New To Fish Keeping

Morning Steve,

Thanks for that info.  They're quite pretty, aren't they?  I just looked them up on the C.C.  I can see why you could end up with 17 different tanks   Everytime I go to a fish shop or have a look online, I see another fish that is so lovely, and then inevitably, there's a reason why I can't have it   Then again, I suppose we are looking at a creature from all different areas of the world, with all the varying environmental factors and then expect to pick a handful based usually, let's face it, on how they look, and put them all together in a massively scaled down waterworld.....and are then surprised that they don't all get on!

My other half says that all the tropical tanks he has seen in dentists waiting rooms and office receptions for instance, don't usually look like they have had much care and often just have a sad looking group of neons in them with maybe a lone angel  for company.  Of course, with even the little knowledge I have acquired, I now wonder how any of these fish could still be surviving.

I wish in a way that I could have got my pandas when I got my other fish as they are all settled and look and behave like they have always been in my tank.  Their colours have all intensified so much, my colisa is simply stunning and the guppies have developed a lovely sheen....in fact I love them all!  I hope that when I can eventually get my little pandas they settle in as well and it doesn't rock the boat too much

Did you get to go to your fishy shop the other day or are you going over the weekend after all?  Don't forget to tell us if you get anything good!  Aren't we a nosey lot?
Have a good Saturday!

Resa
 

With fish like cories the sex ratio doesn't matter very much. You'll see mating behaviour with at least male and at least one female. When a particular female is ready to spawn, all the males will chase her and ignore all the other females. Females are plumper than males escpecially if you can view them from above. Tip - if you want them to spawn, when you do a water change make sure the new water is a few degrees cooler than the tank water. In the wild the spawning trigger is the melt water coming down from the mountains. Not that the eggs will last long in a community tank.

How's your tank going Resa? :-)

Ooh glad to hear it! Looking forward to seeing some more pictures :-) Fingers crossed it won't be too long until you can get your panda corys!

All my endlers look happy and well, even the little blue one that I was so worried about after his tank mate died. They all seem to swim around together a lot more, there's just one that usually swims around on his own but he'll join the group for anything interesting!

Because my tank is so small today I'm going out to get the replacement fish for my one that didn't make it and that's it for my tank fishwise unfortunately! But I'm keen to get shrimps soon! Unfortunately they sound like a long way off!

Oh, good news, Jesnon   I'm really pleased you're up to full strength on endlers again.  What colour is this one?

Resa
 

Good news on the new fish..... but you know the rules: New fish = new photos!