Retirement and forum shutdown (17 Jan 2022)
Hi,
John Howell who has managed the forum for years is getting on and wishes to retire from the role of managing it.
Over the years, he has managed the forum through good days and bad days and he has always been fair.
He has managed to bring his passion for fish keeping to the forum and keep it going for so long.
I wish to thank John for his hard work in keeping the forum going.
With John wishing to "retire" from the role of managing the forum and the forum receiving very little traffic, I think we must agree that forum has come to a natural conclusion and it's time to put it to rest.
I am proposing that the forum be made read-only from March 2022 onwards and that no new users or content be created. The website is still registered for several more years, so the content will still be accessible but no new topics or replies will be allowed.
If there is interest from the ITFS or other fish keeping clubs, we may redirect traffic to them or to a Facebook group but will not actively manage it.
I'd like to thank everyone over the years who helped with forum, posted a reply, started a new topic, ask a question and helped a newbie in fish keeping. And thank you to the sponsors who helped us along the away. Hopefully it made the hobby stronger.
I'd especially like to thank John Howell and Valerie Rousseau for all of their contributions, without them the forum would have never been has successful.
Thank you
Darragh Sherwin
Mixing small and big fish?
(ask any oscar)Emperor and black phantom tetras work quite well with angels. Those tetras have some form a fietsy personality and actually don't tend to terrorise although they will try to be bosses within the tank.
Discus can mix rather well, but the high temp for discus may not suit normal guppies.
Fish such as lace (pearl) gouramis or indian giant gourami (humm...doesn't grow that big at all) would possibly not give tetras a second look yet along bother wasting energy having a go at them.
There are some very peaceful fish, but may unfortunately have an open mouth if they swim into smaller fish that would happen to fit into its mouth. African Knife fish are one such fish.
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My tetras vary from neons, black skirts , red eye etc. Nothing to big.
I have some further questions though:
I used to have dwarf Gouramis and everything used to bully them. Are the bigger Gouramis susceptible to being picked on as well ?
I love the idea of Discus .Igmillichip mentioned the temperature of the tank vis a vis keeping guppies. My tank is 24 degrees. Is this ok for them? Do they have any other special requirements?
Big fan of angels as well. In the shop they seem to have big and small angels. Are there certain breeds that are smaller or do they all get quite large?
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Thanks for the replies - some great ideas there
My tetras vary from neons, black skirts , red eye etc. Nothing to big.
I have some further questions though:
I used to have dwarf Gouramis and everything used to bully them. Are the bigger Gouramis susceptible to being picked on as well ?
I love the idea of Discus .Igmillichip mentioned the temperature of the tank vis a vis keeping guppies. My tank is 24 degrees. Is this ok for them? Do they have any other special requirements?
Big fan of angels as well. In the shop they seem to have big and small angels. Are there certain breeds that are smaller or do they all get quite large?
The bigger Gourami will pick on each other, I had moonlights and they chased each other but not other fish, dwarfs get bullied by their own shadow, unfortunately they are of poor quality these days with over breeding. I had a couple of 3 spot gourami, and they were gently peaceful fish even to their own. I doubt a gourami would catch a vlack skirt or redeye tbh anyways
Very good low ph soft water for discuss aint it? depending on youe tap water I guess, the better it is the less you have to change re PH ect. A few experienced Discus keepers on here can steer you in the right direction.
Not sure about the Angels, but I guess if it fits in their mouth then chomp. Silver Dollars are nice and get sizeable, I had one and he wasn;t bothered with the little fish at all, but he wasn't fully grown.
Mark
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Would ye see any problems with this mix in a 190 litre Tank ?
20 small fish (tetras and guppies)
2 Discus
3 Angels
2 Gourami
2 Geophagus
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