Hrmmm... If you have a really strong current, I'm not sure the P. axelrodi will be too happy about it. They come from quiet waters in nature and aren't terribly strong swimmers--they'd probably just end up getting blown around. It goes without saying that you'll need to find new homes for your knife ...

A 10-gallon tank is way too small for a 7" fish. It's like confining a human being to a space the size of a bathroom, with no possibility of escape. Sure, you might survive, but you'd be miserable. Regardless of how long he's been in there (there's nowhere else he can go, so he has no choice but to ...

My LFS just got in some white-seam bushynose pl*cos--L059s, according to the distributor. I'm planning to get at least one for my Rio Negro biotope,and was wondering if a pair might be a good idea. I'm not intent on breeding them--I just like pl*cos and want a nice biotope display. I thought they ...

You're welcome. And by the way, those are some mighty pretty pl*cos.

If you're still interested in rainbows, a good website for rainbowfish information is Adrian Tappin's site, Home of the Rainbowfish, at http://members.optushome.com.au/chelmon/.

I don't plan on putting too much else in here.. a few marble hatchet fish and a couple aqua rainbow fish and I'll be done. I'm not sure what you mean by "aqua" rainbowfish, but if you're thinking of Melanotaenia lacustris or turquoise rainbowfish, you may want to consider another species. They get ...

Sheesh, I only wish I could send you some of mine. Trice-weekly water changes and my little school of Otos haven't so much as put a dent in my crop--I finally ordered a UV sterilizer for the spores and am contemplating a pair of pl*cos for the green stuff. My secret? 110W on 46 gallons, few plants ...

hippyguy, that's great. Thanks so much! Yann, I'm going to take your advice and remove the robinae from my tank. I've been monitoring the water parameters over the past couple of days, and was startled to find that the pH actually averages much closer to 5.5 or even 5, rather than the mid-6 range I ...

Thanks, Yann. I've wondered if that water might be too soft and acid for Corydoras, but the parameters I've seen for C. robinae at Fishbase list the pH from 6-8. Are there any species in particular that you'd suggest--ones that come from the same upper regions of the Rio Negro as cardinal tetras ...

Hi, ACE1, I'm brand-new here too. I think if you read the "sticky" at the top of this page, you'll find some guidelines that will help people diagnose your problem more accurately.

It's cruel and wasteful, and it encourages people to think of (and treat) fish as decorative objects instead of living creatures. IMO, some poor miserable beast with neon-colored gunk injected into his spinal cord just looks sickly and freakish, not exotic. Give me the beauty of a natural, healthy ...

My first post! *waves* Anyhow, I've got a 46-gallon Oceanic bowfront that I've set up as a Rio Negro biotope. Water temperature is about 79F, pH 6.5, hardness almost negligible. Filtration is a Fluval 404 with a resin sponge, Purigen, and peat granules (which account for the extreme softness ...