I think the Biorb uses a gravel filter so are they not limited with substrate choice?

1 Problem....they want fish not shrimp

They seem to like the idea of a betta with some kind of ground dweller or 'cleaners'

(BTW they are completely new to fish )

Wow that blue one in the first video looks awesome! Makes me want one for my own tank

I'll pass the suggestions on and see if they want a few small fish or something like 1 betta with some ground dwellers like the pit bull plecos or something

Thanks for the suggestions, I'll pass them on and see what he says

Hi a friend of mine wants to buy a Biorb Life 8 gallon (square one) for their living room. Now I know everyone hates these things as they are not the best for fish but they want it as a kind of show piece. What kind of fish would you recommend? I was thinking Tetras, Rasboras that kind of thing ...

Sorry about all the questions but I just read the profile of the pit bull pleco and it said they are best kept in groups, how many?

The Congo's were the first fish in there and were bought to kind of test the water, I may buy more or give them to someone in my family for their tank :D Thanks for the info, I think I'll get the Pit Bull plecs then :thumbsup: I also replaced/added more plants and I'm much happier with the look of ...

Today I gave the Pictus to my LFS :cry: I was having a look around in another LFS and saw all sorts of syno's but didn't buy any as I didn't know what was what! I ended up buying some other middle/top layer fish. I want some 'cleaner' type fish for the bottom, what are Otto's like? would they go in ...

Nice tanks!

I posted a couple in my other thread:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLYIGvY9uo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fB6LOMQfQ

I'd give you my pictus but you're just a little bit too far

Well I thought I'd make a short video before taking them out. It was taken just after feeding time :razz: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiLYIGvY9uo And for those of you interested in Reef tanks I also did one of my Dad's tank: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1fB6LOMQfQ As you can see mine is much ...

Not sure on catfish as I'm just starting my self but for normal fish I've just bought some Harlequin Rasbora which look good and school well and maybe Rineloricaria Parva?

I can't see the picture in the ad, or is it just me?

Hi, I posted in my other thread I think, 21" length, 20" height and 13" width about 20 Gallons (UK) Same as the one 'Smirf' is selling in the UK sale section. Current stock : Congo Tetra x2 Harlequin Rasbora x4 (Tiny) And also the Pictus but that's what I'll be replacing. Oh and a crocodile :razz ...

OK thanks, I'll have a chat with him anyway and see what he says.

I'll ask my LFS if he can get some in but I'm definitely not going back to Maidenhead Aquatics again, not the way they treated me

Nope it didn't say catfish (I must have some how added that my self )

I prefer the S.Lucipinnis though but I don't know how hard they are to get hold of where as the Garra are quite common?

It was labelled 'banded suckermouth' and they were in a few tanks with the same label

Garra flavatra I reckon. http://images.google.nl/imgres?imgurl=http://www.hippocampus-bildarchiv.com/images/FSWFT0848_Garra_flavatra.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.hippocampus-bildarchiv.com/tier_7505_Garraflavatra.htm&usg=__2TNM9QTAi9kj-pUMDR0lkDwT8LA=&h=284&w=425&sz=26&hl=nl&start=6&um=1&tbnid ...

It looks similar to this: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=850

Nope it's not Otocinclus vittatus but next time I go I'll try and get a picture. About the S.Lucipinnis, if I were to change my bog wood for some rock work would I be able to have them as bottom dwellers then some smaller groups of schooling fish above?

Thanks for the help so far

hydrophyte wrote:
I like my Synodontis lucipinnis a lot.

They look interesting, how would they do in my tank?

Nope not the Pim above. It's definitely a sucker mouth as they were all stuck to the glass like the pit bull plecs, It's similar shape to the pictus but not exactly the same.

No, the shape was similar to the pictus. It had a white belly too

Hmm.

Another question is that I saw these 'banded sucker mouth catfish' they seem to be quite common but does anyone know the proper name? They are a brownish colour with black stripes.

Now my tank seems to be going well but today in my LFS I saw a Pictus and it was pretty big :shock: so now I'm thinking should I trade in my 3 Pictus for fishes that are more suited to my tank? If I did I was thinking of having more plants, a few schools of small fish up top and some small cats ...

I've been looking into rainbow fish and they come in some really nice colours 8) after a while I might trade in my congo tetras for a group of them. Is there a galley somewhere where I can see all the different types? EDIT: found it here it is for anyone interested: http://www.rainbowfishes.eu ...

Yep an O would be too big :lol: and it's because of my dad's tank my mum won't let me! His fish tank is huge then I have my tank and we also have a parrot so she said she doesn't want her house to turn into a zoo :lol: If it was up to my dad I'd have a much bigger tank 8) I forgot to mention that I ...

Thank You

I'm looking for some middle/upper level fish as it looks a little empty. Any recommendations? (Bearing in mind my tank size and current fish )

Here's a picture of two of them

This is the bigger one that likes to hide:



Here's one of the smaller ones: