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February 27th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Thats good to know, Il consider these fish now, I hope I finally settle on something, also I know its probably natural but my pearls are showing a little aggression toward each other now that they're used to the tank. Nothing to serious though from what I've seen.
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February 28th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Well I'm still enjoying my pearls quite a bit as of now, I just like the idea of more fish, I am also just attracted more to larger fish, ones that can be alone. It seems that when you get a school of fish you communicate with the entire school not one fish induvidually. One of my best friends has a beautiful tank filled with all pet fish, the only fish he has more than one of are a pair of iridescents. I can see that he has such a connection with each of his fish that I personally am quite jealous of. First I was hunting a schooling fish, now I just want pets rather than some eye candy. even though I still want attractvie fish. I also enjoy long fins and fluid movement. So bettas and catfish are a top choice. I hope I can stock the rest of my tank eventually.
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February 28th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Hi!
Bettas and gouramis don't mix. Aren't you geting another tank for a Betta soon? A tiny one?
What do you think of Swords then? No, they aren't schoolers. Really if you want 'pet' fish you need a tank dedicated to them, like a Betta tank or Neville's Oscar tank.
No catfish really suit what you want I'm afraid - apart from BN's and other dwarf plecos. Although they don't tend to have personality I guess.
I think Swordtails will be the only thing that suits what you want Buddy.You can just get 1 sword if you like. I'd get 3, each one a different strain.
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February 29th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Eh, and I do plan to get an eclipse 5 or 6, for a betta. I still don't know about the swords, from the pictures I've seen I'm not very interested at the moment. Maybe if I see some first hand then I'll like them more. The only thing I can think of is having more gouramis, but I'm not sure how that'll go.
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February 29th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Hi!
Different species of gouramis don't get along. You could re-arrange the tank and get 1 male Pearl and 2 more female pearls if you really want gouramis.
Look at pics of loads of different strains of swords. Not just the red and orange ones! They come in a lot of the colours platys come in.
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March 1st, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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OK Hatchet not to seem like I just ignored that last post, but I have been given the opportunity of free opaline gouramis, this is quite the conundrum as the guy I am talking to is moving away, he wants to start over on all his stuff, this is mostly due to the fact that the move will take place over several weeks and he beleives his fish will die, he said free opalines or he will just leave them in the tanks and hopes they survive until he can move them. I know this sounds neglectful but thats why I want to save them. I will not even bother if you think the opals will hurt my pearls, but they are beautiful and I want them to live. Please tell me what to do, and I will look at swords when I find out that I can't get the opals(I love gouramis!!!)
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March 1st, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Thats good, they are from what he says store size(about 1 1/2-2 inches) and are two female and one male I beleive, I trust your judgment so if you give me a redlight then I'll just forget this ever happened.
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March 1st, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Oh and BTW I know about their aggressive ways and that is exactly why I was asking, I just can't handle it if my fish don't have an environment in which they're not happy.
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March 1st, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Also I have been calling these fish opals but when I check the profile here says that they are also called blue and three spot gouramis, but the opals I have seen just have that blue tiger look, not like the blue gouramis you see at a fish store. So what are they really called?
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March 2nd, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Hi!
Take 2 females - not the male. He could get nasty!
There is a species of gourami known as the Three spot gourami. Now, breeders have been clever and managed to breed 2 new varieties of 3SG - the Opaline and Gold gourami. Opals are Opaline gouramis.
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March 3rd, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Thats interesting, I have seen the golds in my lfs and they are beautiful, I hope I can get the opals soon.
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March 3rd, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Hi!
Good luck with the Opals! Are you planning on adding any live plants?
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March 5th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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I already have some sort of plant the guy at my lfs sold me, dont know what it is. But I really want a broadleaf plant like amazon swords that will thrive in a gravel substrate.
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March 6th, 2008
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Fish Mentor
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Hi!
Post pics of your plants and I'll do ID.
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March 7th, 2008
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Fish Keeper
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Camera is broken, sister thought she should take it with her one weekend to grandma's and dropped it one to many times. Could I use a camera phone? Also what if some of the plants are disappearing? I've noticed that some of the plants are gone with no remains and I don't think the fish could have eaten them, most of them were over eight inches tall.
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