Thanks Mat... the list is going to be v.useful. I was having a serious mental block and couldn't get past neon or cardinal tetras!

Hi, I'm from England - but now living in the Netherlands, slowly coming to terms with Dutch common fish names!

OK, my boyfriend has bought me a small tank as a Christmas Present (SuperFish Aqua 60 (60L)) no - he didn't wrap it! - I think he was fed up of me threatening to put small fish in our bigger tank. Now I'm stuck... any suggestions for a good/colourful tropical setup? Am also tinkering with the idea ...

Hi Thanks for your response... I've filled out the details below - yes we realised that it may not be what we were told - but my boyfriend loved the fish so much he was willing to take that risk. Seems like a load of info... hopefully you can make sense of it! We're smiling again today as when I was ...

Hi, can anyone help us - we have two Platydoras Costatus in a community tank. The tank is only about 3 months old and these two have been in for about a month. Up until now they have both preferred to stay hidden within their cave during the day but in the last few days both have been out swimming ...