My simple 47g FW tank

[meegosh]

I agree that your yellow lab will give your tetras a beating. My friend had one in her 20g community and she had to put it in its own 10g after about 2 months. The only thing that can survive being in the tank with it so far is my syno eupterus. Her yellow lab killed a red tailed shark, 3 platys, 1 molly before she finally listened to me and moved it to its own tank.

As far as the algae, what type is it? If this is a new setup I would guess diatoms and it will go away eventually.

On a more positive note, I love the real plants, looks like they are going to grow to the top at this rate! Keep up the good work!

[CatatonicBug]

Wow! I would never think of putting Labs in such a small tank! No wonder they got mad and attacked the other fish. I have had these guys in this tank for a few months now, and have had no problems with them at all. I am definitely watching them though. I hope to get a much larger tank eventually, but the cost is keeping that dream at bay for now. Hopefully these pretty fish can play nice until I can afford to create a nice Cichlid tank for them.