i finally have a new 3 foot tank to put my pictus in!! now question is, i'd like a small school of nice coloured fish to go in aswell but not neons, they where in the tank the pictus are currently in & i'd like something else, any ideas. my cats are still only small & only bothered eating the really tiny neons.

Great stuff, bet you are rapt! A fish that I love, that often gets overlooked is the Columbian Tetra, we have tank with a school of Columbians, and the blue bodies with the crimson red finnage is out of this world... I have often seen them in the shops, but they have been on a very light substrate, so of course doesn't do them justice at all, they are a reasonable size tetra to, nothing that will get scoffed at a blink of an eye :lol:

Mekhaela

Rummy nose tetras 8)

yeah i am really pleased!! went to the lfs & the Columbian Tetras are really pale looking & no colour on there fins , didn't see any rummy nose tetras, it will be awhile before the tank is up & running, but i have a ton of ideas running through my head on what i want to do, i just posted a question about resealing it in the diy if anyone can help, thanks.

Hiya

Yeah that's the problem when you see them in alot of LFS, they are washed out looking often, mine were like that when I bought them and they are so beautifully coloured, however, they are in a well planted tank and are as happy as larry

im not having too many plants & will have mostly fake ones, so far the pictus have destroyed the ones in the tank at the mo, i have one cabomba (sp) left & a flax type one that now floating, they swim so fast & frenzied they stuff everything :lol:

I can imagine :lol: I saw a young Pictus recently in a half terracota pot in a tank and it was going around and around in circles within this pot, hilarious, I did wonder if someone had poured a touch of vodka in the tank :lol:

my tank must have a whole bottle in it, they are nuts :lol: :lol: :lol: