The Puffer Forum

YOUR pet, YOUR responsibility. I didn't realize you were the OPs mother, welcome to the forums! I could see this kind of thinking if you were the parent, or even the boyfriend, but I don't think you're either of those. Given that the puffer is dead [rip], hopefully not in the tank still :P, I hardl...

Thanks for the really informative message RTR, I appreciate it. I'm not completely new to aquariums, and this is the first I've heard of this type of info, so I was a little dubious, and I apologize if I came across in a rude way at all. I'm gonna make a venture and guess that this type of thing hap...

You have too many species of fish in the tank, and likely insufficient numbers (not all specified) per species, or a very over-stocked tank. Not quite... My tank is not overstocked, and I have done research for each species to see how many they needed, and compensated that. The only issue is that I...

The tank and the fish are far too new to you for any claims on longevity, of of peaceful coexistence for that matter. After 6-10 years you will begin to have some ides of longevity for some of the fish, I can dig that, but I can still make a claim on peaceful coexistence, at least from the time I g...

Three questions: 1. How long has this tank been operating with the present stock? 2. How many of the fish are at or beyond their standard adult size? 3. How many glass cats did you start with, and how long ago? Most of the fish in there have been there since January, but a few fish have moved in an...

why do people come to a forum and expect everyone to think what they did/doing is perfect and the best thing ever. And then get pissed off when someone disagrees I'm not a fan of fish forum fundamentalism. I presented contrary evidence to a claim made about my tank, and was told instead that my tan...

Well, I have to disagree that your tank is in any way "balanced". Few "community" tanks are, and too many of them lead to short-lived and/or malnourished fish. To me your tank fits that profile. But good luck to you and to your fish. Hm..thanks? Sure you can disagree if you want...

I am totally confused. You say you have dwarf neon rainbows - they are not bottom fish, but strong and active mid- to upper water fish. If they are staying near the bottom of the tank, re-home the african butterfly. They are not community fish. I would not try keeping Neon Rainbows with any barb la...

Have you seen the cherry red version of the tiger barb? They sell like hot cakes over here :-) I've only kept them once, when I was about eight: six of them were put into a tank with a pair of angel fish and they basically destroyed them. Lack of knowledge there. Other mistakes include adding a pai...

xrayjeeper83 wrote:instead of 8 of one kind get 4 of each, there problem solved lol

Good suggestion! They will still school together like that? Makes sense.

I may just get 5 green barbs, and 3 of the others. My local pet store gives you something like a 5 cent discount if you get 5

Ahh thanks for the links! I am probably going to get a panda barb, they seem cool, and they seem community. I had green barbs once in a semi aggressive tank, and they seemed to focus on each other more often than anything else. I am kind of leaning towards green barbs, mostly because of their colors...

Nice! I'm having trouble finding much info on these panda barbs. If you can find that link I'd be super grateful!

I could probably add 5-8 of these guys to my tank.

Thanks~

Hey, In my 50g community tank I've been looking to add some schooling fish. I kind of wanted a colorful, fast swimming, schooling fish. Something to catch the eye in the tank, since most of my fish are bottom dwellers. I was thinking of trying green tiger barbs, but they are in the semi aggressive c...

Okay, so I'm having some issues with my neon dwarf rainbows, or, one of them at least. They've come from very different environments. My single dwarf rainbow has been in my community tank for months, alone, mingling with the other fish. Pretty decent behavior...apparently his own species brings the ...

J-P wrote:Sorry I just laughed and almost sprayed my beverage on my PC...

I just re-read the title of this thread ...

Yes... We can name it. It is "Ralph".

Ralph it is!!!

Ralph the rainbow [loach]!