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My honey gouramis happily eat bug bites daily.

The pics are of Laetacara dorsigera, the red breasted acara. They’re frequently confused with L. curviceps. The fish in my photo is a young male L. curviceps. Note the white edging on the rear of the dorsal fin. This is probably the best way to distinguish curviceps from dorsigera, especially...

Looks to me like 2 females. They’ll spar with each other just as much as males do.

A male honey gourami defending its nest is fearless and will attack much larger fish.

They’re all T. chuna, possibly a mix of golds and wild-type.

Peacock gudgeons will nip the fins of long finned fish, especially guppies.

Those aren’t ember tetras, they’re serpaes, which grow much larger and are far more aggressive than embers. A long finned, slow moving betta doesn’t stand a chance with them.

There’s lots of driftwood and a heavy growth of Java moss in the tank, so they’re able to evade the adults indefinitely. I’ve been breeding Apistogramma cacatuoides colony-style for the last four yeas. Not all of the fry make it to adulthood, but enough survive to keep the colony going.

My cacatuoides pair chase the older fry when there’s a new batch on the way.

It’s a male. Male honeys have yellow dorsal fins; females have a thin orange edging on theirs.

Males also have longer ventral fins, which I just happened to notice in your photos.

Congratulation! You actually have a Laetacaras curviceps! 90% of the fish sold as L. curviceps turn out to be L. dorsigera. I can’t be absolutely certain, but I’ve had a lot of experience with curviceps & something tells me that it’s a male.

African Butterfly Cichlid. They don't look like much in the shop, but wait a few months and...wow!

Dwarf gouramis are always sick. Sooner or later they’ll die horrible deaths from Dwarf Gourami Iridovirus. Aquarists should avoid buying them to spare themselves the aggravation.

I’ve had Beckford’s pencils and Emperor Tetras produce fry which grew up alongside young Apistogrammas in tanks containing a good amount of Java moss and water sprite. I also use cardinals as dithers but they’ve never spawned for me.

Sponge filter. They don’t like too much current.

Plecos are nocturnal. Feed them after the lights are turned off.

Congo Tetras. Adult males are spectacular. Moonlight gouramis are an underrated species. Their temperament is the same as pearls, but they grow .slightly larger.

Dwarf Rainbows can be very rambunctious and would probably stress out the shyer catfish.

Just picked up a pair of Apistogtamma ortegai, IMHO the most beautiful apisto species.