This is for comments on my Leopardfish tank.

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/my-leopardfishphalloceros-caudimaculatus-tank-vt23670.html

I would some suggestions on what i can change to make it look better like other plants(preferably faster growing plants) and fish(that wouldnt eat fry) i could put in my tank.

You have low lighting? Or are they not all turned on?

polysperma, val grass, blue hygrophila (grows very fast in my tank with medium lighting), even my osiris plant grows very well, so you could try that if you have medium lighting.

lots more as well, java moss, java fern....

I havent made the lid with lighting yet. At the moment i just have a lamp with a 6500k energy saver light bulb. I might try some val if i can find some.

Awesome looking leopard fish.

You should get some cory doras (pandas are my favourite) I've heard that they don't eat fry and they do a great job of cleanig your gravel and are really interesting to watch. Also you could get some ottos they do a superb job at cleaning algae of your plants and glass but are said to sometimes be a bit hard to keep. I've had a group in my community tank and they're fine.

Also how many litres does your tank hold? (I'm just curious :lol: ).

is it just me or does the link say

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and it is only about 30L.

:lol: and here i thought i broke it

still not up

i know.the admins must be busy today. :-?

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This is for comments on my Leopardfish tank.

http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/my-leopardfishphalloceros-caudimaculatus-tank-vt23670.html

I would some suggestions on what i can change to make it look better like other plants(preferably faster growing plants) and fish(that wouldnt eat fry) i could put in my tank.

Very nice looking fish and the fry seem to be VERY well fed LOL :roll:

I would add Corydoras paleatus as a bottom dweller. They love to school, so 3 to 5 would be good. They can stand lower temps than most other cories and would do well with the Phalloceros.

Hope you will breed lots so the South Islanders can keep breeding them

They are eating bloodworms and crushed flakes.

Would sterbai catfish be alright? I already have some of them in another tank.

As far as I know sterbai like quite warm water, that is why I would recommend paleatus or bronze cories, both of which can stand quite cool (down to 18 degrees).

i might try the sterbais.as the tank is currently at 23°C and just looked at a couple of pages on the net and it says they like 22-26°C.

You would think they were nice looking fish Carla They're from the batch you send to to chch a few months back

they look good dixon

You would think they were nice looking fish Carla They're from the batch you send to to chch a few months back

Hehe jn - I wondered about that myself

They must like it down there if they keep popping out the babies!

Only 5 fry left now. But they are getting heps bigger now. And it looks like the big female is about to have some more babies.

They are a very pretty fish...tanks looks really nice

What are you using for the substrate???

Caper

In the tank there is now a BN, 2 guppy, 2male leopardfish, 2 female leopardfish and about 5 that are about 1.5cm and i just found about 8 more fry last night.

When can i tell if they are male or female?

when you can see the anal fins well you should be able to tell

How can i tell from that?

They are live bearers so have the same modified anal fins as guppies and platies.