Recent content by Rivers2k

You ever feed live food? I have seen these in the feeder fish tank at the LFS more than once. They are tough little guys could have stayed in hiding while growing out. And yes it is a blue gill.

Once they are free swimming you can move them. It is fun though to watch them raise the fry for a bit. They will take the whole group on outings to explore various areas of the tank. Sort of reminded me of school field trips. It was like they were teaching the little ones about different parts...

I have had several generations of Firemouths. You are going to want to remove the gravel and add sand. They like to dig especially around breeding time. They will make several pits and move the babies from one pit to another. No real way to tell male and female apart. Females can show male...

This made me think of how many years (Before I learned of weekly water changes) I went a month at a time without water changes and I didn't loose fish.

Yes leave it and let the community grow. I love watching how the group interacts with eachother.

convicts will change from darker to lighter depending on mood nothing to do with sex. Females can even have streamers the orange color is what sets them apart.

Something else that should be addressed is you shouldn't have just two peacocks. They live in groups and establish a pecking order. With just two one will beat the other to death. You will start to see lots of chasing if it hasn't already started. I recommend minimum group of 5.

I second this. Why take them if you don't have a tank? there is no money to be made.

That is a great idea for a side job. It can turn into something full time as you get older. You definitely need insurance. Not only do you have to worry about getting blamed for fish that may die even if it wasn't your fault. You have to worry about possibly the accidental spill on priceless...

Do you have any in tank pics? That 1st and 2nd are hard to ID 3rd is auratus

I would not raise it and leave it as is. The ancestors of the convicts you have, have not seen wild water in many many generations so your tap water is just fine. Fluctuation in water parameters is much more harm full than have parameters a little off and constant. Convicts have been breeding...

I have not owned them but they do get to be about 5" and are very territorial and very aggressive. Temperament is more like new world cichlids which I have had allot of. So given that I would not go smaller than a 40 breeder for a group.

I have had clown loaches and yoyo loaches. I have found I enjoy my yoy loaches more. They seem to be more active and comical. I don't know why but when I watch them they make me chuckle. plus not getting the monster size of clowns is also a plus.

The moment I read Gourami I thought to my self I bet that is the bully. I find gourami's don't like there own kind or even fish with similiar shape like the serpae tetra. Remove the male and you should be fine.

Since its a female I think you could do a fire mouth as well. but you might have some aggression issues just having the two of them so make sure you have different territories set up and break line of sight. It is really going to depend on the temperament of the fish. If you had a male I would...