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Nice pics, just got a shoal for my new scape. I had a couple of mature ones in my holding tank too. Once they colour up they look stunning. I know what you mean about getting photos! Fast little buggers!

Not quite my most expensive but my Favourite by far: Achilles Tang (marine) £90 (this pic is borrowed as i didn't have a pic of him) Stunning fish!

I have kept a pair successfully in my planted tank, as its already been stressed having lots of hiding places really helps, once a planted tank is well grown these tend to provide an ideal environment. Here are a couple of pics of my Apistogramma Agassizii 'fire red', which have become one of my...

my money is on the platy or then then false siamese

have you tried Sweet Knowle? They normally can get anything if you ask? Andy

u wanna buy them up north they are much cheaper.

The guys on loaches.com really know their stuff. I feature fairly on in the thread and used this when i kept the stiphodon species of which there are hundreds! Several shops around Birmingham have them and i saw some at Ripples at Shenstone the other day, i am toying with getting some again...

if my tank is the dark in a dark room and turn the lights on all the fish look startled and pale. They soon recover its just that they are frightened

if i had to guess i would say yes. I have both albeit it separate tanks by chance not planned. As long as your tank is well planted you should not have a problems i reckon

does seem a little excessive moving house just to get a better price on a shoal of rummy noses! LOL Devon is great, had a quick break in Newton Abbot/Dartmouth a few months ago! Really nice!

Move from Devon then :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: sorry!

No way! Thats rubbish! Have you ever tried aquarists classified website, quite regularly people sell fish on there, saw 50 Cardinals go on last weekend at a pound a fish which is a bargain.

If your looking for a decent shoal, its worth talking to your LFS as they generally give you a better price the more you buy. The savings buying fish mail order are often counter acted by the postage costs. Plus you get to see how healthy they are. I recently bought a large shoal of fish...

I agree with Sanj you need to be on the ball. I think if you combined it with some regular water changes you should be good. Say two 50% wc in the 7 days, they are only small fish so the relative waste production shouldn't be too much. Just dont over feed!

I too can confrim this, i have Choc G's in my shrimp tank and they are inquisative but never eat them. :geek:

I have 15-20 in a 35l they are excllent fish never had any problems at all :thumbup: A1matt you still got your big big shoal? :eh:

What about a forktail blue eye/Popondetta Furcate I have had them before and they love current, they never stop swimming! They play in the jet of the powerhead none stop, you will need a shoal of 8 or more, but there colours are truly stunning (be aware they never look that great in the LFS...

I have high flow in my tanks and make sure that the co2 is not a problem, my dont gasp. What you have done sounds the right thing as Afroturf suggested, dont have the Co2 to high. With regards to colouring up, that should happen naturally once you get the conditions right. Mine like to eat the...

Without shadow of a doubt they are Pygmy Cory's i have a group myself!

I bloody was!!! Was going to add some to my existing shoal and that evil matt bough them all!:twisted: :lol: :lol: MA sell them regularly round our way though.

Ottos typically £2-£3 any Maidenhead or ripples near u

Mine wouldnt let me touch them, and to be honest i wouldn't advise you should touch them not good for the fish :eh: Are your water parameters good? Do you have CO2? if so check its not to high, as they can kill.

check this link for excellent resource om goby: http://forums.loaches.com/viewtopic.php?p=179018#179018

Do it! you wont regret it! My current favourite pic!

Hi Stephanie, Don't think they would :thumbdown:

Yes Rainbow fish are stunning, i have had them before, look great if you get a few. Easy to keep :thumbup:

Matt Thanks for your comments as always! You have been busy, peat in your socks! Sounds interesting, have you not considered using an off the shelf product like Tetra Aqua Blackwater Extract as an example? Will have a read of that thread. We used to use bogwood to help bring down the ph and...

Cheers Darrel, Some excellent information there! :thumbup:

Matt I will try to keep you updated on the situation! :crazy: So here they are: So far so good, no dramas with the shrimps at all. Will be keeping a close eye on them for the next week or so. :thumbup: They are beautiful fish. Check the HD video on my Dragon Beach journal. Yes i still...

Matt Ok after a fair amount of reading around i have taken the plunge! :crazy: :jawdrop 3 x Chocolate Gourami in with about 40 CRS and 15 Cherry Red Shrimp. Will let you know how i get on! If they do start to go after the shrimp i will be moving them to my other tank! :eh: Andy

Matt yeah I had seen that page, also TGM has them in their 1800l with shrimps. By there us plenty if places to hide. Anybody else on here had any experience?

Has anybody kept Chocolate Gourami with cherry shrimp (neocaridina) etc? Will the CG eat them? Andy

Love it! :crazy: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Ok Garuf may of posted some of these before but here we go: Stiphodon Sp. I have got an excellent video, i will get it uploaded over the weekend and post. thanks for looking :thumbup:

with reference to the stiphidon gobies, they are excellent! Couple of things though, they like to dig! this can be a tunnel under a rock or a tunnel under your HC! I have 5 in one of my tanks and they are very active fish, once settled. I would recommend, if you want some pics let me know...

nice :thumbup:

exactly! :wink:

It seems to differ from branch to branch. I frequently take stuff to my maidenhead no problems at all. I would comment though that the what you make from a fish shop when you sell them stuff is always going to peanuts.

if your from Stoke on trent, it would be worth asking the guys at A-Z Aquatics or even Ripples at Bridgemere if they can get them. I am sure A-Z would be able to and they are not far. I know maidenhead aquatics can get them so if you have one local pop in and have a chat with them :thumbup:

yes i have kept them they a very nice often sold as Badis Badis The colours are amazing, i kept them with shrimp with no problems, they can be feisty buggers and like to set up territories so makes sure you get more than two

Sorry to hear you lost him! :( FYI, dwarf Puffers can be temperamental and also if it was the only fish could be stressed. They look excellent in a small group. They can be quite demanding and need stable water conditions as they are fairly sensitive. Its also recommended that you keep them...

