need help, Fish in my 40g tank!!!

[David]

I'd take your time to research each of them -- try fishprofiles.com and fishindex.com in addition to this forum. They have LOTS of info!

I wouldn't trust fishprofiles.com completely. Although some of their info is accurate, they seem to think that clown loaches get to only 6" and that they can be kept in a 20 gallon tank.

 

[mwm]

I just read on mollies and when they get big they need brackish water..

 

[Puffer_freak]

I'd take your time to research each of them -- try fishprofiles.com and fishindex.com in addition to this forum. They have LOTS of info!

I wouldn't trust fishprofiles.com completely. Although some of their info is accurate, they seem to think that clown loaches get to only 6" and that they can be kept in a 20 gallon tank.

Yeah, I just went on and they said that GSPs were primarily fresh water but can be kept in brackish.They are primarily brtackish but can be kept in fresh! They said they can get to 6.7" when all I have ever seen/heard them at is 6". It said middle/bottom, I may just have strangepuffers (quite likely actually) but mine swim all around the tank!

This species is not a brackish fish and will do better in full fresh water.

It said this at the bottom! That made me think that they know nothing about GSPs. I'm gonna check out all their puffer profiles....they're probably all wrong!

 

[Puffer_freak]

Fig8 Puffer

This species is not a brackish water fish, and may have health problems if kept in brackish water.

Health problems....don't make me laugh!

This species is not a brackish fish and will do better in full fresh water.

Again...this makes me feel they know nothing....

Fahaka Puffer

Extremely aggressive at times. Should only be kept with other fish and a very large tank and even then at your own risk.

Why do they even bother saying with other fish...they feel Fahakas deserve a decent meal....

Green Puffer (sorry to bore you)

This species is commonly confused with the similarly marked but different shaped Spotted Green Puffer (T. nigroviridis). This species, although agressive, is not as agressive as the T. nigroviridis

I may be wrong....but last I heard it was the other way round...

This is a brackishwater fish and will not do as well in full fresh or full marine waters.

I'm probably definately wrong on this one, but I thought they were fresh water?


Sorry if I bored you, its just that they seem to be so wrong when it comes to puffers.

 

[David]

Fig8 Puffer

This species is not a brackish water fish, and may have health problems if kept in brackish water.

Health problems....don't make me laugh!

This species is not a brackish fish and will do better in full fresh water.

Again...this makes me feel they know nothing....

Fahaka Puffer

Extremely aggressive at times. Should only be kept with other fish and a very large tank and even then at your own risk.

Why do they even bother saying with other fish...they feel Fahakas deserve a decent meal....

Green Puffer (sorry to bore you)

This species is commonly confused with the similarly marked but different shaped Spotted Green Puffer (T. nigroviridis). This species, although agressive, is not as agressive as the T. nigroviridis

I may be wrong....but last I heard it was the other way round...

This is a brackishwater fish and will not do as well in full fresh or full marine waters.

I'm probably definately wrong on this one, but I thought they were fresh water?


Sorry if I bored you, its just that they seem to be so wrong when it comes to puffers.

Dang they should disallow that site. I'm gonna go look for more mistakes.

 

[parker313]

I'd take your time to research each of them -- try fishprofiles.com and fishindex.com in addition to this forum. They have LOTS of info!

I wouldn't trust fishprofiles.com completely. Although some of their info is accurate, they seem to think that clown loaches get to only 6" and that they can be kept in a 20 gallon tank.

Here's another one for you - they say rams should have water that's pH 5.0 - 6.0

 

[David]

I'd take your time to research each of them -- try fishprofiles.com and fishindex.com in addition to this forum.    They have LOTS of info! 

I wouldn't trust fishprofiles.com completely. Although some of their info is accurate, they seem to think that clown loaches get to only 6" and that they can be kept in a 20 gallon tank.

Here's another one for you - they say rams should have water that's pH 5.0 - 6.0

Oh yeah I heard that one.

 

[David]

Ahem. They also say guppies have a lifespan of one year. I may be mistaken, but I think they are not giving the poor guppies enough credit. I had a trio of them that lived for well over 2 years in my 10 gallon tank. Maybe it's because the owner of that site has never been able to keep them alive for any longer.

It also says that if male and female bettas are kept together the male will always kill the female. This is not always true. Males can be kept with females successfully, although this is rare, and sometimes it is the female that kills the male.

It says for dwarf gouramis that regular water changes are recommended. NO SH**.

It says that bala sharks grow slowly, reaching 20 cm in 2 to 3 years. As far as I know, balas get way bigger than that.

It also contradicts itself when it talks about the RTBS. First it says that it's not recommended for community tanks with smaller or weaker fish. Then it says at the bottom of the page that it can be kept in a community tank if plenty of over is provided for it.

Well I'm too lazy to look right now, but I'm sure there are a lot more.

 

[JacopoFishy]

yay, new sites to aid me in my state of ignorance.

someone correct me if I'm wrong (I'm so paranoid about giving someone inaccurate advice!) but I believe mollies tend to swim about all over tanks, kind of everywhere-dwellers. mine are..... *shrug*

may your fishies thrive and flourish! B)

 

[Puffer_freak]

I'm gonna start a thread about this!

 

[mwm]

you guys kinda hi-jacked this thread eh

 

[CFC]

Here's another one for you - they say rams should have water that's pH 5.0 - 6.0

Actually that information is correct, Microgeophagus species should be kept in water with a pH of 5 to 6. It is only through the efforts of breeders to breed hardier strains that Rams are now readily available and can be kept by average fish keepers, if you were ever to try keeping wild caught or F1 rams in hard alkeline water they would be dead very quickly.

 

[Angry_Platy]

im not worried about nips i just dont want anything to die $$$

I personally would be worried about nips....a bad enough nip can lead to finrot...not to mention stress which can cause all sorts of problems...with these things in mind any of these can cause, in the extreme, you porr little fishie to die....

Just a thought

 

[craig22]

stop quoting and help me

 

[mwm]

stop quoting and help me

yah there hasnt been one anser to his question yet