Recent content by pictus17

also, if you are really into shrimp, ghost/glass shrimp are really interesting, and inexpensive. just watch tankmates for shrimp. they could be eaten.

as for other schooling fish, look at rummy-nose tetras. they swim in really tight knit groups and look amazing with a dark substrate. plus they are really peaceful. also good are black neons, those mentioned in the post above, serape tetras, white clouds, platies, glowlight tetras, cardinal...

my aquarium story (the least original title ever written) My interest in aquatic life has been going on as long as I can remember. I have always been intrigued with "the other Earth, beneath the surface" as I call it. My first real book was a marine-biology book on oceans and I was fascinated...

thanks again. I'm not one for risks, especially in a small tank. Neither a ram or a gourami could be relocated into my 55 gallon if they were over-territorial. I will think about my choice. I really do love both species but rams do have more personality like you said. I think I am leaning that...

I think I will add 6 or 7 kuhli loaches now that I know. A ram also seems like a good idea for the community. I've heard they are really peaceful compared to some of the other cichlids and from what I've seen, beautiful fish.Thanks so much to all of you for the advice!

Hi, I'm new to the site and I have a 55 gallon community and 2.5 gallon with a female betta in it. I have a new 20 gallon tank (long), fishless cycled and I'm trying to figure out what I would like to put in it. I think I would like to do a community tank but I' also interested in smaller...