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pond fish other than goldfish Rosy Reds! I keep a bunch of rosy reds in my various pond/water gardens. the 180 gallon stock tank has about 15 rosy reds, who have just spawned twice, producing a bunch of offspring, some I guess to be about a week old and some maybe a few days old now, along...

Thanks! I did get a reply from some local folks, and the lantana is apparently not a problem if the flowers blow in the pond. No wild areas nearby, I'm in the city, and there's plenty of wild lantana growing here anyways! It's a pretty plant, and tolerates our Texas heat and drought very...

Howdy! I have created a second water garden out of my brick planter at the front of my porch. I was thinking of planting Lantana, which grows well here in central Texas and flowers all summer. I discovered that it's poisonous to mammals and livestock... does anybody know if it's poisonous to...

Hi y'all! I have a small water garden (a large plastic Walmart planter, about 22 gallons), which currently contains a papyrus plant and a water lily, plus some underwater plants and 7 rosey red minnows. (brought some of these guys inside to cycle my 30 gal tank, and they're back now and doing...

LOL, actually, I did check the habitat for the various rainbows on this site: http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/Melanotaenia.htm This is a great resource on rainbowfish... lots of species listed, with pics of each and collection, habitat and distribution info. Most come from rivers...

Where to get Rainbowfish? Maybe your local aquaria store will order some for you? I've seen Australian Rainbows at petsmart, (but they get too big for my 30 gal at 4 inches... that's why I just have the one Boesmani). And I've seen dwarf Praecox rainbows at Wal-mart, of all places... they...

I've had these for about a month now... but they brightened up overnight last night. Even the female Praecox are bluer & more irridescent today, and the male Boesmani is doing a lot of flirting (darting up to the other rainbows, then turning away at the last minute, not nipping, just showing...

Hi all! My tank is doing well... except that some of the neons I put in died (after having read all the neon threads I've decided not to replace them, as they're probably too fragile in our alkaline ph water). So I put in 4 black skirt tetras yesterday instead. And suddenly, all of my...

Consider Dwarf Praecox Rainbowfish... I have 2 pair in my 30 gal, and they're very pretty! Peaceful, shiny, get along with all my other fish, and friendly. they get up to 3 inches long when grown. (mine are currently getting along well with a few neons, black skirt tetras, a dwarf gourami...

lol... Just so ya know, my male dwarf gourami doesn't seem to be insane... he's just a pretty fish that wanders around the tank. He does enjoy playing with his reflection in the sides of the tank, but hasn't been agressive towards the rainbows or neons at all. I do have several plants, rocks...

LOL, I have a 29 gal. with 4 dwarf rainbows, 1 Boesmani rainbow, 7 neons, 2 cories and one algae eater, plus one dwarf gourami. Change out one big bucket per week (about 6 gallons). test for ammonia only, after the tank first cycled, it's been testing at zero. Outside, i have a container...

I moved the remaining 5 rosey red minnows back outside to the container garden. The finished 29 gal tank now contains: 1 (still small) male Boesmani Rainbowfish 2 male Praecox Dwarf Rainbows 2 female Praecox Dwarf Rainbows 9 tiny neons 2 small emerald corys 1 algae eater 1 male dwarf Gourami...

Hi all, it's been a few weeks, so I thought I'd update you on my newly reincarnated 29 gal tank. I did add the fish slowly, first the 3 original minnows (one of which jumped to its death eventually), then a couple fish a week for a while.) I now have 2 pair of dwarf Praecox Rainbowfish, one...

LOL, I've had good luck in the past using small plastic toys picked up at rummage sales. Little tiny playhouses for little kid toys work pretty well... they're all non-toxic plastics, and look cute in there. I also have a terra-cotta Coyote statue I got at a garage sale, washed it thoroughly...

cool, at least the hornwort may survive... durn if I can remember the names of the other two... (one was the unnamed one from the container garden, but it did well all the way to the bottom of a fairly deep, dark colored container... I'll just see what they do, if they live, terrific. if they...

Oops, after looking at your planted tank stuff, I probably don't have enough light for live plants :(. I have the standard 20 watt bulb that came with tank. Oh well, the plants can go happily out in my container gardens for now, and I can put the durn plastic ones in instead. if they start...

Hiya fishie experts! Just getting my 29 gal up and running again, used to have a community tank and also bred bettas in 10 gals. Am cycling it with 4 rosey red minnows, and have added several live plants. I'm planning to get a 4-6 of the smaller rainbowfish, and maybe a small bottom feeder as...