Recent content by KevinES

It's so much fun isn't it? So far I found out that Orange is dominant over Red

It looks like yours are all pretty good size. Most of mine are still smalelr.

You should check out my thread later today because I am posting some pics. I have a 55 with platties and guppies. I am trying to get all different colors and I'm doing a breeding experiment. I am just trying to see what colors I get and what are dominate colors. There are about 35 fish in there...

Onion snails, or at least the ones I have are Nerite snails. They will leave plants alone and won't reproduce. Mine lays eggs but they never hatch.

I don't think snails and shrimp are a problem together. Shrimp are fast and can swim and snails have a hard shell. I don't see why they wouldn't work together. (I have an onion snail in with my shrimp)

Oh have you considered shrimp? I just got some shrimp and I love them. The ghost shrimp actually swim around. The red cherry shrimp are very pretty too.

Im sorry, I didn't get the pictures done today but I did add 4 more fish. I got a female bumble bee platty, female red coral platty and 2 female guppies. I got them from a different shop so it should add some new DNA to the tank.

Are you looking for a large group of small fish or a small group of medium size fish?

Well in a tank that small it depends on how well it is filtered. If it is filtered well you might beable to do a small group of peacefull fish. I had 6 Neon tetras in a 5 gallon and it worked greated (I did have a 10 gallon filter on it.) The only down side is they don't exactly zip around...

I love Congo tetras. They can be a bit pricey but reasonable if you get them small. They get up to 3.5 inches and are very pretty and active.

I had a tank with 6 Tiger barbs, 5 colombian tetra, 5 serpae tetra and a rainbow shark. Never had an issue with the tiger barbs.

I wouldn't put angels in with tiger barbs...I wouldn't add any more than what you listed and what you listed might be over doing it. Clown loaches get big...they will out grow a 40 gallon. I would focus on the danios and tiger barbs. I think they go nice together. Sepae Tetras and Columbian...

You are totally right...It is just and instinct. But I think it's more fun to refer to my fish as horny, don't you? :D

No it doesn't. I took a class called the Biology and evolution of sex and out main book was "The Red Queen" by Mark Riddley I believe, and it was amazing. It really makes the case for evolution and really shows how similar we are to creatures as simple as fish.

Well like I said ealier actually, pirahnas are becoming a problem. As far north as Missouri fishermen are catching pirahnas in lakes that people have released. There is a lake in Missouri that has breeding pirahnas. Every year a few full sized ones are caught. They thought the water was too...