Recent content by Plecostoman

Anyone ever consider keeping a Bass? I thought it'd be pretty cool. My buddy caught a channel cat once and kept it in a 55.

Omega one is good stuff but I prefer Wardley's and Hikari.

I've spent WAY too much money on clown loaches. The first time, I bought two of them. One died the next day and the other lasted a while. After a few days I moved the remaining one into my other aquarium and he lived peacefully with a cory cat and (believe it or not) a pirahna. He lived for...

My 55 gallon is made up of mostly bottom feeders and I need some mid-top range fish for it. I really like hatchets (especially marbled ones). I was thinking about getting maybe 3 or 4 of them. Any advice on keeping these? How big do they get? Will they get along with my gourami?

Sorry about your pleco. You gotta love plecosti or plecostomuses (however its pronounced in plural form). Mine's 14" long and is a lot different from any other I've seen. He eats of the top, chases my goldfish, and even eats smaller goldfish. I've never been much for naming my fish, but we've...

Thanks for the info. It might be a while, but I'll let you know how things go once I get him in there.

Okay, I KNOW Cichlids are not supossed to be mixed with regular tropical fish, but I've seen it done before with certain species. I have an obsession with Firemouth (meeki) cichlids. However, my community aquarium is not a cichlid tank. It contains: 1. Plecostomus (14") 2. Rainbow Shark 3...