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Posted by DervMan on August 28, 2006, 3:24 am
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>>>The obvious choice would be to add a few cory as I know they do not like
>>>being alone. Or maybe a few more tetras, but any suggestions? Water is
>>>pretty hard here in London. Tank is very well planted and been
>>>established
>>>for several years. Could do with something a bit showy maybe?
>>>
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>> Hi Julie,
>>
>> Good to see you're still around. Personally I like a cloud of live
>> bearers as they become self replacing in a well planted tank. I bought
>> Platys from about four different shops to get a decent gene pool back in
>> 2002 and despite giving bag fulls away to friends I still have about 30
>> of the bright lively and delightful creatures in my tank.
>>
>> Just watching their antics for half an hour makes me smile.
>>
> Hi Edward,
>
> Yes still keeping fish. Until the holiday everything was so stable I did
> not add fish or do anything different for a while.
>
> Platys would be good. I did have baby platys a few years ago, but they did
> not reach adulthood.....Actually I did have baby bristlenoses, but they
> did not get very big at all. My ancistrus are different types so they may
> have had something to do with it.
>
> Time for a trip to Crews Hill methinks!
I'll second Platys; they're an interesting fish but you do get the
occasional bully boy male. We now have over a dozen nearly mature
"younglings" (as my wife like to call them) in a delightful orange body,
black fin, or black fin orange body hue. Oh and some blue and orange
ones... one is nearly red. From our stock of mostly blue and orange adults.
:) They're a different fish to our Harlequins, Zebra / Leopard Danios,
Angelfish, Clown Loaches and catfish various... oh and a male Dwarf Gourami,
who looks splendid at the moment (luscious colours, I blame the live food
myself...).
Containing the numbers isn't too bad, we have a well planted tank and whilst
I'm sure most fry are a snack for the Angelfish, it's the brightest that
survive to adulthood...
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The DervMan
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>The obvious choice would be to add a few cory as I know they do not like
>being alone. Or maybe a few more tetras, but any suggestions? Water is
>pretty hard here in London. Tank is very well planted and been established
>for several years. Could do with something a bit showy maybe?
>