I reckon they would eat the assassins no problem. :(

Further to my response earlier, i have just been doing tank maintenance, and found 6 or so baby shrimp in the tank with the gobies, they can only be a few days old. But the gobies are showing no interest. But my tank is heavily planted. :thumbup:

Steven, I have never been to tall trees, is it any good? Do they regularly stock the gobies? I got mine from maidenhead aquatics Shirley (Birmingham) they had three types, red, blue neon and gold. To be honest they had no clue about them and struggled to give me any background. I ended up not...

At this stage from my own experiences can't say either way. Currently have pregnant CRS and Cherry Shrimps in my tank so only time will tell. Andy

Re: New Goby for my tank Steven, Firstly let me say excellent pictures! Your Gobies look very healthy indeed, i particularly like the ones with the green face! the one you identify as S. atropurpureus, i have but thought it was called a S.semoni which i believe are very similar to yours...

Well they have settled into my tank and are eating algae like mad from on the rocks, i am on a couple of forums for gobys now and one guy sent me a link to a video on youtube showing just how much algae they can eat! Check this! My new best friends! :thumbup: :lol...

Re: New Goby for my tank Garuf this should answer most of questions above. With ref to the size they are about fully grown in these pics. They dont get much bigger. They are v cool! :thumbup:

Mine eat the Tetra Pro colour no problem, just crush up the wafers a little. :thumbup:

Re: New Goby for my tank Here is one of the Blue Gobies. and the red one again, as he appears not be camera shy:

Re: New Goby for my tank Noted, :wink: seeming to winning that battle now!

Yes crispy thats it! My wife didnt appreciate it when she stood a crispy one on the kitchen floor! :crazy: I have started running the water level lower and have a couple of temporary condensate tray covers on, till they calm down. Andy

Hey Dave, Did you have any problems with the little buggers jumping out of the tank!? I found out the hard way :( Lovely fish though!

Re: New Goby for my tank Mine seem to love the Hinari Algae wafers, they are quite reclusive but often when i sneak into the room they will be eating the wafers. What others do you have then?

Just to add a little closure to this thread, i ended up going with two species Emerald eye Rasboara and boraras maculatus, both of which can be seen on my journal lots of pics and videos. They shoal excellently.

Re: New Goby for my tank hey mark From what i have managed to find out they come from Asia: Indonesia Philippines and New Guinea. They live in rivers and like moderate flow. They especially like rocky and planted sandy substrates. They are algae eaters. I have seen set-ups just designed for...

Re: New Goby for my tank Sam According to what i have read they grow to 5cm/2 inches and recommend no more than four in a 60cm tank. The red one is fully grow in my opinion as it was the biggest one they had. Andy

Just a got a couple of new rather cool new algae eaters for my tank. Stiphodon Goby's Couple of different species: This is the Red one, and is not photo shy: However the blue ones are very photo shy so i borrowed this pic off a forum. They are great, no threat to my shrimps and small...

Hello I have a shoal of 25! They are not timid. I have a video and pics on my kitchen tank journal (page 10 save you looking) http://ukaps.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=6782&start=90 Where in the midlands are you as i have seen them in the following shops in the last week. Maidenhead...

hi i kept threadfins in my shrimp tank, they never gave any problems. I have many shrimp babies and they dont seem interested! Also have Corydoras Sterbi in there too.

Like you thinking with Corydorad Pgmys, i have four in my shrimp tank and they are excellent little scavengers! A nice shoal of top swimmers with say 6 of these might look cool, and all whilst keeping things to scale.

Those ember tetra are nice, i have seen them in fish shops but they are never fully coloured up! :thumbup:

what about these? Microrasbora sp. "Galaxy"

Sam, i am with you totally, they look cool. This aint helping, to many way cool fish keep em coming! :clap:

Nick, they are wicked!

you can get them branded with what ever you want? good advertising! :thumbup:

Anybody had any of these? Gold-tetras? Thought they may look cool in a shoal?

Thats good to know, i plan to just ahve one large shoal i assume they look like the the other boraras species above?

Yeah, with you totally, however after seeing these asian rummynose i am quite taken:

Is this what you were thinking? I have seen these in local shop Very nice indeed.

Sam - good point about the size tank, that's whats a challenge for me! I am thinking along the line of nano fish to give the tank a better scale

Hey guys I am setting up a 60l and i am looking of inspiration, what shoaling fish should i go for? I want something special? There seems to new species pooping up all the time and fancy something a little different. Anybody with ideas, please post links, pics etc? :geek:

Went there the other week whilst working down there, its a bloody big MA aint it!

Funny you should say that, i popped in a Maidenhead Aquatics (not my local) last week and spied Otto's at a fiver each!! Not ten pounds, but a fiver made me have double look to check they weren't gold plated! Normally pay £2.00 a fish! Lets hope its not the start of something! :roll: