearers but if you're dead set on them then I would just go with guppies as they are smaller. Something like this then? 10 neons 5 Guppies (to...

I recently picked up a paradise fish but am unsure how to determine whether it male or female. If anyone has any advise then that would be great.   Also just out of interest, are they a actually type of gourami as they are sometimes advertised or are they their own species?

Water hardness test kits can be bought at your LFS. If they don't sell them, then you could easily get them online. TBH though, you probably don't need one as water with a pH below 7 is usually quite soft. Neons would therefore be your best bet.   As for the loaches, the minimum group size for...

Oh... I didn't realise that there was an actual tetra called a pretty tetra 

Cardinals are certainly not large in comparison to a fully grown angelfish and their slender body shape puts them at an even higher risk of becoming lunch. I would personally recommend lemon tetras but anything that size/shape or bigger would be fine. Just avoid known fin nippers such as Serpae...

Ideally, neons and livebearers shouldn't be kept together as they thrive in different pH and water hardness. Neons prefer soft acidic water whilst most livebearers prefer fairly hard and alkaline water. Whilst fish tend to be fairly adaptable, keeping them outside their preferred range can...

There are two standard tank sizes that hold 45 gallons. What are the dimensions of your tank? If it is 4ft long then the aggression problems that Byron mentioned are less likely to occur so it could work. What Wills said still stands though so it might be best not to risk it.   Have thought of...

I think the essence of what he is trying to say is that if you move a fish to a larger tank then it somehow recognises that you are helping it and will therefore be more confident around you and accept food more readily.   I'm not sure if there is any truth behind this or if it is just a...

Angelfish grow even bigger than African butterflyfish so the risk of them getting eaten is even higher. Saying that though, I've heard that if you introduce the angelfish when it is small and let it grow up with the fish then it is less likely to see them as food when fully grown.   They do fine...